How many colleges & universities are there in the United States?

3,987 colleges & universities file a Form 990 with the IRS in the United States.

What else are universities called?

Also known as colleges and higher-education institutions.

Colleges & universities nonprofits in the U.S.

3,987 colleges & universities file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $329 billion in revenue and hold $1.1 trillion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called colleges, higher-education institutions.

The largest are New York University, Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University.

Largest colleges & universities

Top 100 by revenue · 3,987 colleges & universities nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets
New York University New York	NY	$11.6B	$23.6B
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia	PA	$10.7B	$36.7B
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore	MD	$10.5B	$25.3B
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford	CA	$9.5B	$68.7B
President And Fellows Of Harvard College Cambridge	MA	$7.7B	$0
The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York New York	NY	$7.3B	$26.0B
Emory University Atlanta	GA	$7.3B	—
University Of Miami Coral Gables	FL	$7.0B	$8.9B
Yale University New Haven	CT	$6.8B	$58.9B
Cornell University Ithaca	NY	$6.6B	$19.8B
University Of Rochester Rochester	NY	$5.9B	$9.1B
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Cambridge	MA	$5.9B	$45.3B
University Of Southern California Los Angeles	CA	$5.6B	$17.0B
Washington University St Louis	MO	$5.2B	$22.3B
University Of Chicago Chicago	IL	$4.9B	$15.8B
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai New York	NY	$4.5B	$4.3B
Duke University Durham	NC	$4.5B	$22.1B
California Institute Of Technology Pasadena	CA	$4.2B	$7.8B
E Emory Group Return Atlanta	GA	$4.1B	$2.2B
University Of Notre Dame Du Lac Notre Dame	IN	$3.3B	$29.6B
The Trustees Of Princeton University Princeton	NJ	$3.1B	$45.9B
University Of British Columbia Canada	—	$2.8B	$6.2B
Baylor College Of Medicine Houston	TX	$2.8B	$3.1B
Vanderbilt University Nashville	TN	$2.6B	$14.8B
Georgetown University Washington	DC	$2.1B	$6.9B
Grand Canyon University Phoenix	AZ	$2.0B	$2.1B
The George Washington University Ashburn	VA	$1.9B	$5.5B
Syracuse University Syracuse	NY	$1.9B	$5.4B
Boston College Trustees Chestnut Hill	MA	$1.8B	$7.7B
Liberty University Inc Lynchburg	VA	$1.8B	$5.1B
The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund New Orleans	LA	$1.8B	$4.6B
Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winstonsalem	NC	$1.7B	$2.2B
Trustees Of Dartmouth College Hanover	NH	$1.7B	$13.1B
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia	PA	$1.6B	$6.6B
The Medical College Of Wisconsin Inc Milwaukee	WI	$1.6B	$3.5B
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland	OH	$1.6B	$0
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education Philadelphia	PA	$1.6B	$4.3B
Baylor University Waco	TX	$1.6B	$0
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester	NH	$1.5B	$2.0B
Universite De Montreal Succursale A Quebec Canada	—	$1.5B	$4.2B
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Bronx	NY	$1.5B	$2.0B
William Marsh Rice University Houston	TX	$1.4B	$11.2B
Drexel University Philadelphia	PA	$1.4B	$2.9B
Trustees Of Tufts College Medford	MA	$1.4B	$4.9B
The Howard University Washington	DC	$1.4B	$3.0B
Texas Christian University Fort Worth	TX	$1.3B	$4.9B
Southern Methodist University Dallas	TX	$1.2B	$4.6B
Rochester Institute Of Technology Rochester	NY	$1.2B	$3.0B
University Of Ottawa Canada	—	$1.1B	$2.9B
Fordham University Bronx	NY	$1.1B	$2.6B
Loyola University Of Chicago Chicago	IL	$1.1B	$2.7B
Nova Southeastern University Inc Ft Lauderdale	FL	$1.0B	$2.2B
York University Canada	—	$1.0B	$2.7B
University Of Saskatchewan Canada	—	$962.2M	$2.3B
University Of Dayton Dayton	OH	$958.1M	$2.3B
Hebrew University Association Jerusalem Palestine Israel	—	$937.7M	$3.6B
American University Washington	DC	$937.1M	$2.6B
Villanova University Villanova	PA	$931.0M	$0
Bard College Annandale	NY	$930.3M	$1.7B
The University Of Auckland New Zealand	—	$927.5M	$2.9B
Depaul University Chicago	IL	$918.1M	$2.0B
Tel Aviv University Israel	—	$900.8M	$2.9B
Savannah College Of Art And Design Inc Savannah	GA	$882.5M	$2.3B
St Louis University Saint Louis	MO	$864.3M	$3.1B
St Johns University New York Jamaica	NY	$843.7M	$1.7B
Lehigh University Bethlehem	PA	$840.1M	$3.5B
University Of Denver Denver	CO	$834.9M	$2.3B
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc Daytona Beach	FL	$810.2M	$1.7B
Curtin University Australia	—	$807.4M	$1.4B
Toronto Metropolitan University Canada	—	$785.1M	$1.8B
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles	CA	$778.7M	$1.9B
Wake Forest University Winstonsalem	NC	$764.4M	$3.0B
Chapman University Orange	CA	$757.8M	$2.4B
Marquette University Milwaukee	WI	$750.7M	$2.2B
Creighton University Omaha	NE	$750.2M	$2.2B
Pace University Pleasantville	NY	$719.1M	$1.6B
American University Of Beirut New York	NY	$709.7M	$1.8B
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy	NY	$709.4M	$1.8B
Simon Fraser University Canada	—	$709.1M	$2.2B
Hofstra University Hempstead	NY	$705.8M	$1.7B
Pepperdine University Malibu	CA	$705.5M	$2.7B
President-Board Of Trustees Santa Clara College Santa Clara	CA	$679.7M	$3.1B
Everglades College Inc San Juan	PR	$663.3M	$968.3M
Universite De Sherbrooke Canada	—	$661.6M	$1.2B
Quinnipiac University Hamden	CT	$595.3M	$2.1B
The New School New York	NY	$588.1M	$1.7B
Belmont University Nashville	TN	$579.5M	$1.8B
The Trustees Of The Stevens Institute Of Technology Hoboken	NJ	$578.7M	$1.1B
University Of San Francisco San Francisco	CA	$555.1M	$1.4B
National University San Diego	CA	$544.2M	$1.2B
Sacred Heart University Incorporated Fairfield	CT	$540.0M	$1.5B
Midwestern University Downers Grove	IL	$537.5M	$2.2B
University Of The Pacific Stockton	CA	$526.9M	$1.6B
President And Fellows Of Middlebury College Middlebury	VT	$520.2M	$2.4B
University Of St Thomas St Paul	MN	$513.6M	$2.0B
Corporation Of Gonzaga University Spokane	WA	$508.9M	$1.2B
Brandeis University Waltham	MA	$502.5M	$2.0B
University Of Richmond Richmond	VA	$498.3M	$4.1B
The Art Institute Of Chicago Chicago	IL	$493.8M	$2.2B
University Of Tampa Tampa	FL	$493.8M	$1.1B

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