Connecticut contains 54 schools that offer medicine and health programs. Wesleyan University, the highest-ranking medicine and health school in CT, has a total student population of 3,148 and is the 46th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 54 medicine and health schools in Connecticut, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Lincoln Technical Institute comes out as the most expensive ($36,090/yr), with Three Rivers Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,092/yr.
Medicine and Health students from Connecticut schools who go on to become medicine and health professionals, office administrators, massage therapists, trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are 35,790 employed registered nurses earning an average yearly salary of $71,930. Medical and health services managers in this state earn $103,820/yr and there are 4,480 employed.
Also, within the medicine and health schools in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from medicine and health, 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.
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