The average acceptance rate of the 12 private Connecticut colleges that have competitive admission is 54.67% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 4.34%. The acceptance rate at 5 private Connecticut colleges increased and the rate of 7 colleges decreased.
Yale University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 5.00%. Wesleyan University (17.00%) and Trinity College (34.01%) are following it in the list of Tightest Connecticut Private 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.
Yale University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Wesleyan University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $54,345 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,311 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.