Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 For-profit colleges worldwide
RevenueBase identified 3,346 for-profit colleges worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 506,442 professional contacts across them, including 151,481 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Toronto the largest hub.
This list covers for-profit colleges 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for for-profit colleges 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 for-profit colleges worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,568 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “University of Phoenix has helped pioneer online education since launching online courses in 1989.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 9,876 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A comprehensive institution of higher learning located in Giza, Egypt, is committed to preparing students for the challenges of a rapidly changing workplace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 9,719 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1932, Southern New Hampshire University has grown from a small school of accounting and secretarial science into one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, accredited…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 9,254 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WGU, is an online university for the 21st century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 7,270 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos una institución educativa con un modelo único en el mundo por la flexibilidad y empoderamiento que le brinda al estudiante, ya que éste puede elegir su propio programa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 6,235 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A Universidade Positivo é a Instituição de Educação Superior fruto da experiência de três décadas do Grupo Positivo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 5,303 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is your success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 5,132 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is the largest public university in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 4,465 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Named for Sam Houston, Texas’ greatest hero, SHSU continually strives to honor its historical roots through academic excellence that includes exceptional teaching from faculty…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 4,371 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As the inaugural winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, Valencia College is recognized as one of the best in the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 4,276 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1967, Sheridan has grown from a local college of 400 students to one of Ontario’s leading postsecondary institutions, educating approximately full-time and continuing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4,143 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3,990 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of North Dakota is the state's flagship institution, with more than students and 225+ online and on campus fields of study.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3,940 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Algonquin’s success in numbers- 90% of graduates have jobs within six months of graduation - 96% of graduates would recommend Algonquin to others - 92% of employers are happy with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3,722 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fanshawe's story began in 1967.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3,679 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of North Florida is a nationally and internationally recognized public university preparing students for meaningful careers through personalized learning, hands-on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3,354 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Keiser University, we are here to help you succeed by providing the professional and academic foundation to meet your educational goals and objectives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3,213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Weber State is renowned for excellent teaching, accessible educational opportunities and an enduring presence in northern Utah.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3,177 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Johnson & Wales University (JWU) has over 100 undergraduate and graduate programs, online and in-person.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3,170 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 60 years, the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) has been delivering flexible, relevant, and future-proof education that prepares learners to provide applied…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3,127 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Begun in 1964, Northern Virginia Community College offers a quality and convenient educational experience at an affordable price.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 3,073 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Apollo Education Group, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3,057 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avec ses sept facultés et ses cinq instituts, l’Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne est présente dans tous les domaines de la connaissance depuis 1971.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2,991 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Created by the Florida Legislature in 1959, Broward College is one of 28 institutions that make up the Florida College System.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2,971 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NAIT’s hands-on, technology-based education and applied research are essential to the productivity and prosperity of Alberta.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: for-profit colleges. 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 for-profit colleges.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of for-profit colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name for-profit colleges. 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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For-profit colleges worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 for-profit colleges, 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
- Every country. Country and city lists for for-profit colleges are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “for-profit colleges”. 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 for-profit colleges), 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 for-profit colleges, 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, 151,481 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 on September 20, 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.
For-profit colleges by location
12 lists · largest firstEvery For-profit colleges list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- For-profit colleges based in the United States1,279
- For-profit colleges based in Canada226
- For-profit colleges based in Brazil162
- For-profit colleges based in India132
- For-profit colleges based in Mexico110
- For-profit colleges based in France96
- For-profit colleges based in Australia56
- For-profit colleges based in Germany56
- For-profit colleges based in the United Kingdom56
- For-profit colleges based in Spain55
- For-profit colleges based in the Philippines30
- For-profit colleges based in Italy28
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 for-profit colleges, 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 for-profit colleges are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 3,346 for-profit colleges 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 Phoenix, headquartered in Phoenix, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most for-profit colleges?
The United States leads with 1,279 companies, followed by Canada (226) and Brazil (162). Every for-profit colleges list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most for-profit colleges?
Toronto leads with 41 headquartered companies, followed by London (32) and Calgary (24).
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 151,481 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,346 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
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.