- The Inkwell
- Connecticut
- Post University
Waterbury, CTCity: midsizeZIP 06723Founded 1890
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1890
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.post.edu
ConnecticutPrivate for-profit
Post University
Post University is a private for-profit university in Waterbury, Connecticut, with 13,603 undergraduates. It graduates 34% within six years and costs $20,694 a year after aid.
34%graduate
Retention33%
4-year graduation24%
Pell Grant share67%
Federal loans66%
$20,694net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
34%graduate in 6 years
$44,639median earnings, 10 yrs
$31,125median debt
#1,458 of 1,704 for earnings#918 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,486 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $28,261tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $16,499
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $16,499
- Average net price
- $20,694national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,051
$30,001–48,000$20,729
$48,001–75,000$18,987
$75,001–110,000$19,102
$110,001+$15,042
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college33%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college34%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college67%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 34%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 24%
- First-year retention
- 33%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 19%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,486
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,639middle 50%: $24,544–$68,537
- Median debt at graduation
- $31,125
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$68,537
Median, Post University$44,639
Lower quarter$24,544
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 13,603
- Part-time
- 60%
- Women / men
- 73% / 27%
- Average age at entry
- 31.8
- First-generation students
- 57%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 67%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 5.8%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,044 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $2,664
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White38%
Hispanic13%
Black38%
Asian1.1%
Two or more races6.5%
U.S. nonresident0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
Unknown0.9%
13 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management30%
Health professions22%
Family & consumer sciences18%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting11%
Legal professions6.7%
Psychology4.1%
Public administration & social service2.7%
Computer & information sciences2.2%
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Park University Parkville, MO | $19,119 | 36% | $62,154 |
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| Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR | $20,998 | 43% | $54,657 |
Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 130183. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4374296.