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Post University Data & Information Overview

141 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
18% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Post University Ranked?

#1,024 Best Colleges in Nation
#14 Best Colleges in CT
Criminal Justice Studies Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Post University was awarded 141 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice studies.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Post University is ranked #1,024 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Post University held the #1,030 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Post University also holds the #14 spot on the Best Colleges in Connecticut ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Post University?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Post University, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.

Learn more about Post University admissions.

Post University Faculty

21 to 1 Student to Faculty
6% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Post University, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Post University is 6%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  6 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Post University

45% Freshmen Retention
14% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 45% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Post University. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.

Freshmen Retention Rate  45 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 14% for first-time, full-time students at Post University, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  14 out of 100
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Post University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,609 Full-Time Undergraduates
49.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
73.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,848 undergraduates at Post University with 3,609 being full-time and 9,239 being part-time.

How Much Does Post University Cost?

$16,529 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
$29,764 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Post University is $16,529. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Post University

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$18,293 $14,815 $12,267 $13,792 $11,862

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Post University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Post University, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,441 a year. That adds up to $29,764 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Post University is 17.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Post University Graduates Make?

$36,121 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Post University with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $36,121 in their early years. This is about 15% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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Location of Post University

Connecticut State
3,609 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, Post University is a private for-profit institution. Post University is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for Post University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 800 Country Club Rd, Waterbury, CT 06723
Phone: 800-345-2562
Website: www.post.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PostUniversity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PostUniversity

Post University Majors

24 Majors With Completions
1,543 Undergraduate Degrees
371 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 24 majors graduated from Post University. Of these students, 1,543 received undergraduate degrees and 371 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 397 $54,265
Criminal Justice & Corrections 96 $46,200
Human Services 85 $37,239
Human Development & Family Studies 77 $31,938
Accounting 68 $52,687
General Psychology 67 $33,882
Homeland Security 41 NA
Finance & Financial Management 37 $44,063
Marketing 36 $36,914
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 34 $45,235

Learn more about the majors offered at Post University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Post University

96% Take At Least One Class Online
93% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 13,489 students took at least one online class at Post University. This is an increase from the 13,094 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 13,489 13,026
2019-2020 13,094 12,709
2018-2019 10,021 9,760
2017-2018 9,003 8,769
2016-2017 7,929 7,648

Learn more about online learning at Post University.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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