Every U.S. college and university, benchmarked.
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How the 5,994 institutions across the U.S. break down
Control and level come from IPEDS institutional characteristics. Pick a tile to see just that slice of the list.
82 institutions have no reported level in IPEDS; they stay in the full list but not in the level slices.
2,827 institutions
Showing 1981–2010
Southeastern Baptist College
Laurel, Mississippi
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Southeastern College - West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College
Wendell, North Carolina
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, Louisiana
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, Oklahoma
Southeastern University
Lakeland, Florida
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, Arkansas
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, California
Southern California Institute of Technology
Anaheim, California
Southern California Seminary
El Cajon, California
Southern California University of Health Sciences
Whittier, California
Southern College of Optometry
Memphis, Tennessee
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois
Southern Illinois University - System Office
Carbondale, Illinois
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Southern Nazarene University
Bethany, Oklahoma
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, Oregon
Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Southern University - Board and System
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah
Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista, Virginia
Southern Wesleyan University
Central, South Carolina
Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, Missouri
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Every institution organized by U.S. state and territory.
Federal Carnegie classification: research universities, master's, baccalaureate, community colleges.
Minority-serving and federally designated institutions: HBCUs, HSIs, Land-grant, Tribal.
Frequently asked questions
What data does each college profile include?+
Each institution profile pulls federal data on enrollment, graduation and retention rates, net price and cost, student demographics, and program offerings, drawn from IPEDS and the College Scorecard.
How many U.S. colleges and universities are covered?+
Clema covers 5,994 U.S. colleges and universities across 59 states and territories, from research universities to community colleges.
Where does the institution data come from?+
All figures come from public federal sources: the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) for enrollment, staffing, and outcomes, and the College Scorecard for cost and graduate earnings, both published by the U.S. Department of Education.
Can I filter colleges by state, control, level, or Carnegie class?+
Yes. Filter the directory by state, public or private control, 4-year, 2-year, or less-than-2-year level, Carnegie classification, and federal designations like HBCU, HSI, Land-grant, and Tribal, then open any college for its full federal data profile.
Is the college data free to access?+
Yes. Every college profile and its federal data on Clema is free to view and needs no account.
Can Clema answer institutional research questions automatically?+
Yes. Clema is an AI assistant for institutional research and effectiveness teams that answers data requests in plain language from IPEDS, the College Scorecard, and other federal sources, in minutes instead of days.
Data: IPEDS Fall 2025–26 provisional · College Scorecard (June 2026 release). All sources & release dates →
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