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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
Jersey College - Melbourne -
Jersey College - Mesa -
Jersey College - Naples -
Jersey College - Port Charlotte -
Jersey College - Scranton -
Jersey College - Tampa -
Jersey College - Tucson -
Jersey College - York -
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University -
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 172
JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools 188
Jna Institute of Culinary Arts 15
John A Gupton College 166
John A Logan College 2,016
John Amico School of Hair Design 162
John Brown University 1,471
John C Calhoun State Community College 7,070
John Carroll University 2,274
John D Rockefeller IV Career Center 20
John Jay Beauty College 81
John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences 480
John Paul the Great Catholic University 286
John Wesley International Barber and Beauty College 57
John Wood Community College 1,371
Johns Hopkins University 5,693
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte 1,184
Johnson & Wales University-Online 2,202
Johnson & Wales University-Providence 3,868
Johnson C Smith University 1,244
Johnson College 590
Johnson County Community College 11,332
Johnson University 743
Johnston Community College 3,453
Joliet Junior College 9,306
Jones County Junior College 3,535
Jones Technical Institute 659
Jose Maria Vargas University 86
Josef's School of Hair Skin & Body-Fargo 72
Josef's School of Hair Skin & Body-Grand Forks 61
Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing 100
Joseph's College Cosmetology 92
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences 2,058
JT's Cuts Academy 37
Judson University 708
Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine -
Juniata College 1,191
Jupiter Beauty Academy 201
Justice University 116
Kairos University 82
Kaizen Beauty Academy 95

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).