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2012 Edition

national industry 611310

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Overview

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.

The immediate parent of national industry 611310 is international industry 61131: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Illustrative Examples

  • Colleges (except junior colleges)
  • Theological seminaries offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees Military academies, college level
  • Universities
  • Professional schools (e.g., business administration, dental, law, medical)

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic, or academic and technical, courses and granting associate degrees, certificates, or diplomas.the baccalaureate level are classified in Industry 611210, Junior Colleges.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 611310 - Academies, college or university
  2. 611310 - Academies, military service (college)
  3. 611310 - Business colleges or schools offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
  4. 611310 - Colleges (except junior colleges)
  5. 611310 - Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  6. 611310 - Conservatories of music (colleges or universities)
  7. 611310 - Dental schools
  8. 611310 - Hospital management schools offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
  9. 611310 - Hospitality management schools offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
  10. 611310 - Law schools
  11. 611310 - Medical schools
  12. 611310 - Military academies, college level
  13. 611310 - Military service academies (college)
  14. 611310 - Parochial schools, college level
  15. 611310 - Private colleges (except community or junior college)
  16. 611310 - Professional schools (e.g., business administration, dental, law, medical)
  17. 611310 - Schools, correspondence, college level
  18. 611310 - Schools, medical
  19. 611310 - Schools, professional (colleges or universities)
  20. 611310 - Seminaries, theological, offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
  21. 611310 - Theological seminaries offering baccalaureate or graduate degrees
  22. 611310 - Universities

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 611310
2007 611310
2012 611310
2017 611310
2022 611310

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 8221 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools:

  1. business college school not otherwise classified
  2. cegep polytechnical school university and community college
  3. college
  4. college book store
  5. college university and professional school
  6. community college university cegep and polytechnical school
  7. educational service
  8. music school
  9. polytechnical cegep school university and community college
  10. public college or school
  11. school
  12. school accounting
  13. school business college
  14. school business or business college
  15. school college
  16. school college university jr college nfp
  17. school college university junior college or college preparatory
  18. school correspondence
  19. school dormitory facility
  20. school dormitory facility nfp
  21. school dormitory facility nonprofit
  22. school janitorial operation and custodial care
  23. school nfp
  24. school nonprofit
  25. school not otherwise classified business college
  26. school private academic not otherwise classified
  27. school professional
  28. school religious high
  29. school religious not operated by church
  30. special event school level 1
  31. special event school level 2
  32. special event school level 3
  33. university
  34. university community college and polytechnical school
  35. university community college cegep and polytechnical school

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