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Find a school by name, sector, or size across 6,243 College Scorecard profiles.

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
NUC University - Mayaguez -
NUC University - Ponce -
NUC University - Rio Grande -
NUC University - South Florida -
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College 161
Nunez Community College 1,520
Nuvani Institute 12
Nuvani Institute 77
Nuvani Institute-Del Rio -
Nuvani Institute-South Campus -
Nuvani Institute-Uvalde -
Nuvo College of Cosmetology 96
NYSMedical&Dental Assistants - American Institute of Clinical Massage -
O'Briens Aveda Institute 80
Oak Hills Christian College 75
Oak Valley College 75
Oakland City University 499
Oakland Community College 12,748
Oakland University 12,351
Oakton College 6,072
Oakwood University 1,153
Oberlin College 2,887
Oblate School of Theology -
Occidental College 1,877
Ocean Corporation 192
Ocean County College 5,424
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School 497
Oconee Fall Line Technical College 1,708
Odessa College 4,654
Oehrlein School of Cosmetology 65
Ogden-Weber Technical College 2,928
Ogeechee Technical College 1,820
Oglala Lakota College 1,097
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington 374
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Atlanta -
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Dallas 415
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Denton 228
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth 500
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst 273
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-North Dallas 312
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-San Antonio 466
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford 550
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Willowbrook 481
Oglethorpe University 1,352
Ohel Margulia Seminary 280
Ohio Business College-Columbus -
Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy 170
Ohio Business College-Sheffield 224
Ohio Christian University 862
Ohio Dominican University 760

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).