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Reading Specialist Schools in Connecticut

Connecticut contains seven schools that offer reading specialist programs. Central Connecticut State University, the highest-ranking reading specialist school in CT, has a total student population of 12,461 and is the 372nd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 7 reading specialist schools in Connecticut, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Sacred Heart University comes out as the most expensive ($28,642/yr), with Southern Connecticut State University as the lowest recorded at only $10,305/yr.

Reading Specialist students from Connecticut schools who go on to become reading specialists, teachers, professors, reading teachers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 65,490 people working as english language and literature teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,860. Also, Teachers and instructors make on average $41,110 per year and there are about 599,500 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are 4,500 employed teachers and instructors earning an average yearly salary of $55,310. English language and literature teachers in this state earn $76,130/yr and there are 860 employed.

Also, within the reading specialist schools in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from reading specialist, 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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