Lists of American universities and colleges

Last updated March 08, 2025

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Below are links to lists of institutions of higher education in the United States (colleges and universities) by geography and other criteria, as well as lists of American institutions located outside the United States and its territories.

Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Washington, D.C.
Insular areas
Outside the U.S. and its territories
Non-geographical lists
See also
External links

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Insular areas

Note:

American Samoa (American Samoa Community College) and the Northern Mariana Islands (Northern Marianas College) have one college each.
The US insular areas under the Compact of Free Association, namely Palau (Palau Community College), the Federated States of Micronesia (College of Micronesia-FSM), and the Marshall Islands (College of the Marshall Islands) have one college each.
The United States Minor Outlying Islands do not have any colleges or universities.

Outside the U.S. and its territories

The following list contains international institutions of higher education that are accredited or licensed in the United States. The list includes satellite campuses of universities headquartered within the United States.

Non-geographical lists

External links

U.S. Department of Education College Navigator

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States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Federal district	Washington, D.C.
Territories	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands
By type	Community Dental Historically black Law Medical Men's Military Defunct Liberal arts Online Research universities Vocational Women's
By measure	Alphabetical index Endowment Enrollment Public Undergraduate

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Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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