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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
Pacific Lutheran University 2,401
Pacific Northwest Christian College 129
Pacific Northwest College of Art 420
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences -
Pacific Oaks College 312
Pacific Rim Christian University 129
Pacific School of Religion -
Pacific Union College 805
Pacific University 1,516
Pacifica Graduate Institute -
Paine College 388
Palau Community College 393
Palladium Technical Academy Inc 49
Palm Beach Atlantic University 2,603
Palm Beach State College 21,956
Palmer College of Chiropractic 43
Palo Alto College 8,801
Palo Alto University 14
Palo Verde College 3,381
Palomar College 17,712
Palomar Institute of Cosmetology 193
Pamlico Community College 165
Panola College 1,388
Paradise Valley Community College 5,117
Paramount Beauty Academy 51
Paris Junior College 2,204
Parisian Beauty School 441
Parisian Spa Institute 61
Park Place Premier Barber School 32
Park University 4,555
Parker University 607
Parkland College 3,348
Pasadena City College 21,466
Pasco-Hernando State College 6,900
Passaic County Community College 4,260
Pathways College 196
Patrick & Henry Community College 1,350
Patrick Henry College 395
Paul D Camp Community College 613
Paul Mitchell The School Boise -Paul Mitchell The School Coeur d'Alene -
Paul Mitchell The School Great Lakes - Sarasota -
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque 119
Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas 99
Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington 360
Paul Mitchell the School-Austin 171
Paul Mitchell the School-Baton Rouge 249
Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham 129
Paul Mitchell the School-Boise 183
Paul Mitchell the School-Charleston 264
Paul Mitchell the School-Charlotte 97

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).