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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
South University-High Point 67
South University-Montgomery 299
South University-Richmond 232
South University-Savannah 270
South University-Savannah Online 6,433
South University-Tampa 388
South University-Virginia Beach 240
South University-West Palm Beach 251
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College 3,308
Southeast Arkansas College 851
Southeast Community College Area 6,773
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College 1,721
Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences 200
Southeast Missouri State University 6,373
Southeast New Mexico College 469
Southeast Technical College 2,310
Southeast Texas Career Institute 75
Southeastern Baptist College 93
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary 585
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary - Lowell Correctional Institution -
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Nash County Extension Center -
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Wake County Extension Center -
Southeastern College-Boynton Beach 563
Southeastern College-Charleston 225
Southeastern College-Charlotte 252
Southeastern College-Columbia 267
Southeastern College-Miami Lakes -
Southeastern Community College 1,699
Southeastern Community College 820
Southeastern Esthetics Institute 358
Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College 64
Southeastern Illinois College 680
Southeastern Louisiana University 9,514
Southeastern Louisiana University - Albert Cammon Middle School -
Southeastern Louisiana University - Destrahan High School -
Southeastern Louisiana University - EBR Parish School System Prof Dev -
Southeastern Louisiana University - St Amant High School -
Southeastern Oklahoma State University 3,018
Southeastern Technical College 1,008
Southeastern Technical Institute 260
Southeastern University 4,813
Southern Adventist University 2,773
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 2,708
Southern Arkansas University Tech 672
Southern California College of Barber and Beauty 59
Southern California Health Institute 156
Southern California Institute of Architecture 236
Southern California Institute of Technology 508
Southern California Seminary 32
Southern California University of Health Sciences 158

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).