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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
SOHO Hair Academy 66
Soka University of America 484
Solano Community College 8,061
Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy 233
Somerset Community College 4,166
Somerset County Technology Center 59
Sonoma State University 5,166
Sonoran Desert Institute 5,435
Sonoran University of Health Sciences -
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY -
South Arkansas College 862
South Baylo University -
South Carolina State University 2,934
South Central College 1,946
South Central College-Faribault -
South Coast College 306
South College 8,745
South College - Pittsburgh -
South College - Indianapolis -
South College - Orlando -
South College-Asheville -
South College-Atlanta -
South College-Nashville -
South Dade Technical College-South Dade Skills Center Campus 196
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2,071
South Dakota State University 9,198
South Eastern Beauty Academy 45
South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary 373
South Florida Institute of Technology 9,747
South Florida State College 2,045
South Georgia State College 1,466
South Georgia Technical College 1,407
South Hills Beauty Academy 183
South Hills School of Business & Technology 260
South Hills School of Business and Technology-Altoona -
South Louisiana Community College 5,035
South Mountain Community College 3,645
South Piedmont Community College 1,833
South Plains College 6,005
South Post Oak Barber College 10
South Puget Sound Community College 3,075
South Seattle College 1,616
South Suburban College 2,042
South Texas College 15,856
South Texas College of Law Houston -
South Texas Training Center 120
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville 423
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco 521
South University-Austin 211
South University-Columbia 450

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).