From Connecticut Magazine:
Among Connecticut colleges—and in a nation where the jobs picture
remains challenging—the locus of higher learning with the state’s most
compelling narrative may be St. Vincent’s College in Bridgeport.
Founded in 1905, St. Vincent’s offers associate in science degrees in
nursing, radiography, medical assisting and general studies, as well as
two online bachelor degrees, the RN to BSN Completion and a bachelor of
science in radiologic sciences. Through its continuing educations
department, the college also offers a wide range of certificate programs
leading to immediate employment in the healthcare field.
In pursuing that mission, the college is actively growing and has seen
its enrollment—students mainly come from Bridgeport and Fairfield and
New Haven counties—increase by 95 percent in the last five years,
college President and CEO Dr. Martha K. Shouldis, Ed.D., said in phone
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