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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
Ohio Institute of Allied Health 121
Ohio Media School-Cincinnati 42
Ohio Media School-Columbus 43
Ohio Media School-Valley View 88
Ohio Medical Career College 129
Ohio Northern University 2,489
Ohio State Beauty Academy 91
Ohio State College of Barber Styling 406
Ohio State School of Cosmetology-Canal Winchester 57
Ohio State School of Cosmetology-Heath 86
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute 464
Ohio State University-Lima Campus 621
Ohio State University-Main Campus 45,638
Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus 736
Ohio State University-Marion Campus 794
Ohio State University-Newark Campus 2,396
Ohio Technical College 683
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus 833
Ohio University-Eastern Campus 298
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus 691
Ohio University-Main Campus 19,633
Ohio University-Southern Campus 415
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus 560
Ohio Wesleyan University 1,516
Ohlone College 7,099
Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary 100
Okaloosa Technical College 421
Oklahoma Baptist University 1,308
Oklahoma Christian University 1,885
Oklahoma City Community College 9,758
Oklahoma City University 1,514
Oklahoma Panhandle State University 917
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences -
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology 2,028
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 21,773
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City 3,514
Oklahoma Technical College 128
Oklahoma Wesleyan University 673
Old Dominion University 17,514
Old Town Barber College 97
Old Town Barber College - KC -
Oliver Finley Academy of Cosmetology 254
Olivet Nazarene University 2,603
Olympic College 3,826
Omega Graduate School -
Omega Institute of Cosmetology 55
One Stop Academy 31
Onondaga Community College 4,456
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES 354
Opelousas School of Cosmetology 37

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).