University of Bridgeport Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

University of Bridgeport is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022 the graduate school tuition & fees are $21,686 in average for all students.

It offers fifty-seven graduate programs: 37 Master's, 11 Doctorate, 3 Post-Bachelor's, 6 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 498 students have been conferred Master's degree and 87 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Bridgeport
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	126 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT
Graduate School Students	1,805 students 620 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	$21,686
Student to Faculty	16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 57 Graduate Programs 37 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 9 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at University of Bridgeport with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $21,686 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $780.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: March 14, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$19,096
Fees	$2,590
Cost per Credit	$780
Books & Supplies	$1,500
Room & Board	$16,350 (On-Campus) / $8,776 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$7,372 (On-Campus) / $10,502 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$46,908
Off-Campus Total	$42,464

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Tuition & Fees	$18,320	$20,900	$21,202	$21,686	$21,686

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

University of Bridgeport offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 57 major areas - 36 Master's , 7 Doctorate , 2 Post-Bachelor', 5 Post-Master'. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	498	87	1	48
Men	183	43	-	14
Women	315	44	1	34

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
East Asian Studies	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
International and Intercultural Communication	8	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	42
Salary After Completing	-	-	$80,000
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	$41,900	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	52	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer Engineering	7		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	16		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Human Nutrition	73	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
International Relations and Affairs	18	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Design and Applied Arts (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chiropractic	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	$50,600	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physician Assistant	38	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	$20,200	-
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	69	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,700	-	-
Operations Management and Supervision		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Finance		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Labor and Industrial Relations		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,155 students enrolled in University of Bridgeport including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,805 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 591 male and 1,214 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 797 full-time and 1,008 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 620 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 345 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,805
Men Students	591
Women Students	1,214

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,805
Full-time Students	797
Part-time Students	1,008

By race/ethnicity 974 White, 299 Black, and 109 Asian students are attending at University of Bridgeport. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,805
American Indian / Native American	10
Asian	109
Black	299
Hispanic	156
White	974
Two or more races	38
Un-Known	28

14 students are younger than 22 and 455 students are older than 65. The school has 828 students aged between 22 and 30 and 508 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,805
21 & Under	14
22-24	339
25-29	489
30-34	314
35-39	194
40 & Over	455

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Bridgeport, 620 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 345 students are enrolled in some online courses.