Retail Schools near Connecticut
Connecticut contains
five
schools that offer retail programs.
Pace University-New York,
the highest-ranking retail school in CT, has a total student population of 12,706 and
is the
1785th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 retail schools
in Connecticut,
only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Pace University-New York comes out as the most expensive ($25,156/yr),
with CUNY Kingsborough Community College as the lowest recorded at only $6,604/yr.
Retail students from Connecticut schools who go on to become
retail workers,
retail managers,
retail specialists,
retail sales managers, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 4,209,500 people working as
retail salespersons alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$24,630.
Also, Sales and related employees make on average $36,020 per year and there are about 13,715,050 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are
166,590 employed sales and related employees earning an average yearly salary of
$43,410. Retail salespersons in this state earn
$26,710/yr and there are 52,280 employed.
Also, within the retail schools
in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is
14 to 1. Aside from retail,
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.
Retail Programs near Connecticut
Pace University-New York
Program ID: 128665
Retailing and Retail Operations
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Nassau Community College
Program ID: 114528
Retailing and Retail Operations
Levels offered:
Associates
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Program ID: 48528
Retailing and Retail Operations
Levels offered:
Associates
Suffolk County Community College
Program ID: 159054
Retailing and Retail Operations
Levels offered:
Associates
Holyoke Community College
Program ID: 75893
Retailing and Retail Operations
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
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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