Hartford Consortium Fast Facts

Consortium Fast Facts

  • Established in 1972
  • Board of Directors comprised of institution presidents (or regional campus leader)
  • 5 full- and part-time Consortium staff members
  • $430,000 annual operating budget
  • Offers a college access program for Hartford-area public high school students, cross-registration in courses among all member schools, faculty grants, regional roundtables on issues in higher education, internships
  • Partner with the MetroHartford Alliance in Graduate! CT, a return to learning resource program for adults
  • Members include 4 public institutions, 5 private institutions, 2 seminaries with a combined:
  • 35,000+ students and 3,000+ full- and part-time faculty members
  • 400 majors, fields of graduate study and certificate programs
  • 2.5 million library volumes
  • More than 1,500 events open to the public annually (exhibits, lectures, sports, workshops)
  • Over $370 million combined annual payrolls helping to drive the region’s economic engine