Connecticut Colleges
The State of Connecticut offers a number of public and private colleges and universities as well as community colleges and technical schools. Regardless of the talent or interest of the student, there is most likely a school providing training and certification in this area whether it be a technical school, community college, public or private four year college or university or advanced professional degree. Following is a listing of Private and Public Colleges and Universities as well as a listing of Community Colleges in Connecticut.
PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
- Albertus Magnus College - New Haven
- Briarwood College - Southington
- University of Bridgeport - Bridgeport
- Connecticut College - New London
- Fairfield University - Fairfield
- Hartford Seminary - Hartford
- University of Hartford - West Hartford
- Holy Apostles College and Seminary - Cromwell
- Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts - Lyme
- Mitchell College - New London
- University of New Haven - West Haven
- Paier College of Art, Inc. - Hamden
- Post University - Waterbury
- Quinnipiac University - Hamden
- Rensselaer at Hartford - Hartford
- Sacred Heart University - Fairfield
- Saint Joseph College - West Hartford
- Trinity College - Hartford
- Wesleyan University - Middletown
- Yale University - New Haven
PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Baccalaureate
- Central Connecticut State University - New Britain
- Charter Oak State College - New Britain
- University of Connecticut - Storrs (main campus); Avery Point, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, West Hartford (regional campuses)
- Eastern Connecticut State University - Willimantic
- Southern Connecticut State University - New Haven
- United States Coast Guard Academy - New London
Western Connecticut State University - Danbury (main campus); Waterbury (secondary) Associate's
- Asnuntuck Community College - Enfield
- Capital Community College - Hartford
- Gateway Community College - North Haven
- Housatonic Community College - Bridgeport
- Manchester Community College - Manchester
- Middlesex Community College - Middletown
- Naugatuck Valley Community College - Waterbury
- Northwestern Connecticut Community College - Winsted
- Norwalk Community College - Norwalk
- Quinebaug Valley Community College - Danielson and Willimantic
- Three Rivers Community College - Norwich
- Tunxis Community College - Farmington
Yale University: Yale, the most famous school in the state and one of the oldest in the nation, is considered one of the world's greatest universities. It was established in the 1640s by colonial clergymen in an effort to start a college in New Haven "to preserve the tradition of liberal education in the New World." The school's charter was granted in 1701 and named for Welsh merchant Elihu Yale who donated the proceeds from the sale of 9 bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I toward establishment of the college.
The student body is composed of 11,000 students from all fifty American states and 108 countries. The Yale campus, called "the most beautiful urban campus in America" by an architecture critic, covers 310 acres and is comprised of 260 buildings.
Some of the programs at Yale include the School of Medicine, the Divinity School, Law School and the Schools of Nursing, Drama, Architecture and Management to name but a few.
