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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
Rudy & Kelly Academy A Paul Mitchell Partner School 155
Rush University 138
Russell Sage College 1,244
Rust College 467
Rutgers University-Camden 3,753
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 37,751
Rutgers University-Newark 7,709
SABER College 482
Sacramento City College 17,657
Sacramento Ultrasound Institute 83
Sacred Heart Major Seminary 178
Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology -
Sacred Heart University 7,087
Saddleback College 17,684
SAE Institute of Technology-Atlanta -
SAE Institute of Technology-Chicago -
SAE Institute of Technology-Miami -
SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville 1,712
SAE Institute of Technology-New York -
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College 164
Saginaw Valley State University 5,989
Saint Ambrose University 1,916
Saint Anselm College 2,087
Saint Anthony College of Nursing 172
Saint Augustine's University 172
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook 38
Saint Cloud State University 5,088
Saint Edward's University 2,493
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing 153
Saint Elizabeth School of Nursing 145
Saint Elizabeth University 557
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing 273
Saint Francis University 1,557
Saint John's Seminary 7
Saint Johns River State College 4,403
Saint Johns University 1,395
Saint Joseph Seminary College 93
Saint Joseph's College of Maine 964
Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster 1,280
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia 4,948
Saint Leo University 6,721
Saint Louis Community College 11,788
Saint Louis University 7,267
Saint Martin's University 1,158
Saint Mary's College 1,458
Saint Mary's College of California 1,947
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 1,073
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 853
Saint Meinrad School of Theology -
Saint Michael College of Allied Health 136

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).