The average acceptance rate of the 5 public Connecticut colleges that have competitive admission is 74.60% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.3%. The acceptance rate at 1 public Connecticut colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.
University of Connecticut has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 54.00%. Central Connecticut State University (76.00%) and Southern Connecticut State University (80.99%) are following it in the list of Tightest Connecticut Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Connecticut stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Central Connecticut State University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,519 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,673 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | University of Connecticut Storrs, CTPublic, 4-year | 54.00% 0.51% | 17.00% | 1,330 | $43,034 ($20,366) | 27,003 | 83.00% | 16 to 1 |
2 1 | Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CTPublic, 4-year | 76.00% 0.71% | 23.01% | 1,090 | $25,736 ($12,460) | 9,468 | 53.00% | 14 to 1 |
3 1 | Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CTPublic, 4-year | 80.99% 1.93% | 18.01% | - | $26,104 ($12,828) | 8,889 | 53.00% | 11 to 1 |
4 2 | Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CTPublic, 4-year | 81.00% 7.17% | 13.99% | 1,200 | $16,624 ($13,292) | 4,082 | 60.00% | 14 to 1 |
4 1 | Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CTPublic, 4-year | 81.00% 2.51% | 16.00% | 1,010 | $16,095 ($12,763) | 4,417 | 51.00% | 11 to 1 |
Average | 74.60% | 17.60% | 1,158 | $25,519 ($14,342) | 10,772 | 60.00% | 13 to 1 |