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Colleges by metro area

Every metro area where we hold at least 8 colleges, one list each.

Updated October 2, 2026

All big-city metros

Colleges in a big-city metro area660 colleges

Metro areas

Largest number of colleges first.

Colleges in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area76 colleges
Colleges in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area44 colleges
Colleges in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area38 colleges
Colleges in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area37 colleges
Colleges in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area35 colleges
Colleges in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metro area20 colleges
Colleges in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area19 colleges
Colleges in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area18 colleges
Colleges in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area16 colleges
Colleges in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area16 colleges
Colleges in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area15 colleges
Colleges in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area14 colleges
Colleges in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area14 colleges
Colleges in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area14 colleges
Colleges in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area12 colleges
Colleges in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area12 colleges
Colleges in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area11 colleges
Colleges in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area11 colleges
Colleges in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area10 colleges
Colleges in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area10 colleges
Colleges in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area10 colleges
Colleges in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area10 colleges
Colleges in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area10 colleges
Colleges in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area9 colleges
Colleges in the Cleveland, OH metro area9 colleges
Colleges in the Columbus, OH metro area9 colleges
Colleges in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area9 colleges
Colleges in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area9 colleges
Colleges in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area8 colleges
Colleges in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area8 colleges
Colleges in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area8 colleges
Colleges in the Rochester, NY metro area8 colleges
Colleges in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area8 colleges
Colleges in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area8 colleges
Colleges in the Worcester, MA metro area8 colleges