University of Bridgeport

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,000,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 241 (40%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,349
Men / Women 32% / 68%
From State 60%
From Region 22%
Athletes 308 (24.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 31%
Black 28%
White 27%
Asian 6%
International 6%
Mixed 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 125 30% 23% 4% 43% 22% 5% $55,776 3 -0.31 39 95% 9.7%
Financial Mathematics 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,242 5 -1.09 77 — — — — —
Mathematics 3 — 67% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $68,636 28 -0.63 68 — — — — —
Biology 12 — 50% 17% 17% 50% 8% 8% $64,434 40 -0.23 60 100% — — — —
Sports Management 13 — 62% 38% 8% 31% 8% 15% $54,502 24 -0.71 35 — — — — —
English 3 — 0% 0% 0% 67% 33% 0% $54,010 61 +0.19 34 — — — — —
General Studies 18 — 17% 11% 0% 67% 17% 0% $61,508 79 +0.40 54 91% 8.5% — — —
Liberal Arts 2 — 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $61,508 79 +0.40 54 91% 8.5% — — —
Human Services 9 — 11% 0% 11% 56% 33% 0% $49,894 26 -0.40 23 92% — — — —
Psychology 38 — 13% 29% 0% 32% 34% 3% $52,347 36 -0.41 29 95% 10.3% — — —
Industrial Design — — — — — — — — $61,789 60 +0.13 54 93% — — — —
Interior Design 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $61,789 17 -0.72 54 93% — — — —
Music 5 — 60% 60% 0% 20% 20% 0% $40,268 15 -0.70 7 — — — — —
Visual and Performing Arts 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $46,457 74 +0.45 15 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 19 — 37% 26% 5% 32% 21% 11% $56,325 30 -0.49 40 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health Sciences 166 13% 30% 8% 24% 32% 0% $102,667 95 +1.64 96 99% 3.1%
Clinical Laboratory Science 11 — 0% 0% 9% 9% 64% 0% $77,055 52 -0.06 80 — — — — —
Health Sciences 31 — 19% 42% 6% 16% 29% 0% $57,789 17 -0.73 44 97% — — — —
Nursing 124 — 13% 29% 8% 27% 30% 0% $116,159 98 +2.38 98 100% 3.1% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Ernest C. Trefz School of Business 48 54% 15% 6% 29% 33% 15% $65,202 28 -0.90 62 96%
Accounting 13 — 54% 15% 15% 15% 54% 0% $71,521 15 -1.00 73 96% — — — —
Business Administration 29 — 48% 17% 0% 34% 31% 14% $61,388 12 -0.84 53 — — — — —
Business Management — — — — — — — — $58,465 6 -1.00 46 94% — — — —
Digital Marketing — — — — — — — — $62,773 10 -1.15 57 — — — — —
Finance 5 — 80% 0% 20% 20% 0% 60% $71,287 7 -0.96 73 — — — — —
Labor and Industrial Relations — — — — — — — — $63,368 13 -0.91 58 — — — — —
Marketing 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $63,270 11 -1.11 58 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Fones School of Dental Hygiene 25 12% 28% 12% 24% 36% 0% $69,049 40 -0.22 69 94% 4.9%
Dental Hygiene 25 — 12% 28% 12% 24% 36% 0% $69,049 39 -0.22 69 94% 4.9% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 30 87% 17% 13% 30% 27% 10% $93,234 92 -0.61 92
Computer Engineering 4 — 75% 25% 0% 25% 25% 25% $97,637 8 -0.92 94 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 2 — 100% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $96,871 7 -0.95 93 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 12 — 100% 17% 17% 33% 8% 17% $96,022 35 -0.40 93 — — — — —
Computer Science 8 +1 75% 12% 25% 12% 50% 0% $86,658 8 -1.12 88 — — — — —
Computer Engineering Technology 4 — 75% 25% 0% 50% 25% 0% $91,806 60 +0.26 91 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $38,263
ROI Percentile 83th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 61%
4-Year Graduation Rate 29%
6-Year Graduation Rate 41%
Transfer-Out Rate 36%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 48.5% 191 13% 29% 8% 24% 32% 0% $98,267 95 +1.40 94 99% 3.4%
Business & Economics 15.5% 61 56% 20% 7% 30% 28% 15% $62,922 8 -0.86 57 96% —
Social Sciences 11.9% 47 13% 23% 2% 36% 34% 2% $51,877 17 -0.41 28 95% 10.3%
Humanities 5.8% 23 17% 9% 0% 65% 22% 0% $60,530 77 +0.37 51 91% 8.5%
Professional 5.8% 23 43% 26% 4% 35% 22% 9% $62,496 36 -0.36 56 98% —
Engineering 4.6% 18 94% 17% 11% 33% 17% 17% $96,475 25 -0.58 93 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.0% 12 50% 17% 17% 50% 8% 8% $64,434 34 -0.23 60 100% —
Computer Science 2.0% 8 75% 12% 25% 12% 50% 0% $86,658 12 -1.12 88 — —
Arts 1.8% 7 43% 43% 0% 43% 14% 0% $44,227 17 -0.54 11 93% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.0% 4 75% 25% 0% 75% 0% 0% $70,038 26 -0.75 71 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $0.7M #298 42% — 1 #216 23 —
Computer Science $0.1M #423 0% — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0 #622 — — — — — —
Education — — — — 23 #184 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — 109 —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.7M #570 39% — 24 #356 132 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 48 $778K $673K $104K
Lacrosse 34 $631K $608K $22K
Soccer 32 $576K $568K $8K
Track & Field (combined) 32 $144K $142K $1K
Basketball 22 $557K $534K $23K
Total 149 $2.7M $2.5M $161K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 37 $675K $669K $6K
Track & Field (combined) 35 $180K $179K $1K
Gymnastics 29 $554K $471K $83K
Softball 22 $485K $424K $61K
Lacrosse 20 $349K $312K $37K
Volleyball 20 $300K $297K $2K
Basketball 19 $578K $564K $13K
Total 159 $3.1M $2.9M $205K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 69 $1.3M $1.2M $14K
Track & Field (combined) 67 $324K $322K $2K
Lacrosse 54 $981K $921K $59K
Baseball 48 $778K $673K $104K
Basketball 41 $1.1M $1.1M $37K
Gymnastics 29 $554K $471K $83K
Softball 22 $485K $424K $61K
Volleyball 20 $300K $297K $2K
Total 308 $7.5M $7.1M $390K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 83%
Yield (non-ED) 4%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 83% 83% 83%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional