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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
Santiago Canyon College 10,579
Sarah Lawrence College 1,530
Sarasota School of Massage Therapy 82
Sattler College 57
Sauk Valley Community College 1,158
Savannah College of Art and Design 15,243
Savannah State University 2,833
Savannah Technical College 3,366
Saybrook University -
Schenectady County Community College 1,507
Schiller International University 43
Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design 152
School of Automotive Machinists & Technology 88
School of Missionary Aviation Technology 36
School of Professional Horticulture New York Botanical Garden 14
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2,805
School of Visual Arts 3,244
Schoolcraft Community College District 7,511
Schreiner University 1,053
Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES 166
Schuylkill Technology Center 102
Scioto County Career Technical Center 175
Scottsdale Community College 5,377
Scripps College 1,113
Searcy Beauty College 54
Seattle Central College 3,953
Seattle Film Institute 65
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine -
Seattle Pacific University 1,762
Seattle University 4,062
Seguin Beauty School-Seguin 38
Selma University 32
Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov 449
Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico -
Seminary Bnos Chaim 182
Seminole State College 1,086
Seminole State College of Florida 12,864
Sentara College of Health Sciences 242
Sessions College 188
Seton Hall University 6,036
Seton Hill University 1,492
Seward County Community College 1,166
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College 156
Sharp Edgez Barber Institute 57
Sharp Edgez Barber Institute - Buffalo -
Sharp's Academy of Hairstyling 16
Shasta Bible College and Graduate School 21
Shasta College 6,128
Shasta School of Cosmetology 112
Shaw University 875

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).