NAICS 611310 · Educational Services
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 4,106 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and granting degrees at baccalaureate or graduate levels. The requirement for admission is at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through diverse means, such as correspondence, television, the Internet, or other electronic and distance-learning methods. The training provided by these establishments may include the use of simulators and simulation methods.
Businesses classified here include
- Academies, college or university
- Academies, military service (college)
- Business colleges or schools offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
- Colleges (except junior colleges)
- Colleges, universities, and professional schools
- Conservatories of music (colleges or universities)
- Dental schools
- Hospital management schools offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
- Hospitality management schools offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
- Law schools
- Medical schools
- Military academies, college level
- Military service academies (college)
- Parochial schools, college level
- Private colleges (except community or junior college)
- Professional schools (e.g., business administration, dental, law, medical)
- Schools, correspondence, college level
- Schools, medical
- Schools, music (colleges or universities)
- Schools, professional (colleges or universities)
- Seminaries, theological, offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
- Theological seminaries offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
- Universities
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 611310), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for colleges, universities, and professional schools
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for colleges, universities, and professional schools
- California 564 locations
- Florida 281 locations
- New York 275 locations
- Texas 208 locations
- Pennsylvania 188 locations
- Illinois 176 locations
- Virginia 176 locations
- Ohio 127 locations
- Georgia 119 locations
- Missouri 115 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (50)
- Alaska (17)
- Arizona (88)
- Arkansas (33)
- California (564)
- Colorado (49)
- Connecticut (33)
- Delaware (15)
- District of Columbia (49)
- Florida (281)
- Georgia (119)
- Hawaii (30)
- Idaho (22)
- Illinois (176)
- Indiana (79)
- Iowa (63)
- Kansas (41)
- Kentucky (56)
- Louisiana (45)
- Maine (26)
- Maryland (60)
- Massachusetts (114)
- Michigan (84)
- Minnesota (75)
- Mississippi (22)
- Missouri (115)
- Montana (22)
- Nebraska (28)
- Nevada (29)
- New Hampshire (27)
- New Jersey (85)
- New Mexico (31)
- New York (275)
- North Carolina (109)
- North Dakota (14)
- Ohio (127)
- Oklahoma (30)
- Oregon (46)
- Pennsylvania (188)
- Rhode Island (19)
- South Carolina (69)
- South Dakota (18)
- Tennessee (75)
- Texas (208)
- Utah (35)
- Vermont (22)
- Virginia (176)
- Washington (70)
- West Virginia (20)
- Wisconsin (68)
- Wyoming (9)