Colleges and universities in the United States

This is a list of lists of colleges and universities in the United States:

Northeast

Northeastern United States

Swarthmore College, founded in 1864 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, one of the oldest coeducational colleges in the United States, is often considered a Little Ivy.
University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, Connecticut, one of only four public law schools in New England
The Wren Building, built at the College of William & Mary in 1695, is the oldest academic building in the United States. The school held African slaves and their descendants for 170 years.
The Main Building at the University of Notre Dame, a prominent Catholic university in Notre Dame, Indiana
The open domed room anchoring Ohio University, which sits atop a hillside cut by Hocking River in Athens, Ohio
Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2021, UCLA received 168,000 applicants, the most of any U.S. college or university.
2008–2012 bachelor's degree or higher (5-year estimate) by county (percent)
People 25 years and over who have completed an advanced degree by state (percent, 2012)
Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts, one of a number of colleges forced to close due to financial struggles