Connecticut Colleges and Universities: College Degree Programs

Connecticut's mix of healthcare, retail, and high tech industry stabilizes its statewide economy. Fortune 500 technology and services conglomerate General Electric, located in Fairfield, serves as an essential economic hub for the state. While Bridgeport is Connecticut's largest city, the state's biggest companies are located in smaller cities like Hartford, Stamford, and Danbury. Other Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Connecticut are:

• United Technologies
• Aetna
• Xerox
• Pitney Bowes

Connecticut boasts a worker productivity rate that's a third higher than the national average. Businesses are lured to Connecticut with low corporate income tax rates, small business assistance programs, and increased funding for companies that make critical technologies.

Over 1.8 million people make up Connecticut's civilian labor force. The trade, transportation, and utilities industry is the state's largest, although government jobs and professional and business services are also important to the statewide economy. The healthcare and information technology industries are expected to see the most growth in the coming years, particularly for educated employees.

Connecticut residents are among the most educated in the nation-- 31% of Connecticut's population aged 25 and older has a college degree. No degree program can guarantee a particular career or salary, but in Connecticut's highly educated job market, securing career training through a degree or certificate training program is strongly advised.

Sources:

• Doing Business in Connecticut
• CNN Money
• Salary.com
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics