Master list

H-1B Cap-exempt sponsors

Colleges and universities (NAICS 6112/6113), whose H-1B petitions are typically exempt from the 85,000 annual cap.

2,967 employers · ranked by certified filings.

Note: Best-effort: derived from NAICS industry codes, not an official cap-exempt designation. Confirm with the employer before relying on it.

#	Employer	Filings	Median base
301	San Francisco State University	125	$87k
302	California State Polytechnic University Pomona	124	$91k
303	University of Chicago	124	$67k
304	East Tennessee State University	123	$70k
305	Florida Gulf Coast University	123	$69k
306	California State University Los Angeles	122	$91k
307	Chapman University	122	$90k
308	Colorado School of Mines	122	$54k
309	University of Dayton	122	$82k
310	Colby College	120	$74k
311	Howard University	120	$75k
312	Montclair State University	120	$94k
313	University of Central Missouri	118	$72k
314	American University	117	$68k
315	Albany Medical College	115	$109k
316	Bard College	114	$75k
317	Bowling Green State University	114	$68k
318	Wgu	114	$145k
319	Cleveland State University	113	$81k
320	Stanford Health Care	113	$83k
321	University of Phoenix Inc. an Apollo Education Group Inc.	113	$97k
322	University at Albany	112	$70k
323	University of Southern Mississippi	112	$69k
324	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	111	$74k
325	The University of Texas el Paso	110	$87k
326	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	110	$73k
327	The New School	109	$86k
328	Morgan State University	107	$70k
329	State University of New York at Oneonta	107	$55k
330	Trustees of Dartmouth College	107	$71k
331	Wesleyan University	107	$70k
332	California Polytechnic State University	106	$76k
333	Villanova University	106	$76k
334	University at Albany State University of New York	105	$80k
335	Auburn University at Montgomery	104	$66k
336	Duke University and Health System	103	$65k
337	Faculty Physicians Surgeons of Llusm	103	$225k
338	University of Southern Indiana	102	$61k
339	Loma Linda University	101	$78k
340	University of South Alabama	100	$64k
341	Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Residency	99	$61k
342	ST John S University	97	$84k
343	University of North Florida	97	$78k
344	University of Wisconsin- Whitewater	97	$86k
345	Bucknell University	96	$79k
346	Colorado Seminary	96	$51k
347	The President and Fellows of Middlebury College	96	$79k
348	Union College	96	$73k
349	Western Kentucky University	96	$61k
350	Bentley University	95	$106k
351	NYU Langone Health System	95	$135k
352	Fort Hays State University	94	$59k
353	University of San Diego	94	$108k
354	Utah Valley University	94	$67k
355	University of the Pacific	93	$90k
356	Florida Institute of Technology	92	$78k
357	University of Detroit Mercy	92	$88k
358	President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College	91	$121k
359	The University of Tulsa	91	$68k
360	University of Northern Iowa	91	$60k
361	Missouri University of Science and Technology	89	$60k
362	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	89	$78k
363	State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center	88	$70k
364	California State University Dominguez Hills	87	$81k
365	Long Island University	87	$120k
366	New York Institute of Technology	87	$98k
367	Northwest Missouri State University	87	$63k
368	Oberlin College	87	$65k
369	Regents of the University of California Riverside	87	$73k
370	Troy University	87	$68k
371	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	86	$85k
372	Florida a M University	85	$62k
373	Middle Tennessee State University	85	$72k
374	New York University Hospitals Center	85	$72k
375	Salisbury University	85	$95k
376	Texas Christian University	85	$78k
377	Arkansas State University	84	$55k
378	Eastern New Mexico University	84	$55k
379	The University of Tampa	84	$91k
380	Emporia State University	83	$56k
381	NYU Langone Hospitals	83	$78k
382	Texas a M University Kingsville	83	$68k
383	The University of Texas at Tyler	83	$74k
384	University of Central Arkansas	83	$60k
385	Gallaudet University	82	$68k
386	The Howard University	81	$57k
387	University of ST Thomas	81	$72k
388	West Texas a M University	81	$78k
389	Eastern Washington University	80	$66k
390	Georgia Southern University	80	$65k
391	Hofstra University	80	$110k
392	Seattle University	80	$80k
393	Portland State University	79	$80k
394	Metropolitan State University of Denver	78	$55k
395	College of Charleston	77	$68k
396	Mercer University	77	$74k
397	Bowdoin College	76	$64k
398	Central Connecticut State University	76	$79k
399	Fairfield University	76	$97k
400	The University of Chicago Booth School of Business	76	$50k

Source: U.S. DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosures (FY2020–present). Salary is base pay only. ← All master lists