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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
Lindsey Wilson University 1,585
Linfield University 1,621
Linn-Benton Community College 5,174
Lionel University 370
Lipscomb University 2,997
Little Big Horn College 253
Little Priest Tribal College 182
Lively Technical College 762
Livingstone College 924
Logan University 229
Loma Linda University 909
Lone Star College System 45,188
Long Beach City College 22,427
Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge 232
Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead 101
Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute 249
Long Island University 5,520
Longwood University 3,015
Longy School of Music of Bard College 10
Lorain County Community College 5,373
Lorain County Joint Vocational School District 87
Loraines Academy & Spa 30
Loras College 1,083
Lorenzo Walker Technical College 875
Los Angeles City College 11,198
Los Angeles College of Aesthetics 117
Los Angeles College of Music 227
Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health 204
Los Angeles Film School 5,472
Los Angeles Harbor College 6,694
Los Angeles Mission College 7,999
Los Angeles Pacific College 78
Los Angeles Pacific University 1,483
Los Angeles Pierce College 13,436
Los Angeles Southwest College 3,706
Los Angeles Trade Technical College 9,998
Los Angeles Valley College 12,601
Los Medanos College 7,320
Lotus Professional College 171
Louisburg College 402
Louisiana Christian University 672
Louisiana Culinary Institute 77
Louisiana Delta Community College 3,057
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 30,594
Louisiana State University at Alexandria 5,632
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans 862
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport 21
Louisiana State University-Eunice 2,826
Louisiana State University-Shreveport 2,153
Louisiana Tech University 8,312

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).