611210 Junior Colleges

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic, or academic and technical, courses and granting associate degrees, certificates, or diplomas below the baccalaureate level. The requirement for admission to an associate or equivalent degree program 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.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing technical training without offering academic courses are classified in Industry 61151, Technical and Trade Schools.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 611210

The Census index assigns these 10 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Academies, junior college
• Colleges, community
• Colleges, junior
• Community colleges
• Community colleges offering a wide variety of academic and technical training
• Junior colleges
• Junior colleges offering a wide variety of academic and technical training
• Schools, junior college
• Schools, junior college vocational
• Schools, online, junior college-level (through a website or mobile application)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 611210

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 611210, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $32.5 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 8530), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 85310General secondary educationUK SIC
• 85320Technical and vocational secondary educationUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.