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6,243 colleges

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What this college directory contains

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Private For-Profit institutions lead by school count (2,309); public colleges report an average 5,613 undergraduates.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

Counts describe institutions in the current College Scorecard snapshot; missing enrollment is excluded from sector averages, never treated as zero.

Colleges by ownership sector

Institution count in the current directory

institutions

What this shows Institution count and student reach are different: public colleges are not the largest sector by number of schools, but they report a much larger average undergraduate enrollment.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of July 2026 retrieval

States with the most listed colleges

Primary-campus location, top eight

institutions

What this shows Large states dominate the directory by institution count. Use the state pages for a local comparison that pairs school availability with cost and earnings.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of July 2026 retrieval

Open a state directory: California , New York , Texas , Florida , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illinois , Michigan .

College Enrollment
American Medical Sciences Center 365
American Musical and Dramatic Academy 1,438
American National University 630
American National University-Louisville 347
American Public University System 40,074
American River College 25,621
American Samoa Community College 839
American Technical Institute 11
American Trade School 154
American University 7,266
American University of Health Sciences 351
Americare Technical School 25
Ameritas College 181
Ameritas College - South Bay Correctional Facility -
AMG School of Nursing 552
Amherst College 1,911
Amridge University 241
Ana G. Mendez University 4,763
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary -
Anderson University 1,057
Anderson University 3,183
Andrew College 473
Andrews University 1,224
Angeles College 598
Angeles Institute 113
Angelina College 2,370
Angelo State University 5,643
Ann Webb Skin Institute 121
Anna Maria College 906
Anne Arundel Community College 8,997
Annenberg School of Nursing 7
Annenberg School of Nursing - Los Angeles -
Anoka Technical College 1,684
Anoka-Ramsey Community College 4,201
Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Cambridge Campus -
Another Level Barbering and Cosmetology School 70
Antelope Valley Community College District 11,534
Antigua College International 251
Antilles School of Technical Careers 286
Antioch College 121
Antioch University 77
Antioch University-Los Angeles 60
Antioch University-New England -
Antioch University-Santa Barbara 55
Antioch University-Seattle 74
Aparicio-Levy Technical College 150
Apex Academy Hair Skin Nails School of Cosmetology 17
Apex College of Veterinary Technology 27
Apex Technical School 1,400
Apollo Career Center 574

How to read the directory

Each row uses the institution's registered College Scorecard name, primary-campus state, reported undergraduate enrollment, and ownership sector. Sort by enrollment to compare scale, or use the alpha index when you know a school's name. A missing value means the source did not report a usable figure; it is not zero.

School profiles add average net price, admissions, completion, debt, program, and former-student earnings measures where the federal source reports them. Institution earnings cover federally aided entry cohorts who were working and not enrolled 6 or 10 years after starting school; they are not graduate-only salaries and do not cover every former student.

For a decision rather than a name lookup, use Compare for a side-by-side result, Near You for commuting-distance options, or Programs to compare one field of study across schools.

Methodology

The college directory is sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and the IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) institutional characteristics file. Every institution that participates in Title IV federal student aid is included. Enrollment figures come from IPEDS Fall enrollment surveys; ownership sector (public, private nonprofit, private for-profit) follows the Carnegie classification as reported by each institution. Sorting and alphabetical indexing are computed at build time from the full directory snapshot. See our full data methodology for suppression rules, data vintage, and processing details.

Download the College Scorecard state summary cited on this page: plaincollege-state-summary.csv (U.S. Department of Education · CC BY-SA 4.0).