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Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut Private for-profit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Post University is a private for-profit four-year institution in Waterbury, Connecticut. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 16,178 students in fall 2024, including 14,116 undergraduates and 2,062 graduate students.

Post University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 39 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Nursing Administration, Business Administration and Management, and Child Care and Support Services Management. It awarded 3,370 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 39 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 33% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
16,178
Students enrolled
33%
First-year retention
3,370
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
39
Programs and majors
20:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterProfessional

Programs and majors offered 39

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 8
Health Professions 9
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Legal Professions and Studies 2
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Psychology 2
Education 5
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Communication and Journalism 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
  • Biology Bachelor Online option 8 graduates
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
33%
First-year retention, part-time students
21%
Student-to-faculty ratio
20:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1,563
Associate degrees
801
Master's degrees
729
Professional doctorates
63
Certificates under 1 year
33
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
86
Postbaccalaureate certificates
95

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
16,178
Undergraduates, fall 2024
14,116
Graduate students, fall 2024
2,062
Full-time, fall 2024
43%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
32,199
Undergraduates, 2024-25
28,254
Graduate students, 2024-25
3,945
Full-time, 2024-25
33%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
69%
Men
31%
White
38%
Hispanic or Latino
14%
Black or African American
36%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
7%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
39
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
94%
Students taking some online courses
3%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Northeast 10 Conference; Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
CEO and President
John Hopkins
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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