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Connecticut: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

Up to 4 5.7% 6.5%
5 to 14 12.9% 13.3%
15 to 19 7.0% 7.1%
20 to 24 6.4% 7.0%
25 to 44 25.3% 26.6%
45 to 64 28.5% 26.4%
65 and older 14.2% 13.0%

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Connecticut: Almanac 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 29	3,574,097	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.3%	26.6%
45 to 64	28.5%	26.4%
65 and older	14.2%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	3.8%	4.8%
Black	10.1%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	77.6%	72.4%
More than one race	2.6%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	13.4%	16.3%
Other	5.6%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.8%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	7.0%	8.7%
High-school diploma	28.5%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	17.5%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.4%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	19.9%	17.6%
Master’s degree	10.9%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.5%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.8%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	20.4%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 2	$56,889	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	10.1%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	35,720	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-12.3%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	2,732	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$8,854	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,401	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$32,581	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$944,554,802	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-12.2%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$63,428,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$270,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$80,153,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$143,851,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$888,949,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	14.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	69.8%	61.2%
State and local governments	2.2%	6.3%
Industry	3.2%	5.2%
Nonprofit	6.6%	6.1%
Institution itself	16.6%	19.4%
Other	1.6%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	5.8%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	1.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	78.5%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	1.5%	3.7%
Physical sciences	4.8%	7.6%
Psychology	3.6%	1.8%
Social sciences	1.1%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.7%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.5%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Yale University	$19,374,000,000
Top fund raisers:
Yale University	$580,325,333
University of Connecticut	$38,675,976
Wesleyan University	$36,558,974

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$122,151	$112,647
Associate professor	$88,200	$78,804
Assistant professor	$69,375	$67,236
All	$95,055	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$91,244	$87,677
Associate professor	$73,373	$70,215
Assistant professor	$59,184	$59,511
All	$75,910	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$155,259	$133,973
Associate professor	$85,718	$86,108
Assistant professor	$74,387	$72,242
All	$107,770	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$108,158	$82,002
Associate professor	$83,699	$66,466
Assistant professor	$67,672	$55,352
All	$82,711	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$78,295	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$68,272	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$59,400	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	163,291	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	36,093	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	68,941	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	58,253	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	66,165	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	585	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	5,153	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	287	430,177
Total	199,384	21,016,126
Public institutions	64%	72%
4-year institutions	70%	63%
2-year institutions	30%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	5,523	849,452
Bachelor’s	19,483	1,650,014
Master’s	8,639	693,025
Doctorate	1,834	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 66% of all freshmen enrolled in Connecticut in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 55% of all Connecticut residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	61.5%	56.0%
Men	57.9%	53.0%
Women	64.6%	58.5%
American Indian	50.0%	37.0%
Asian	68.2%	66.3%
Black	44.3%	38.3%
Hispanic	51.1%	47.8%
White	63.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	575	196,374
Asian	9,117	1,218,118
Black	23,302	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	176	64,046
Hispanic	22,397	2,741,448
White	132,283	12,722,549
Foreign	7,863	709,565
Two or more races	3,671	325,275
Total	199,384	21,016,126
Women	57.7%	57.0%
Minority	29.7%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	23.2%	28.4%
Foreign	3.9%	3.4%
Full-time	64.2%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1535 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 87% of Connecticut’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	9	678
Public 2-year institutions	12	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	18	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	4	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2	664
Total	46	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Albertus Magnus College, University of Bridgeport
Institution under NCAA sanctions:
University of Connecticut