Porter and Chester Institute

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#6531 / #1724
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Technical school in Connecticut and Massachusetts

Porter and Chester Institute at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#1724
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$13,748
Graduation rate
58%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,373

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About Porter and Chester Institute

According to Wikipedia, Porter and Chester Institute is a for-profit technical school with nine locations throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts in the United States. Porter and Chester Institute features 10 different career programs.

Porter and Chester Institute Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
49%58%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Porter and Chester Institute Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$13,748
Average Net Price by Family Income (2021–22)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$20,092
30K - 48K$24,351
48K - 75K$18,517
75K - 110K$22,256
110K+$26,822

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Porter and Chester Institute Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Porter and Chester Institute students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $48,942 a year, and 88% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Porter and Chester Institute's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
1,8471,847

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Porter and Chester Institute?

Porter and Chester Institute is located at 156 Boston Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610.

How Safe is Porter and Chester Institute?

Relative to its enrollment, Porter and Chester Institute has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Bridgeport has a violent crime rate of 0.40% and a property crime rate of 1.48%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Porter and Chester Institute Known For?

Porter and Chester Institute is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Porter and Chester Institute's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Porter and Chester Institute's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Nursing
#1841
World Rank
#1841
Historical Rank
#701
USA Rank

Porter and Chester Institute ranks #701 in the U.S. and #1841 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Medical
#4909
World Rank
#4910
Historical Rank
#1436
USA Rank

Porter and Chester Institute ranks #1436 in the U.S. and #4909 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Computer Science
#10743
World Rank
#10752
Historical Rank
#2919
USA Rank

Porter and Chester Institute ranks #2919 in the U.S. and #10743 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees