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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
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green 219
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Clarksville 125
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow 44
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Richmond 55
Platt College-Anaheim 498
Platt College-Los Angeles 570
Platt College-Ontario 500
Platt College-Riverside 413
Plaza College 984
Plymouth State University 3,153
Point Loma Nazarene University 3,188
Point Park University 2,331
Point University 1,996
Polaris Career Center 300
Polk State College 7,180
Polytech Adult Education 590
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando 96
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital 173
Pomona College 1,666
Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education 57
Ponca City Beauty College 38
Ponce Health Sciences University -
Ponce Health Sciences University-Centro Universitario de San Juan -
Ponce Health Sciences University-St Louis -
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo 273
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 555
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 3,874
Pontifical College Josephinum 60
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies -
Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family -
Pontotoc Technology Center 72
Port Huron Cosmetology College 37
Portage Lakes Career Center 168
Porter & Chester Institute 1,373
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden 402
Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton -
Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee -
Porter and Chester Institute - New London -
Porter and Chester Institute of Waterbury -
Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester -
Porterville College 2,834
Portland Actors Conservatory 11
Portland Community College 19,531
Portland State University 13,182
Post University 13,603
Potomac State College of West Virginia University 853
Poway Adult School 1,459
PPG Technical College 235
Prairie State College 2,443
Prairie View A & M University 8,877

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).