Applying to Fairfield

Acceptance Rate	SAT Median
44.98%	1,310

Fairfield University's acceptance rate is 44.98% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 15,463 students applied and 6,956 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is around the national average.

Fairfield's acceptance rate places 5th out of 24 Connecticut colleges with competitive admission.

The median SAT score is 1,310 and the ACT score is 30 at Fairfield. Fairfield's SAT score ranks 6th out of 19 Connecticut colleges that consider SAT score for admission.

To apply to Fairfield, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of Fairfield University is 44.98% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 20.64%. 6,109 men and 9,354 women applied to Fairfield and 2,860 men and 4,096 women students were accepted.

Among them, 608 men and 828 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at Fairfield.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at Fairfield
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	15,463	6,109	9,354	0	0
Admitted	6,956	2,860	4,096	0	0
Enrolled	1,436	608	828	0	0
Acceptance Rate	44.98%	46.82%	43.79%	-	-
Yield	20.64%	21.26%	20.21%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Fairfield University 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

SAT and ACT Score Distribution

In 2024, 302 students (21% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 71 students (5%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at Fairfield.

The median SAT score is 1,310 with 650 SAT EBRW and 660 SAT Math median scores. The 75^th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 690 and the 25^th percentile is 620. The SAT Math 75^th percentile score is 690 and 25^th percentile is 620 .

The median ACT composite score is 30 with 75^th percentile score of 32 and 25^th percentile score of 29 at Fairfield.

The SAT and ACT scores at Fairfield University are competitive and high compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,165, ACT: 25 - private (not-for-profit) doctoral / research university).

2024 SAT and ACT Scores at Fairfield
	25^th Percentile	50^th Percentile (Median)	75^th Percentile
SAT Total	1240	1310	1380
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	620	650	690
SAT Math	620	660	690
ACT Composite	29	30	32
ACT Math	-		-
ACT English	-		-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Fairfield University 2023 SAT and ACT Score Chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 1,436 first-year students enrolled in Fairfield. The proportion of full-time students is 99.93% and part-time students is 0.07%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 42.34% and women students is 57.66%.

The following table and chart visualize the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at Fairfield.

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at Fairfield
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,436	608	828
Full-time	1,435	607	828
Part-time	1	1	0

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at Fairfield. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Fairfield University.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

Fairfield Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered, if submitted
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Considered, if submitted
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Considered, if submitted

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $60 for undergraduate schools and $65 for graduate schools of Fairfield University. The next table provides general admission information for applying to Fairfield.

Admission Information for Applying to Fairfield
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$60
Graduate Application Fees	$65
Admission Information	fairfield.edu/undergraduate/admission/
Online Application	commonapp.org/
Calendar System	Semester
Course for High School Students	Offers within a dual enrollment
Credits Accepted	Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Associate, Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Post-Master Certificate, Doctoral (Professional Practice)

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First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

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