Colleges by type and by state
Every college with a page on this site, 5,711 in all, listed by the state or jurisdiction NCES files it under and then by name.
By type
A college is of a type when NCES’s completions file shows it awarded at least one degree in the type’s program at the type’s level: a law school awarded the professional doctorate in law, a medical school the Doctor of Medicine. Business schools are colleges that awarded any master’s degree in NCES’s business family of programs (CIP 52), and engineering schools any bachelor’s degree in engineering (CIP 14), so both are broad by construction. Counts are for the fifty states and DC, first majors, from July 2024 to June 2025.
| Type | Colleges ranked | Degrees awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Law schools | 206 | 36,426 |
| Medical schools | 144 | 20,929 |
| Osteopathic medical schools | 36 | 8,814 |
| Dental schools | 65 | 6,930 |
| Pharmacy schools | 139 | 10,955 |
| Veterinary schools | 34 | 3,818 |
| Business schools | 1,232 | 205,279 |
| Engineering schools | 680 | 118,801 |
Every college, by state
| State or jurisdiction | Colleges |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 71 |
| Alaska | 10 |
| Arizona | 105 |
| Arkansas | 76 |
| California | 614 |
| Colorado | 81 |
| Connecticut | 50 |
| Delaware | 14 |
| District of Columbia | 20 |
| Florida | 303 |
| Georgia | 140 |
| Hawaii | 19 |
| Idaho | 34 |
| Illinois | 216 |
| Indiana | 105 |
| Iowa | 75 |
| Kansas | 76 |
| Kentucky | 84 |
| Louisiana | 105 |
| Maine | 33 |
| Maryland | 73 |
| Massachusetts | 134 |
| Michigan | 154 |
| Minnesota | 90 |
| Mississippi | 49 |
| Missouri | 134 |
| Montana | 26 |
| Nebraska | 38 |
| Nevada | 36 |
| New Hampshire | 30 |
| New Jersey | 147 |
| New Mexico | 45 |
| New York | 394 |
| North Carolina | 158 |
| North Dakota | 25 |
| Ohio | 260 |
| Oklahoma | 97 |
| Oregon | 66 |
| Pennsylvania | 290 |
| Rhode Island | 21 |
| South Carolina | 84 |
| South Dakota | 23 |
| Tennessee | 135 |
| Texas | 385 |
| Utah | 58 |
| Vermont | 15 |
| Virginia | 135 |
| Washington | 91 |
| West Virginia | 66 |
| Wisconsin | 81 |
| Wyoming | 10 |
Outside the fifty states and DC
The territories, the freely associated states and the Bureau of Indian Education, which NCES files separately from the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Each has its list and its pages; none is in the state figures or the rankings, which are of the fifty states and DC.
| State or jurisdiction | Colleges |
|---|---|
| American Samoa | 1 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 |
| Guam | 3 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 |
| Palau | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 121 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 |
Data retrieved