Schools and educational institutions
There are 248,229 educational institutions in the United States. Combined, these educational institutions employ 4 million people, earn more than $429 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 trillion.
Subcategories within schools and educational institutions:
- School foundations(23,182)
- Organizations supporting multiple schools(9,521)
- Elementary and secondary schools(30,534)
- Preschools (4,578)
- Elementary schools (4,753)
- High schools (2,899)
- Special ed schools (11,434)
- Charter schools (3,779)
- Vocational and technical schools(932)
- Colleges and universities(3,171)
- Community colleges (227)
- Colleges (604)
- Universities (995)
- Professional schools(635)
- Adult education centers(14,268)
- Libraries(4,957)
- Student service providers(64,153)
- Scholarship organizations (22,473)
- Fraternities and sororities (30,830)
- Alumni associations (5,861)
- Educational service providers(46,948)
- Remedial reading organizations (1,829)
- PTAs (30,755)
Types of educational institutions
| Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
64,153 | $10,388,043,517 | |
46,954 | $9,798,271,548 | |
30,830 | $2,417,239,082 | |
30,755 | $781,469,152 | |
30,534 | $77,253,971,584 | |
23,182 | $28,070,694,148 | |
22,473 | $2,919,499,148 | |
14,268 | $1,505,382,722 | |
11,434 | $5,709,994,811 | |
9,521 | $3,027,295,241 |
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Job trends for Educational institutions
| Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| 0 | 18,107 |
| 1-10 | 5,956 |
| 11-25 | 4,287 |
| 26-100 | 6,631 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 3,859 |
| 1,000+ | 722 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Educational institutions is driven by large organizations like City Garden Waldorf School, Treasures To Grow on, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), and New York University (NYU).
- The largest employers tend to be universities, colleges, preschools, charter schools, and high schools.
Sizes of educational institutions
| Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| < $250k | 44,335 |
| $250k to $1M | 10,665 |
| $1M to $5M | 8,031 |
| $5M to $25M | 4,289 |
| $25M to $100M | 1,288 |
| $100M+ | 580 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Johns Hopkins University (JHU), University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Harvard University, New York University (NYU), and Stanford University earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Educational institutions.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Educational institutions with more than $100 million account for 68.6% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be universities, colleges, school foundations, charter schools, and high schools.
Directory of educational institutions
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Achieving the Dream
Revenue
$19.2m
Assets
$18.6m
Employees
57
EIN
27-1635830
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Summer Search
Revenue
$20.2m
Assets
$9.6m
Employees
195
EIN
68-0200138
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Trinity School
Revenue
$71.8m
Assets
$251.1m
Employees
429
EIN
13-5563003
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Reading Partners
Revenue
$25.2m
Assets
$15.1m
Employees
882
EIN
77-0568469
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Columbia University
Revenue
$5.6b
Assets
$19.9b
Employees
37.0k
EIN
13-5598093
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The George Washington University (GWU)
Revenue
$1.7b
Assets
$4.6b
Employees
16.0k
EIN
53-0196584
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Mount Holyoke College
Revenue
$217.7m
Assets
$1.1b
Employees
3,326
EIN
04-2103578
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Howard University
Revenue
$1.0b
Assets
$1.6b
Employees
6,794
EIN
53-0204707
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Norwich University
Revenue
$178.4m
Assets
$447.7m
Employees
2,006
EIN
03-0179424
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Common Application
Revenue
$28.9m
Assets
$25.9m
Employees
103
EIN
91-2170737
IRS type
501(c)(3)
