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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
Mineral County Vocational Technical Center 14
Minerva University 637
Mingo Extended Learning Center 9
Minneapolis College of Art and Design 705
Minneapolis Community and Technical College 5,268
Minnesota North College 2,013
Minnesota North College - Itasca -
Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range Eveleth -
Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range Virginia -
Minnesota North College - Rainy River -
Minnesota North College - Vermilion -
Minnesota State College Southeast 1,388
Minnesota State CollegeSoutheast-Red Wing Campus -
Minnesota State Community and Technical College 2,942
Minnesota State University Moorhead 3,072
Minnesota State University-Mankato 11,703
Minnesota West Community and Technical College 1,762
Minot State University 2,062
MiraCosta College 10,278
MiraCosta College - San Elijo Campus -
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute 120
Misericordia University 1,672
Mission Beauty Institute 11
Mission College 5,784
Mission University 381
Mississippi Barber Academy 71
Mississippi Christian University 2,518
Mississippi Delta Community College 1,413
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 6,353
Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & Cosmetology 77
Mississippi State University 18,397
Mississippi University for Women 1,605
Mississippi Valley State University 1,439
Missouri Baptist University 1,488
Missouri College of Cosmetology and Esthetics 97
Missouri Southern State University 3,019
Missouri State University-Springfield 13,313
Missouri State University-West Plains 965
Missouri University of Science and Technology 5,521
Missouri Valley College 1,443
Missouri Western State University 2,219
Mitchell College 377
Mitchell Community College 1,948
Mitchell Hamline School of Law -
Mitchell Technical College 990
Mitsu Sato Hair Academy 85
MIXED Institute of Cosmetology & Barber 138
MJ Barber & Beauty Academy 66
MJ Barber & Beauty Academy 94
Moberly Area Community College 3,100

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).