Bridgeport, CT (population: 136,604) has three business schools within its city limits. University of Bridgeport, the highest ranked school in the city with a business program, has a total student population of 5,103. It is the 680th highest ranked school in the USA and the 13th highest in the state of Connecticut (#1 is Wesleyan University). To learn more about business programs in Bridgeport, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of business professors at University of Bridgeport such as Janet Albert, Joseph Conlin, William Greenspan, Tracy Rigia, Ward Thrasher, and Robert Todd.
Business students from Bridgeport schools who go on to become business executives, businessmen, businesswomen, business coaches, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,063,670 people working as business and financial operations employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,900. Also, Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes make on average $87,430 per year and there are about 11,700 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area alone, there are ** employed agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes earning an average salary of $109,260. Business and financial operations employees in this area earn $88,880/yr and there are 24,650 employed.
Bridgeport lies in Fairfield county, which is one of the 8 counties in Connecticut. Overall, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area has 418,180 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2% unemployment rate, $28/hr average worker wage, and a $57,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 59 out of every 1000 jobs in Bridgeport are held by business and financial operations employees, and **/1000 are held by agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes.
Of the 3 business schools in Bridgeport, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Butler Business School Inc comes out as the most expensive ($27,580/yr) for business students, with Housatonic Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,978/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Bridgeport |
| Shelton | CT | - | 1 | 22.4751 | 8 | 10.4 miles |
| New Haven | CT | 123,302 | 4 | 21.032 | 186 | 16.8 miles |
| Stamford | CT | 121,373 | 3 | 23.4636 | 2 | 19.3 miles |
| Danbury | CT | 80,411 | 2 | 45.3903 | 71 | 20.2 miles |
| Northport | NY | - | 1 | 22.5858 | 10 | 21.3 miles |
| North Haven | CT | - | 1 | 35.1029 | 2 | 22.5 miles |
| Greenwich | CT | 63,768 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.8 miles |
| Selden | NY | - | 1 | 13.9764 | 71 | 24.0 miles |
| Hauppauge | NY | - | 1 | 28.2785 | 2 | 25.2 miles |
| Waterbury | CT | 107,118 | 6 | 27.6482 | 209 | 26.9 miles |
| Brentwood | NY | 62,689 | 3 | 7.13275 | 13 | 28.5 miles |
| Purchase | NY | - | 3 | 30.3278 | 126 | 28.8 miles |
| Bohemia | NY | - | 1 | 25.3952 | 5 | 29.4 miles |
| Syosset | NY | - | 2 | 24.7065 | 10 | 29.7 miles |
| Valhalla | NY | - | 2 | 5.85535 | 54 | 31.0 miles |
| Oakdale | NY | - | 3 | 20.4059 | 126 | 31.0 miles |
| White Plains | NY | 57,617 | 2 | 21.3371 | 15 | 31.5 miles |
| Meriden | CT | 59,261 | 1 | 19.9014 | 3 | 31.9 miles |
| Farmingdale | NY | - | 1 | 52.4784 | 41 | 34.1 miles |
| Bethpage | NY | - | 1 | 14.1078 | 16 | 34.2 miles |
| Hicksville | NY | 41,571 | 0 | - | 0 | 34.4 miles |
| New Rochelle | NY | 74,592 | 3 | 35.7163 | 149 | 35.6 miles |
| Levittown | NY | 54,433 | 2 | 30.9098 | 14 | 36.3 miles |
| Bristol | CT | 61,049 | 4 | 39.4402 | 191 | 36.5 miles |
| Amityville | NY | - | 1 | 35.0667 | 7 | 37.1 miles |
| Bronxville | NY | - | 2 | 40.2295 | 43 | 37.3 miles |
| Mount Vernon | NY | 68,747 | 8 | 36.4632 | 259 | 38.1 miles |
| Yonkers | NY | 206,441 | 3 | 17.9245 | 2 | 38.7 miles |
| Garden City | NY | - | 5 | 29.9653 | 250 | 39.3 miles |
| Hempstead | NY | 54,072 | 4 | 22.5315 | 163 | 40.4 miles |