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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
Pratt Community College 579
Pratt Institute-Main 3,910
Pratt Manhattan-A Division of Pratt Institute -
Praxis Institute 422
PRCC Hancock Aviation Aerospace Workforce Academy -
Precision Welding Academy 96
Premier Academy of Cosmetology 49
Premier Barber Institute 50
Premier Barber School 45
Premiere Aesthetics Institute 45
Premiere Aesthetics Institute-Meridian 64
Premiere Aesthetics Institute-Post Falls -
Premiere Career College 105
Premiere International College 88
Presbyterian College 852
Prescott College 219
Prestige Health & Beauty Sciences Academy 119
Prince George's Community College 8,815
Prince's Barber Academy -
Princess Institute of Beauty 29
Princeton Theological Seminary -
Princeton University 5,709
Principia College 339
Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill 269
Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia 468
Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic City 235
Pro Beauty Academy 67
Pro Beauty Academy (The) - Kenilworth -
Pro Way Hair School 67
Professional Golfers Career College 70
Professional Institute of Beauty 93
Professional Skills Institute 395
Professional Technical Institution 181
Professional University Dr. Carlos J. Borrero Rios 7
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy 53
Profile Institute of Barber-Styling 34
Protege Academy 72
Protege Academy 44
Providence Christian College 168
Providence College 4,229
Provo College 669
Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus 257
Pueblo Community College 3,619
Puerto Rico Advance Institute 29
Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music 307
Purdue University - Indianapolis -
Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Anderson -
Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Columbus -
Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Indianapolis -
Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo -

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).