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Connecticut colleges: career services and alumni support

32 colleges in Connecticut, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

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The Connecticut job market

  • 5.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 32

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Connecticut workforce boards · Connecticut by county and city

Colleges in Connecticut

Colleges in Connecticut
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Albertus Magnus CollegeNew HavenPrivate nonprofit 4-year991Claim page
Arizona College of Nursing - HartfordEast HartfordPrivate for-profit 4-yearClaim page
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew BritainPublic 4-year7,822Claim page
Charter Oak State CollegeNew BritainPublic 4-year1,821Claim page
Connecticut CollegeNew LondonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,937Claim page
Connecticut State Community CollegeHartfordPublic 2-year33,645Claim page
Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimanticPublic 4-year3,418Claim page
Fairfield UniversityFairfieldPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,373Claim page
Goodwin UniversityEast HartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,693Claim page
Hartford International University for Religion and PeaceHartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Holy Apostles College and SeminaryCromwellPrivate nonprofit 4-year216Claim page
Mitchell CollegeNew LondonPrivate nonprofit 4-year377Claim page
Paier CollegeBridgeportPrivate for-profit 4-yearClaim page
Post UniversityWaterburyPrivate for-profit 4-year13,603Claim page
Quinnipiac UniversityHamdenPrivate nonprofit 4-year6,531Claim page
Rensselaer at HartfordHartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldPrivate nonprofit 4-year7,087Claim page
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew HavenPublic 4-year6,295Claim page
Trinity CollegeHartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,146Claim page
United States Coast Guard AcademyNew LondonPublic 4-year1,108Claim page
University of BridgeportBridgeportPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,534Claim page
University of ConnecticutStorrsPublic 4-year19,835Claim page
University of Connecticut-Avery PointGrotonPublic 4-year454Claim page
University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartfordPublic 4-year1,525Claim page
University of Connecticut-StamfordStamfordPublic 4-year2,432Claim page
University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterburyPublic 4-year733Claim page
University of HartfordWest HartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year4,146Claim page
University of New HavenWest HavenPrivate nonprofit 4-year4,841Claim page
University of Saint JosephWest HartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year838Claim page
Wesleyan UniversityMiddletownPrivate nonprofit 4-year3,067Claim page
Western Connecticut State UniversityDanburyPublic 4-year3,511Claim page
Yale UniversityNew HavenPrivate nonprofit 4-year6,758Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Connecticut

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Higher education conferences in Connecticut

Conferences for college and university staff held in Connecticut: admissions, student affairs, advancement, institutional leadership. 2 with dates announced.

All conferences

Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private non-profit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Connecticut unemployment benefits.

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