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Top 25 Colleges and universities worldwide
RevenueBase identified 3,879 colleges and universities worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,775,893 professional contacts across them, including 582,416 with verified work emails and 427,710 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers colleges and universities worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 7, 2026. Country and city lists for colleges and universities follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest colleges and universities worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27,475 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 26,844 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “There’s a reason Penn State consistently ranks among the top one percent of the world’s universities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 26,178 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 24,845 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ASU has developed a new model for the American research university, creating an institution committed to excellence, access and impact, the New American University.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 23,254 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 22,281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 20,014 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 19,612 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of Pennsylvania is one of the oldest universities in America and, as a member of the Ivy League, one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in all…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 19,295 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Southern California is a leading private research university located in Los Angeles, the capital of the Pacific Rim.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 18,637 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A wellspring of innovation, the school occupies a 1,232-acre campus near downtown Berkeley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 18,143 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 16,897 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UC Davis was founded in 1908 to serve the state of California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 14,168 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is currently one of the leading higher education institutions in Latin America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 14,128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 13,949 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13,517 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Boston University is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today, with three primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 13,465 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 13,396 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Northwestern is one of the nation’s premier research universities, combining innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary, and diverse…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 13,136 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 13,074 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Calgary is a leading Canadian university located in the nation's most enterprising city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12,867 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Florida State University offers a unique academic environment built on our cherished values, distinctive heritage, and welcoming campus.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 12,527 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Mizzou!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 12,364 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sapienza University of Rome, founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface is one of the oldest universities in the world and a high performer among the largest universities in international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 12,274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Emory University, a top research university located in Atlanta, Georgia, is an inquiry-driven, ethically engaged and diverse community whose members work collaboratively for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 11,960 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A UNIP promove, em todas as áreas da educação, a formação atualizada dos alunos e sua capacitação para uma sociedade em constante mudança, por meio de um ensino de qualidade…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: colleges and universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names colleges and universities.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of colleges and universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name colleges and universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Colleges and universities worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 7, 2026Companies by employee count
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among colleges and universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- 24 countries, largest first: the United States, India, Brazil, Mexico, France, the United Kingdom, China, Indonesia, Canada, Germany and 14 more. Country and city lists for colleges and universities are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “colleges and universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names colleges and universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among colleges and universities, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 582,416 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph between September 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Colleges and universities by location
25 lists · largest firstEvery Colleges and universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Colleges and universities based in the United States1,225
- Colleges and universities based in India765
- Colleges and universities based in Brazil426
- Colleges and universities based in Mexico220
- Colleges and universities based in France120
- Colleges and universities based in the United Kingdom114
- Colleges and universities based in China100
- Colleges and universities based in Indonesia84
- Colleges and universities based in Canada81
- Colleges and universities based in Germany76
- Colleges and universities based in Spain73
- Colleges and universities based in Pakistan68
- Colleges and universities based in the Philippines60
- Colleges and universities based in Türkiye56
- Colleges and universities based in Iran55
- Colleges and universities based in Japan55
- Colleges and universities based in Australia52
- Colleges and universities based in Italy52
- Colleges and universities based in Argentina43
- Colleges and universities based in South Korea38
- Colleges and universities based in Bangladesh33
- Colleges and universities based in Poland29
- Colleges and universities based in Chile27
- Colleges and universities based in Nigeria27
Cities
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names colleges and universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many colleges and universities are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 3,879 colleges and universities worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
University Of Florida, headquartered in Gainesville, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most colleges and universities?
The United States leads with 1,225 companies, followed by India (765) and Brazil (426). Every colleges and universities list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most colleges and universities?
Sao Paulo leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Shanghai (30) and New York (28).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 582,416 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,879 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled from the company graph between September 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 colleges and universities worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 3,879 matching company records for colleges and universities worldwide, with 1,775,893 tracked contacts and 582,416 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 7, 2026.
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Top 25 colleges and universities worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  University Of Floridauf.eduHQ: Gainesville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Gainesville, FL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 27,475 contacts → |
“University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  Penn State Universitypsu.eduHQ: University Park, PA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | University Park, PA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 26,844 contacts → |
“There’s a reason Penn State consistently ranks among the top one percent of the world’s universities.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 |  University Of Washingtonuw.eduHQ: Seattle, WA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Seattle, WA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 26,178 contacts → |
“Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  Arizona State Universityasu.eduHQ: Tempe, AZ, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Tempe, AZ, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 24,845 contacts → |
“ASU has developed a new model for the American research university, creating an institution committed to excellence, access and impact, the New American University.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 |  Stanford Universitystanford.eduHQ: Stanford, CA, United KingdomReported employees: 10001+ | Stanford, CA, United Kingdom | 10001+ | Exact match | 23,254 contacts → |
“Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaignillinois.eduHQ: Champaign, IL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Champaign, IL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 22,281 contacts → |
“The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Columbia Universitycolumbia.eduHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | New York, NY, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 20,014 contacts → |
“For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  University Of Pennsylvaniaupenn.eduHQ: Philadelphia, PA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Philadelphia, PA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 19,612 contacts → |
“The University of Pennsylvania is one of the oldest universities in America and, as a member of the Ivy League, one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in all…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Los Angeles, CA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 19,295 contacts → |
“The University of Southern California is a leading private research university located in Los Angeles, the capital of the Pacific Rim.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  University Of California, Berkeleyberkeley.eduHQ: Berkeley, CA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Berkeley, CA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 18,637 contacts → |
“A wellspring of innovation, the school occupies a 1,232-acre campus near downtown Berkeley.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  UCLucl.ac.ukHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 10001+ | London, United Kingdom | 10001+ | Exact match | 18,143 contacts → |
“UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  University Of California, Davisucdavis.eduHQ: Davis, CA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Davis, CA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 16,897 contacts → |
“UC Davis was founded in 1908 to serve the state of California.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | HQ: Providencia, ChileReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Providencia, Chile | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 14,168 contacts → |
“Founded in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is currently one of the leading higher education institutions in Latin America.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  University Of Albertaualberta.caHQ: Edmonton, AB, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Edmonton, AB, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 14,128 contacts → |
“The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Duke Universityduke.eduHQ: Durham, NC, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Durham, NC, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 13,949 contacts → |
No recorded description excerpt is available for this public record. | |||||
| 16 |  Boston Universitybu.eduHQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Boston, MA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 13,517 contacts → |
“Boston University is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today, with three primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 |  Virginia Techvt.eduHQ: Blacksburg, VA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Blacksburg, VA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 13,465 contacts → |
“Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  Northwestern Universitynorthwestern.eduHQ: Evanston, IL, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 13,396 contacts → |
“Northwestern is one of the nation’s premier research universities, combining innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary, and diverse…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  Mcgill Universitymcgill.caHQ: Montreal, QC, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Montreal, QC, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 13,136 contacts → |
“McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  University Of Calgaryucalgary.caHQ: Calgary, AB, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Calgary, AB, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 13,074 contacts → |
“The University of Calgary is a leading Canadian university located in the nation's most enterprising city.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Florida State Universitynews.fsu.eduHQ: Tallahassee, FL, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Tallahassee, FL, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 12,867 contacts → |
“Florida State University offers a unique academic environment built on our cherished values, distinctive heritage, and welcoming campus.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  University Of Missouri-Columbiamissouri.eduHQ: Columbia, MO, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Columbia, MO, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,527 contacts → |
“We are Mizzou!” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Sapienza Università DI Romauniroma1.itHQ: Rome, ItalyReported employees: 10001+ | Rome, Italy | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,364 contacts → |
“Sapienza University of Rome, founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface is one of the oldest universities in the world and a high performer among the largest universities in international…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 |  Emory Universityemory.eduHQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Atlanta, GA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,274 contacts → |
“Emory University, a top research university located in Atlanta, Georgia, is an inquiry-driven, ethically engaged and diverse community whose members work collaboratively for…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Universidade Paulistaunip.brHQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 10001+ | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 10001+ | Exact match | 11,960 contacts → |
“A UNIP promove, em todas as áreas da educação, a formação atualizada dos alunos e sua capacitação para uma sociedade em constante mudança, por meio de um ensino de qualidade…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Colleges and universities: dataset insights
September 7, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Reported company sizes
3,855 records in the displayed employee bands.
24 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 7, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Colleges and universities by location
25 lists · largest firstEvery Colleges and universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Colleges and universities based in the United States1,225
- Colleges and universities based in India765
- Colleges and universities based in Brazil426
- Colleges and universities based in Mexico220
- Colleges and universities based in France120
- Colleges and universities based in the United Kingdom114
- Colleges and universities based in China100
- Colleges and universities based in Indonesia84
- Colleges and universities based in Canada81
- Colleges and universities based in Germany76
- Colleges and universities based in Spain73
- Colleges and universities based in Pakistan68
- Colleges and universities based in the Philippines60
- Colleges and universities based in Türkiye56
- Colleges and universities based in Iran55
- Colleges and universities based in Japan55
- Colleges and universities based in Australia52
- Colleges and universities based in Italy52
- Colleges and universities based in Argentina43
- Colleges and universities based in South Korea38
- Colleges and universities based in Bangladesh33
- Colleges and universities based in Poland29
- Colleges and universities based in Chile27
- Colleges and universities based in Nigeria27
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for colleges and universities?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many colleges and universities did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 3,879 matching company records, 1,775,893 tracked contacts and 582,416 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 7, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 colleges and universities worldwide. Snapshot: September 7, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/colleges-and-universities.
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Top 25 colleges and universities worldwide
RevenueBase records 3,879 matching company records for colleges and universities worldwide, with 1,775,893 tracked contacts and 582,416 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 7, 2026.
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Top 25 colleges and universities worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University Of Floridauf.edu HQ: Gainesville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Gainesville, FL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 27,475 contacts → |
“University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Penn State Universitypsu.edu HQ: University Park, PA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | University Park, PA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 26,844 contacts → |
“There’s a reason Penn State consistently ranks among the top one percent of the world’s universities.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | University Of Washingtonuw.edu HQ: Seattle, WA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Seattle, WA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 26,178 contacts → |
“Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Arizona State Universityasu.edu HQ: Tempe, AZ, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Tempe, AZ, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 24,845 contacts → |
“ASU has developed a new model for the American research university, creating an institution committed to excellence, access and impact, the New American University.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Stanford Universitystanford.edu HQ: Stanford, CA, United KingdomReported employees: 10001+ | Stanford, CA, United Kingdom | 10001+ | Exact match | 23,254 contacts → |
“Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaignillinois.edu HQ: Champaign, IL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Champaign, IL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 22,281 contacts → |
“The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Columbia Universitycolumbia.edu HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | New York, NY, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 20,014 contacts → |
“For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | University Of Pennsylvaniaupenn.edu HQ: Philadelphia, PA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Philadelphia, PA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 19,612 contacts → |
“The University of Pennsylvania is one of the oldest universities in America and, as a member of the Ivy League, one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in all…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Los Angeles, CA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 19,295 contacts → |
“The University of Southern California is a leading private research university located in Los Angeles, the capital of the Pacific Rim.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | University Of California, Berkeleyberkeley.edu HQ: Berkeley, CA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Berkeley, CA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 18,637 contacts → |
“A wellspring of innovation, the school occupies a 1,232-acre campus near downtown Berkeley.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | UCLucl.ac.uk HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 10001+ | London, United Kingdom | 10001+ | Exact match | 18,143 contacts → |
“UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | University Of California, Davisucdavis.edu HQ: Davis, CA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Davis, CA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 16,897 contacts → |
“UC Davis was founded in 1908 to serve the state of California.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | HQ: Providencia, ChileReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Providencia, Chile | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 14,168 contacts → |
“Founded in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is currently one of the leading higher education institutions in Latin America.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | University Of Albertaualberta.ca HQ: Edmonton, AB, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Edmonton, AB, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 14,128 contacts → |
“The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Duke Universityduke.edu HQ: Durham, NC, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Durham, NC, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 13,949 contacts → |
No recorded description excerpt is available for this public record. | |||||
| 16 | Boston Universitybu.edu HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Boston, MA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 13,517 contacts → |
“Boston University is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today, with three primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Virginia Techvt.edu HQ: Blacksburg, VA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Blacksburg, VA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 13,465 contacts → |
“Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Northwestern Universitynorthwestern.edu HQ: Evanston, IL, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 13,396 contacts → |
“Northwestern is one of the nation’s premier research universities, combining innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary, and diverse…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Mcgill Universitymcgill.ca HQ: Montreal, QC, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Montreal, QC, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 13,136 contacts → |
“McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | University Of Calgaryucalgary.ca HQ: Calgary, AB, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Calgary, AB, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 13,074 contacts → |
“The University of Calgary is a leading Canadian university located in the nation's most enterprising city.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Florida State Universitynews.fsu.edu HQ: Tallahassee, FL, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Tallahassee, FL, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 12,867 contacts → |
“Florida State University offers a unique academic environment built on our cherished values, distinctive heritage, and welcoming campus.” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | University Of Missouri-Columbiamissouri.edu HQ: Columbia, MO, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Columbia, MO, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,527 contacts → |
“We are Mizzou!” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Sapienza Università DI Romauniroma1.it HQ: Rome, ItalyReported employees: 10001+ | Rome, Italy | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,364 contacts → |
“Sapienza University of Rome, founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface is one of the oldest universities in the world and a high performer among the largest universities in international…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Emory Universityemory.edu HQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Atlanta, GA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,274 contacts → |
“Emory University, a top research university located in Atlanta, Georgia, is an inquiry-driven, ethically engaged and diverse community whose members work collaboratively for…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Universidade Paulistaunip.br HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 10001+ | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 10001+ | Exact match | 11,960 contacts → |
“A UNIP promove, em todas as áreas da educação, a formação atualizada dos alunos e sua capacitação para uma sociedade em constante mudança, por meio de um ensino de qualidade…” Recorded description excerpt · September 7, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Colleges and universities: dataset insights
September 7, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Reported company sizes
3,855 records in the displayed employee bands.
24 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 7, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Colleges and universities by location
25 lists · largest firstEvery Colleges and universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Colleges and universities based in the United States1,225
- Colleges and universities based in India765
- Colleges and universities based in Brazil426
- Colleges and universities based in Mexico220
- Colleges and universities based in France120
- Colleges and universities based in the United Kingdom114
- Colleges and universities based in China100
- Colleges and universities based in Indonesia84
- Colleges and universities based in Canada81
- Colleges and universities based in Germany76
- Colleges and universities based in Spain73
- Colleges and universities based in Pakistan68
- Colleges and universities based in the Philippines60
- Colleges and universities based in Türkiye56
- Colleges and universities based in Iran55
- Colleges and universities based in Japan55
- Colleges and universities based in Australia52
- Colleges and universities based in Italy52
- Colleges and universities based in Argentina43
- Colleges and universities based in South Korea38
- Colleges and universities based in Bangladesh33
- Colleges and universities based in Poland29
- Colleges and universities based in Chile27
- Colleges and universities based in Nigeria27
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for colleges and universities?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many colleges and universities did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 3,879 matching company records, 1,775,893 tracked contacts and 582,416 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 7, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 colleges and universities worldwide. Snapshot: September 7, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/colleges-and-universities.
This is a selected public preview of saved company records, rather than an independently verified census. Open the source page ↗