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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
Medina County Career Center 43
MedQuest College 524
Medspa Academies 241
Medspa Academies-National Institute of Modern Aesthetics 215
Meharry Medical College -
Mei Barber School 91
Memphis Theological Seminary -
Mendocino College 2,870
Menlo College 752
Mercaz Hatorah of Belle Harbor -
Merced College 10,001
Mercer County Community College 5,404
Mercer County Technical Education Center 120
Mercer University 4,500
Mercy College of Health Sciences 867
Mercy College of Ohio 939
Mercy University 5,735
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology 21
Mercyhurst University 2,191
Meredith College 1,188
Meridian College 163
Meridian Community College 2,156
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting 805
Meridian Technology Center 307
Meridian University -
Merkaz Bnos-Business School 110
Merrimack College 3,916
Merritt College 5,288
Merryfield Academy 70
Meryma'at Barber College 48
Mesa Community College 14,460
Mesalands Community College 411
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech 39
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary 399
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America 51
Messenger College 24
Messiah University 2,259
Methodist College 245
Methodist Theological School in Ohio -
Methodist University 1,448
Metro Beauty Academy 197
Metro Detroit Barber College 59
Metro Technology Centers 632
Metropolitan Barber Academy -
Metropolitan College of New York 402
Metropolitan Community College Area 8,775
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City 10,649
Metropolitan Learning Institute 357
Metropolitan State University 5,616
Metropolitan State University of Denver 15,002

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).