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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
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 865
New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute 36
New Professions Technical Institute 514
New River Community and Technical College 770
New River Community College 1,965
New Saint Andrews College 305
New Tyler Barber College Inc 39
New York Academy of Art -
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute 470
New York College of Health Professions 58
New York College of Podiatric Medicine -
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 3
New York Film Academy 849
New York Institute of Beauty 211
New York Institute of Massage Inc 30
New York Institute of Technology 3,440
New York Law School -
New York Medical Career Training Center 452
New York Medical College -
New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants 277
New York School of Esthetics & Day Spa 120
New York School of Interior Design 427
New York Seminary 97
New York University 28,663
Newberry College 1,479
Newlane University -
Newman University 851
Newschool of Architecture and Design 182
NewU University 34
NHTI-Concord's Community College 2,154
Niagara County Community College 3,084
Niagara University 2,653
Nicholls State University 4,737
Nichols College 1,163
Nicolet Area Technical College 663
Nightingale College 5,986
No Grease Barber School 28
Noe' Noonan School of Cosmetology -
Norco College 8,779
Norfolk State University 5,392
Normandale Community College 7,044
North Adrian's College of Beauty Inc 207
North American Trade Schools 534
North American University 609
North Arkansas College 1,202
North Bennet Street School 155
North Carolina A & T State University 12,182
North Carolina Central University 6,081
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 27,371
North Carolina Wesleyan University 1,214

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).