Industry · NAICS 6113
Colleges, universities and professional schools
The United States has 3,989 employer establishments in colleges, universities and professional schools (0.1 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,862,528 people at an average annual pay of $56,181.
In the United States
- Establishments
- 3,989
- — nonemployers
- Per 10,000 residents
- 0.1
- Paid employees
- 1,862,528
- Average annual pay
- $56,181
Places ranked by residents per establishment
Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.
| # | Place | vs US | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulsa, OK | 1,048,254 | 5 | 209,651 | 0 | 0.40× | 3,514 | $37,722 | — |
| 2 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 2,351,008 | 13 | 180,847 | 0.1 | 0.47× | 1,503 | $64,514 | — |
| 3 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 2,281,096 | 13 | 175,469 | 0.1 | 0.48× | 3,852 | $38,669 | — |
| 4 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 7,587,646 | 45 | 168,614 | 0.1 | 0.50× | 22,146 | $96,162 | — |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 8,164,140 | 52 | 157,003 | 0.1 | 0.54× | 14,000 | $56,241 | — |
| 6 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 917,527 | 6 | 152,921 | 0.1 | 0.55× | 968 | $39,245 | — |
| 7 | Rochester, NY | 1,052,803 | 7 | 150,400 | 0.1 | 0.56× | 25,449 | $64,191 | — |
| 8 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 4,356,818 | 29 | 150,235 | 0.1 | 0.56× | 4,549 | $43,120 | — |
| 9 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 2,818,271 | 19 | 148,330 | 0.1 | 0.57× | 5,173 | $38,848 | — |
| 10 | Madison, WI | 698,155 | 5 | 139,631 | 0.1 | 0.60× | 852 | $34,627 | — |
| 11 | Winston-Salem, NC | 696,653 | 5 | 139,331 | 0.1 | 0.61× | 7,031 | $109,038 | — |
| 12 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1,519,679 | 11 | 138,153 | 0.1 | 0.61× | 1,710 | $34,524 | — |
| 13 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 962,351 | 7 | 137,479 | 0.1 | 0.61× | 6,463 | $33,891 | — |
| 14 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 824,794 | 6 | 137,466 | 0.1 | 0.61× | 2,602 | $37,837 | — |
| 15 | Oklahoma City, OK | 1,481,123 | 11 | 134,648 | 0.1 | 0.63× | 2,041 | $37,140 | — |
| 16 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 806,055 | 6 | 134,343 | 0.1 | 0.63× | 1,964 | $58,835 | — |
| 17 | Fresno, CA | 1,188,936 | 9 | 132,104 | 0.1 | 0.64× | 1,360 | $41,468 | — |
| 18 | Albuquerque, NM | 922,544 | 7 | 131,792 | 0.1 | 0.64× | 144 | $46,542 | — |
| 19 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4,062,857 | 31 | 131,060 | 0.1 | 0.64× | 9,918 | $37,504 | — |
| 20 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 1,165,657 | 9 | 129,517 | 0.1 | 0.65× | 4,428 | $27,217 | — |
| 21 | Baton Rouge, LA | 878,512 | 7 | 125,502 | 0.1 | 0.67× | 299 | $64,395 | — |
| 22 | El Paso, TX | 876,641 | 7 | 125,234 | 0.1 | 0.67× | 298 | $43,527 | — |
| 23 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 2,843,966 | 23 | 123,651 | 0.1 | 0.68× | 38,080 | $78,703 | — |
| 24 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 2,435,884 | 20 | 121,794 | 0.1 | 0.69× | 1,245 | $56,488 | — |
| 25 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 6,333,350 | 54 | 117,284 | 0.1 | 0.72× | 25,519 | $85,134 | — |
1–25 of 123 places
Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).
- Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
- Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
- This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
- County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
- Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.
Federal contracts in this industry
Federal agencies obligated $708.5M on contracts under NAICS 6113 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (2,251 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).
Metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$209.4M30%74 awards
- 113 awards
- 30 awards
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$18.6M2.6%80 awards
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$17M2.4%39 awards
- Pittsburgh, PA$14.2M2.0%47 awards
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$11.8M1.7%35 awards
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$11.6M1.6%25 awards
- 43 awards
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$10.4M1.5%60 awards
Counties
- Middlesex County, NJ$197.2M28%9 awards
- District of Columbia, DC$36.4M5.1%56 awards
- Rutherford County, TN$19M2.7%1 award
- Baltimore city, MD$16.1M2.3%37 awards
- Davidson County, TN$16M2.3%29 awards
- Allegheny County, PA$14.2M2.0%47 awards
- Salt Lake County, UT$11.6M1.6%25 awards
- Los Angeles County, CA$10.3M1.5%57 awards
- Suffolk County, MA$10.1M1.4%52 awards
- Durham County, NC$9.9M1.4%16 awards
Cities and towns
- Princeton Meadows CDP, NJ$55.1M7.8%1 award
- Washington city, DC$36.4M5.1%56 awards
- Plainsboro Center CDP, NJ$19.2M2.7%1 award
- Baltimore city, MD$16.1M2.3%37 awards
- 29 awards
- Boston city, MA$10.1M1.4%52 awards
- Dallas city, TX$9.2M1.3%26 awards
- Louisville city, KY$8.9M1.3%23 awards
- Salt Lake City city, UT$8.6M1.2%21 awards
- New York city, NY$8.3M1.2%41 awards
Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.
USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)