Looking to find data for table...

I'm building a large resume system for our department at our University, and am looking to see if I can find data to fill one of the tables - tb_school. In this table, we're going to compile a list of all the Universities our professors have studied, taught, and guest-lectured at; however, to save on data entry costs, I'm trying to find a pre-built table of the major universities/schools in the US. Any ideas? The format is MySQL, but if it is in other formats, I can convert it.

thanks,
Rob

Check out The Chronicle for Higher Education (URL). They might have a master list of universities they would share. Also, check with the local government agencies - they most likely have these lists. I knew someone who used to work for the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia (URL) and they had databases of every university and community college in the state with more information than you could ever possibly want, so they also might be able to provide a simple list for you (they might even have stuff like that on their website).