Post University
Waterbury, CT · For-profit · Midsize city
For-profit institution in Waterbury, CT · 18,975 undergraduates · $38,696 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 5%Pell Grant share
- Top 6%Undergraduates
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
- $19,1961,008th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,1001,026th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,100669th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $27,202819th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $30,1571,810th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,6961,657th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,4011,700th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 35.3%1,632nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 32.4%1,798th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 18,975126th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,454th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 73.0%100th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 67 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 12 of 21 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Information Systems and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $53,984 | $52,107 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $53,636 | $54,975 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $49,451 | $52,107 |
| MarketingBusiness | bachelors | $38,289 | $38,289 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | $37,208 | $37,208 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)Legal Professions | bachelors | $35,416 | $37,208 |
| Human Services, GeneralPublic Administration | bachelors | $35,274 | $32,284 |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $33,993 | $29,685 |
| Health and Physical Education/FitnessParks, Recreation & Fitness | bachelors | $32,382 | $29,685 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | $31,547 | $28,816 |
| Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesAgriculture | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1890source
- Athletic nickname: "Eagles"source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIsource
- School colors: #632D50 and #FF8300source
- Mascot: "Swoop" the Eaglesource
- Motto: ""Post Makes It Personal""source
- Campus size: about 58 acressource
- Formerly known as "{{collapsible list|"source
- Formerly known as "* Matoon Shorthand School (1890–93)"source
- Formerly known as "* Bliss & Harrington's Business College & School of Shorthand (1893–97)"source
- Formerly known as "* Waterbury Business College" (1897–1931)source
- Formerly known as "* Post College (1931–90)"source
- Formerly known as "* Teikyo Post University" (1990–2004)source
- Formerly known as "}}"source
- Athletic conference: Central Atlantic Collegiate Conferencesource
- Notable alum: Q48136013source
Athletics — 11 sports
NCAA Division II with football · NCAA Division II
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $3,424,140 (M $2,167,063 · W $1,257,077)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Post University’s 18,975 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CT
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · 19,147 undergrads
- Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, CT · 7,670 undergrads
- Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT · 6,904 undergrads
- Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT · 6,811 undergrads
- Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · 6,208 undergrads
- Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, CT · 6,180 undergrads
Elsewhere
- University of MississippiUniversity, MS · 18,995 undergrads
- University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE · 18,887 undergrads
- Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, MI · 19,073 undergrads
- Kent State University at KentKent, OH · 19,134 undergrads
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · 18,812 undergrads
- St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, FL · 18,759 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitepost.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 130183)
- Compare colleges in CTRe-score with your weights
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- Compare with University of ConnecticutSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Post University vs University of ConnecticutHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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