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Top 25 Four-year colleges worldwide
RevenueBase identified 165 four-year colleges worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 23,552 professional contacts across them, including 6,634 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers four-year 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 four-year 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 four-year colleges worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,579 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kansas State University, often referred to as K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 4,363 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1889, the University of Idaho has been a place that expects more from itself, more from its students, more from knowledge and more from life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,602 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 570 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with more than 2,400 students from 41 states and 69 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 568 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1970, North Seattle College provides learning opportunities for a diverse group of over students each year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 563 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1867 by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church, Centenary University has evolved from a coeducational preparatory school into a modern, independent…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 547 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thomas More University serves approximately 1,900 full- and part-time students from across the country and around the world on its beautiful campus in Crestview Hills, Kentucky…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 528 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spalding University is one of the most historic institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 233 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1946, Sichuan Normal University (SICNU; Chinese:) is the oldest normal university located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 225 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The choice of university is one of the critical decisions in a student’s life as a unique experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 196 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The largest of UC Berkeley's colleges and schools, encompassing three-quarters of its undergraduates and half of its faculty and graduate students, the College of Letters &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cesun Universidad is a higher education company based out of 20100 Blvd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Universitas Abdurrab is a religious institutions company based out of JI.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Florida SouthWestern State College is Southwest Florida’s largest and one of the most affordable institutions of higher education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PRIST University - India is a company based out of Tiruchirapalli Campus Paganur Village, Dindigul Main Road, Near Chatrapatti, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1610 by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, the College now comprises up to 150 graduate students and some 450 undergraduates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ottawa University is building on a 151-year history with the residential campus in Surprise, Arizona.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1993, Al al-Bayt University is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the suburban setting of the large town of Mafraq (population range of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus was established in January 2002.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EPI is a school on Aruba” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Penn State Schuylkill, a campus of The Pennsylvania State University, provides the academic opportunities of a Big Ten University with an international reputation in a setting as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE is a higher education company based out of Kovilpathagai Main Road Kanadaplayam, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “is a company based out of Seoul, South Korea.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence 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: four-year 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 four-year colleges.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of four-year colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name four-year 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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Four-year 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 four-year 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 four-year colleges are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “four-year 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 four-year 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 four-year 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, 6,634 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.
Four-year colleges by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Four-year colleges list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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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 four-year 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 four-year colleges are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 165 four-year 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?
Kansas State University, headquartered in Manhattan, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most four-year colleges?
The United States leads with 48 companies, followed by India (33). Every four-year colleges list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most four-year colleges?
New York leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Amparo (2) and Florissant (2).
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 6,634 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 165 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.