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Colleges, universities, and technical schools

There are 4,869colleges and universities in the United States. Combined, these colleges and universitiesemploy 3 million people, earn more than $384 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 trillion.
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Types of colleges and universities

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Colleges, universities, and technical schools
4,869
$383,601,407,185
Undergraduate colleges
1,756
$106,379,278,133
Universities
1,039
$248,617,353,533
Community colleges
246
$27,959,470,107
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Job trends for Colleges and universities

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
534
1-10
189
11-25
111
26-100
200
101 to 1,000
638
1,000+
607
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Sizes of colleges and universities

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
374
$250k to $1M
258
$1M to $5M
349
$5M to $25M
349
$25M to $100M
560
$100M+
523
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The George Washington University (GWU)

The George Washington University (GWU) values a dynamic, student-focused community stimulated by cultural and intellectual diversity and built upon a foundation of integrity, creativity, and openness to the exploration of new ideas.
Revenue
$1.8b
Assets
$5.0b
Employees
14.8k
EIN
53-0196584
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Howard University

Howard University is an institution that educates students, develops professionals, conducts research, and serves patients through 12 schools of higher education and an academic medical center.
Revenue
$1.3b
Assets
$2.6b
Employees
7,732
EIN
53-0204707
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Norwich University

Norwich University is the nation's oldest private military college and the birthplace of ROTC, serving a diverse student body that reflects the world today.
Revenue
$192.7m
Assets
$487.8m
Employees
1,830
EIN
03-0179424
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, liberal arts college for women, enrolling approximately 2,000 students from across the United States and more than 70 countries.
Revenue
$283.9m
Assets
$1.4b
Employees
2,951
EIN
04-2103578
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH)

Yale New Haven Hospital is a 1,541-bed hospital located in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the primary teaching hospital for Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Nursing.
Revenue
$4.2b
Assets
$4.6b
Employees
18.4k
EIN
06-0646652
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Columbia University

Columbia University is a prestigious private university with campuses in New York City and around the world. It is one of the world's most important centers of research and provides instruction in a wide range of fields.
Revenue
$6.7b
Assets
$23.6b
Employees
40.1k
EIN
13-5598093
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Richmond The American International University in London (RAIUL)

Richmond, The American International University in London is an independent, not-for-profit, international, liberal arts and professional studies university established in 1972.
Revenue
$17.0m
Assets
$12.5m
Employees
187
EIN
06-1395640
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Catholic University of America (CUA)

The Catholic University of America is a national research university with 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students in more than 180 academic programs on a residential campus in the heart of the nation's capital.
Revenue
$388.3m
Assets
$918.0m
Employees
3,892
EIN
53-0196583
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Springfield College

To educate students in spirit, mind and body for leadership in service to others by building upon a foundation of Humanics and academic excellence. The college is a private, coeducational institution offering baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees.
Revenue
$154.9m
Assets
$303.6m
Employees
2,451
EIN
04-2104329
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Trinity University / Business Office

Trinity is committed to the highest levels of academic and professional excellence in teaching, research, learning, service, leadership, and personal integrity.
Revenue
$230.2m
Assets
$2.1b
Employees
2,177
EIN
74-1109633
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the "Collegiate School," the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
Revenue
$6.3b
Assets
$54.3b
Employees
33.4k
EIN
06-0646973
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brown University

Brown's mission is to discover, communicate, and preserve knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation.
Revenue
$1.6b
Assets
$9.4b
Employees
13.0k
EIN
05-0258809
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bates College

Bates College has been dedicated to the emancipating potential of the liberal arts. Bates educates the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community.
Revenue
$192.1m
Assets
$880.5m
Employees
2,326
EIN
01-0211781
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic has more than 4,500 physicians, scientists and researchers from every medical specialty. They work together with 58,400 allied health employees to care 1.3 million+ patients each year, from every U.S. state and many countries.
Revenue
$7.4b
Assets
$23.3b
Employees
29.0k
EIN
41-6011702
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Trustees of the Smith College

Trustees of the Smith College is custodian of the endowment and properties of the college. The board administers the invested fund, sets the annual budget and determines policies for operation and control of the college.
Revenue
$587.5m
Assets
$3.6b
Employees
4,306
EIN
04-1843040
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is the oldest and largest Catholic and Jesuit university in America. Georgetown today is a major student-centered, international research university, offering programs in Washington, DC; Doha, Qatar; and around the world.
Revenue
$1.9b
Assets
$5.7b
Employees
15.6k
EIN
53-0196603
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

The Johns Hopkins University's (JHU) mission is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for lifelong learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.
Revenue
$10.2b
Assets
$20.2b
Employees
50.4k
EIN
52-0595110
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Marymount Manhattan Colleg (MMC)

Founded in 1907, Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, independent undergraduate institution dedicated to providing a modern liberal arts education.
Revenue
$83.6m
Assets
$144.0m
Employees
1,115
EIN
13-1628206
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The mission of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Revenue
$5.0b
Assets
$38.6b
Employees
27.3k
EIN
04-2103594
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Harvard University

The oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere is the Harvard Corporation, known formally as the President and Fellows of Harvard College. It is the smaller of Harvard's two governing boards; the other is the Board of Overseers.
Revenue
$6.1b
Assets
$70.6b
Employees
37.6k
EIN
04-2103580
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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This category corresponds to the "B40: Higher Education Institutions" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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