Post University
For-profit College in Waterbury, CT. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $38,696.
Students who entered Post University reach a median of $38,696 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 25% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $30,157 — a substantial load to service on these earnings. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.3% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.78 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. 33% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The part-time picture is harder: 21% return, against 33% full-time. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 18,975 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,229 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,103 at $0–30k against $13,127 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $5,718. 84% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 820 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $22,103 |
| $30–48k | $20,586 |
| $48–75k | $19,822 |
| $75–110k | $16,362 |
| $110k+ | $13,127 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 15,931 of these 18,975 students, totalling $126,310,422 — an average of $7,929 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)