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Top 25 Universities and higher education colleges based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 198 universities and higher education colleges headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 181,337 professional contacts across them, including 62,289 with verified work emails. Miami is the largest hub.
This list covers universities and higher education colleges headquartered in the United States, 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 16, 2026.
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 universities and higher education colleges based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 13,949 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 10,664 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 10,627 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FIU is Miami's public research university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 8,579 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 7,487 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kent State University is the highest-ranked public university in northern Ohio on the Top Public Schools and Best National Universities lists by U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 5,537 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Old Dominion University is Virginia's forward-focused research university with rigorous academics, an energetic residential community, entrepreneurial research and collaboration…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 3,962 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of Wyoming is a nationally recognized educational and research institution that boasts accomplished faculty and world-class facilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 3,928 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since our founding in 1910, The University of Southern Mississippi has remained dedicated to preparing students for success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 3,926 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of Akron, is the region’s most influential public research university, contributing to the resurgence of the local economy, providing a workforce highly trained in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3,443 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Named for Ohio's world-famous Wright brothers, Wright State University has more than alumni in every state and around the world, and offers an exceptional, inclusive, and valuable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3,213 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Weber State is renowned for excellent teaching, accessible educational opportunities and an enduring presence in northern Utah.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3,049 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Baruch College offers undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs to students from 150-plus countries who speak more than 100 languages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2,921 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creating the next generation of big thinkers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2,745 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “California State University, East Bay is the San Francisco East Bay Area's high-access public university of choice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2,642 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Queens College: Building Futures for Over 85 Years With more than 170 undergraduate and graduate programs, Queens College appears annually in the Princeton Review’s America’s Best…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2,631 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Education Management Corporation, with approximately 119,500 students as of April 2014, is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, based on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2,602 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2,409 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2,312 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Amazing things happen when you Go West.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2,050 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Texas Southern University, one of the nation’s largest HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), possesses an impressive array of undergraduate and graduate programs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1,884 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1,864 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Please follow for the latest information on Augusta University.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: universities and higher education 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 universities and higher education colleges.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of universities and higher education colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name universities and higher education 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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Universities and higher education colleges based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 198 companies.
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 universities and higher education 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “universities and higher education 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 universities and higher education 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 universities and higher education colleges, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 62,289 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 16, 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.
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 universities and higher education 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 universities and higher education colleges are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 198 universities and higher education colleges headquartered in the United States 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?
Arizona State University, headquartered in Tempe, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most universities and higher education colleges?
Miami leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Boston (4) and Houston (4).
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 62,289 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 198 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 16, 2026.
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