Paier College
Bridgeport, CT · For-profit · Midsize city
For-profit institution in Bridgeport, CT · 183 undergraduates · 62% acceptance rate.
- Top 7%Pell Grant share
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $30,9821,750th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $26,4001,249th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $26,4001,112th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $34,9801,098th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 57.1%865th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 63.6%1,488th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 61.5%425th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1831,878th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 66.4%148th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 44 mi (LGA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 4 of 4 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $21,052 | $16,786 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Interior ArchitectureArchitecture | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Paier College’s 183 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CT
- Holy Apostles College and SeminaryCromwell, CT · 203 undergrads
- Mitchell CollegeNew London, CT · 421 undergrads
- University of Saint JosephWest Hartford, CT · 825 undergrads
- Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven, CT · 882 undergrads
- United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, CT · 1,081 undergrads
- University of BridgeportBridgeport, CT · 1,450 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Beis Medrash Heichal DovidFar Rockaway, NY · 183 undergrads
- Emmaus Bible CollegeDubuque, IA · 183 undergrads
- World Mission UniversityLos Angeles, CA · 180 undergrads
- Stone Child CollegeBox Elder, MT · 187 undergrads
- Trinity College of FloridaTrinity, FL · 187 undergrads
- CEM College-San JuanSan Juan, PR · 178 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitepaier.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 130110)
- Compare colleges in CTRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in ConnecticutEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Holy Apostles College and SeminarySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Paier College vs Holy Apostles College and SeminaryHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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