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The Waterbury region is a center for exceptional opportunities for anyone who wishes to pursue a higher education. Within the region, one will find universities, community colleges and technical institutes offering programs in both undergraduate and graduate studies. More than 40 institutions of higher education, including Yale, Wesleyan, Quinnipiac University, UCONN, Fairfield University, University of Hartford and the four campuses of Connecticut State University, are also located about an hour from Waterbury.
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Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College
751 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708
203.575.8040
Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College: a two-year public college, offering Associate degrees and credit certificates in a number of fields such as: allied health, nursing and physical education, arts and humanities, behavioral and social sciences, business, engineering technologies and math and science. Credits earned at NVCT are transferable toward a Baccalaureate degree. The college offers cooperative education and distance learning programs.
Post University
800 Country Club Road
Waterbury, CT 06708
203.596.4500
Post University: an independent university that offers Baccalaureate and Associate degrees with concentrations in business and liberal arts. Post's Accelerated Degree Program, distance learning, certificate program and cooperative education program give working adults a wide variety of educational opportunities.
University of Connecticut - Waterbury Campus
East Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
203.236.9800
University of Connecticut - Waterbury Campus currently provides core curriculum and electives equivalent to the first two years of requirements at the University of Connecticut in Storrs (UCONN). The Waterbury Campus also offers a Bachelor of General Studies through a part-time program. Beginning in 2001, the Waterbury Campus will offer Baccalaureate and Master degree programs in business administration. In the fall os 2003, the school moved to its new downtown Waterbury site on East Main Street.
University of Bridgeport - Waterbury Campus
84 Progress Lane
Waterbury, CT 06705
203.573.8501
The University of Bridgeport's Waterbury Center offers the M.S. in Education Teaching Internship program. More than 300 certified teachers have attended courses at the University in Waterbury. The majority of students attend classes part-time while employed in schools throughout Connecticut.
Western Connecticut State University - Waterbury Campus
751 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708
203.596.8777
Located on the campus of Naugatuck Valley Community College, Western at Waterbury offers a convenient location for students in the Greater Waterbury area to take completion courses for a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Management or a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN).
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