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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
Saint Michael's College 1,092
Saint Norbert College 1,662
Saint Paul College 3,813
Saint Paul School of Theology -
Saint Peter's University 2,135
Saint Vincent College 1,259
Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary -
Saint Vincent Seminary -
Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary -
Saint Xavier University 3,096
Salem College 423
Salem College of Hairstyling 31
Salem Community College 910
Salem State University 4,291
Salem University 892
Salina Area Technical College 330
Saline County Career Center 23
Salisbury University 6,057
Salish Kootenai College 580
Salon & Spa Institute 71
Salon Boutique Academy 200
Salon Institute - Columbus Campus -
Salon Institute-Toledo Campus 152
Salon Professional Academy -
Salon Professional Academy 237
Salon Professional Academy (The) -
Salon Professional Academy of San Antonio 94
Salon Professional Academy-Elevate Salon Institute 59
Salon Success Academy-Corona 196
Salon Success Academy-Fontana 29
Salon Success Academy-Redlands 220
Salon Success Academy-Riverside 164
Salon Success Academy-Upland 254
Salon Success Academy-West Covina 75
Salt Lake Community College 18,136
Salve Regina University 2,121
Sam Houston State University 17,743
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing 129
Samford University 4,206
Sami Halaseh Institute 30
Sampson Community College 846
Samuel Merritt University 718
San Antonio College 16,416
San Bernardino Beauty College 82
San Bernardino Valley College 12,234
San Diego Christian College 87
San Diego City College 10,441
San Diego Global Knowledge University 173
San Diego Mesa College 16,098
San Diego Miramar College 11,271

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).