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
- $30,9821,761st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $26,4001,259th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $26,4001,122nd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $34,9801,101st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 57.1%870th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 63.6%1,496th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 61.5%431st most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1831,889th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 66.4%148th highest of 2,140 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
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
- Showdown: Paier College vs Holy Apostles College and SeminaryHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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