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ELECTRICIAN SCHOOLS IN CONNECTICUT — Federal Data, September 2026

Electrician Schools in Connecticut, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn

6 accredited institutions in Connecticut report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.

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U.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.


Across the 6 ranked programs in Connecticut, the median graduate needs 4.5 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $13,532, against median earnings of $36,724 one year after completion.

That is slower than the national median of 3.3 months for this field, measured across the 139 institutions in our national electrician schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Industrial Management Training Institute in Waterbury, at 3.0 months.

Every figure on this page is recalculated on Connecticut institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.

At A Glance

What the federal data says about electrician schools in Connecticut

4.5 mo
state median to cover the debt
$13,532
median debt at completion
$36,724
median earnings, one year out
64%
median completion rate

The Ranking

6 electrician schools in Connecticut, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt

Lower is better.

#SchoolTypeAwardMonthsDebtEarningsCompletion
1Industrial Management Training InstituteWaterbury, CTfor-profitCertificate3.0$9,500$37,87678%
2Porter & Chester Institute of HamdenHamden, CTfor-profitCertificate4.3$14,120$39,74532%
3Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorEast Windsor, CTfor-profitCertificate4.5$13,532$35,88062%
4Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, CTfor-profitCertificate4.5$13,532$35,88065%
5Porter & Chester InstituteBridgeport, CTfor-profitCertificate4.5$14,120$37,56945%
6Lincoln Technical Institute-SheltonShelton, CTfor-profitCertificate4.5$13,532$35,88065%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.

The Top Five, In Detail

The five fastest payback programs in Connecticut, one by one

Industrial Management Training Institute

Waterbury, CT

Industrial Management Training Institute is a private for-profit institution in Waterbury. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $37,876 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.0 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.5 months faster than the Connecticut state median of 4.5. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 78% completion rate.

Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden

Hamden, CT

Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden is a private for-profit institution in Hamden. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $14,120 and report median earnings of $39,745 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.3 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and right on the Connecticut state median of 4.5. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 32% completion rate.

Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor

East Windsor, CT

Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor is a private for-profit institution in East Windsor. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $13,532 and report median earnings of $35,880 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.5 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and right on the Connecticut state median of 4.5. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 62% completion rate.

Lincoln Technical Institute-New Britain

New Britain, CT

Lincoln Technical Institute-New Britain is a private for-profit institution in New Britain. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $13,532 and report median earnings of $35,880 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.5 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and right on the Connecticut state median of 4.5. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 65% completion rate.

Porter & Chester Institute

Bridgeport, CT

Porter & Chester Institute is a private for-profit institution in Bridgeport. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $14,120 and report median earnings of $37,569 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.5 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the Connecticut state median of 4.5. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 45% completion rate.

Read It Carefully

What this ranking does not measure

Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.

The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.

Other States

The same program, another state

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