Private for-profit · Community college

New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut

Somers, Connecticut · Fringe rural

#2 for grad earnings in Connecticut

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Transfer rate: $15,284
Avg net price: 69%
Grad / completion: $44,444
Median earnings

New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Somers, Connecticut (fringe rural setting), enrolling 289 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 289 undergradsFringe ruralCold wintersSnowy

About Somers, Connecticut

Somers is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. Somers was originally part of the Agawam Plantation in the 17th century. Agawam Plantation became Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1641 and in 1682, the Enfield Parish broke off from the Springfield settlement. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Fringe rural
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to Springfield, MA
To the ocean: 42 miles
Nearest airport: 13 miles to Bradley (BDL) · major hub

How New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut compares

Graduation rate69%

Higher than 61% · #13 of 23 in Connecticut

Earnings, 10 years after entry$44,444

Higher than 82% · #2 of 13 in Connecticut

Average net price$15,284

Cheaper than 49% · #7 cheapest of 23 in Connecticut

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment289

Larger than 52%

Percentiles compare New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Connecticut.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women228%
Men26792%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White41%
Black33%
Hispanic26%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 289
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 45%
First-generation students: 68%
Students over 25: 77%
Median family income: $16,600

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $15,284

Outcomes

Graduated: 69%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $46,838
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $44,444
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 53%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 36%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

69%

Low-income (Pell)

69%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$14,783

$30–48k

$15,757

$48–75k

$16,304

$75–110k

$17,020

$110k+

$19,386

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $44,444
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 14%
Out-earn a HS grad: 59%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$34,851

Men

$46,353

Men out-earn women by $11,502 (33%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 81°F
Winter low: 14°F
Annual rain: 50.2″
Annual snow: 51.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Staffordville, CT US station (9.8 mi from campus).

What New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut graduates study — and earn

Ground Transportation

510 grads$43k 1 yr$49k 5 yr$6k debt

510$43,172$48,972$6,333

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.