USAspending.gov · NAICS 611310 · Educational Services
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 611310 in Educational Services.
- CY2024 awards
- $747.0M
- Corpus rank
- #111 of 499
- Award plate
- MID
- Sector
- EDU · WEIGHTY
Colleges, Universities, federal industry awards
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) ranks #111 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $747.0M.
Colleges, Universities, takes 14.7% of EDU sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools’s annual contract dollars fell from $805.1M in 2023 to $747.0M in 2024. 7.2% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2021 at $813.4M.
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.
How Colleges, Universities, leads the CY2024 industry award board
$747.0M · #111 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$747.0M under NAICS 611310 · #111 of 499 , MID · EDU · WEIGHTY · SLIP. 2019→2024: 104→111 of 499 (0.12%→0.100% of tracked industry dollars) ; #4/10 in EDU. That is a 7-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Other Measuring at $748.6M (MID).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 611310 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its EDU sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mega-scale industry peers nationwide
Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.
Closest CY2024 award dollars
- Other Measuring $748.6M
- Electromedical $751.1M
- Office Administrative Services $751.9M
- Other Warehousing and Storage $731.9M
- Apparel Accessories $729.4M
- Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors $722.0M
Similar sector weight
- Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing 14.8% · $4.5B
- Hardware Stores 14.6% · $93.7M
- Residential Property Managers 14.2% · $242.0M
- Computer Systems Design Services 13.7% · $33.3B
- Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipme… 16.1% · $786.2M
- Deep Sea Freight Transportation 16.3% · $3.3B
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.
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