University of Bridgeport
Private College in Bridgeport, CT. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $50,323.
Ten years after entry, the median University of Bridgeport student earns $50,323 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 41%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $25,750, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.9% 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
Admissions
83% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 9,237 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 5%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 3 (1%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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41% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 36% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. Retention drops to 29% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,450 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,498 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $27,238 at $0–30k, $29,733 at $110k+. 87% of students get grant aid averaging $23,988, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 77% 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 · 217 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 | $27,238 |
| $30–48k | $28,124 |
| $48–75k | $26,062 |
| $75–110k | $27,487 |
| $110k+ | $29,733 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,119 of these 1,450 students, totalling $8,286,226 — an average of $7,405 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greater Bridgeport 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)