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Liberal Arts and Humanities Schools in Connecticut

Connecticut contains 38 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. Wesleyan University, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in CT, has a total student population of 3,148 and is the 46th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 38 liberal arts and humanities schools in Connecticut, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Hartford comes out as the most expensive ($31,547/yr), with Middlesex Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,918/yr.

Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Connecticut schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are 100 employed mathematicians earning an average yearly salary of $89,990. Education teachers in this state earn $67,490/yr and there are 580 employed.

Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 2145 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,319 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,907, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Connecticut Interesting Facts

• The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.
• The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954.
• Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
• In 1705, copper was discovered in Simsbury. Later, the copper mine became the infamous New-Gate Prison of the Revolutionary War. Doctor Samuel Higley of Simsbury started the first copper coinage in America in 1737.
• The Scoville Memorial Library is the United States oldest public library. The library collection began in 1771, when Richard Smith, owner of a local blast furnace, used community contributions to buy 200 books in London. Patrons could borrow and return books on the third Monday of every third month. Fees were collected for damages, the most common being "greasing" by wax dripped from the candles by which the patrons read.

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