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Best Colleges in Connecticut

The strongest colleges and universities in Connecticut, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Connecticut, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Yale University New Haven, CT 3.9% $23,777 1470-1570 See record
2 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 52% $25,097 1210-1440 See record
3 United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT 22% - 1240-1400 See record
4 Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 16.5% $30,177 1415-1540 See record
5 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 33% $48,095 1260-1390 See record
6 Trinity College Hartford, CT 29% $34,832 1298-1470 See record
7 Connecticut College New London, CT 37% $36,175 1350-1500 See record
8 Holy Apostles College and Seminary Cromwell, CT - $10,117 - See record
9 Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT 72% $40,675 1150-1320 See record
10 Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT 65% $46,174 - See record
11 Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT - $15,815 - See record
12 University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT 88% $16,403 930-1220 See record
13 University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT 79% $27,989 850-1170 See record
14 University of New Haven West Haven, CT 60% $34,192 1060-1265 See record
15 University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT 88% $13,807 960-1190 See record
16 Goodwin University East Hartford, CT - $29,249 - See record
17 Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT 83% $21,067 1070-1260 See record
18 University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT 83% $16,798 930-1260 See record
19 University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 96% $30,282 1120-1310 See record
20 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT 87% $10,875 910-1200 See record
21 Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT 87% $17,604 1040-1170 See record
22 Albertus Magnus College New Haven, CT 59% $34,028 - See record
23 Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 91% $20,857 - See record
24 Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT 73% $16,857 960-1190 See record
25 Mitchell College New London, CT 95% $30,260 - See record
26 University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 83% $27,807 - See record
27 Post University Waterbury, CT - $21,634 - See record
28 Academy Di Capelli - East Hartford, CT - - - See record
29 Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology Wallingford, CT - $12,607 - See record
30 American Institute of Healthcare & Technology Stratford, CT - $32,821 - See record
31 American Institute-West Hartford West Hartford, CT - $19,316 - See record
32 Arizona College of Nursing - Hartford East Hartford, CT 100% $43,500 - See record
33 Belle Academy of Cosmetology LLC Waterbury, CT - $6,638 - See record
34 Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology Branford, CT - $4,271 - See record
35 Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology-Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT - $30,086 - See record
36 Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT - $11,513 - See record
37 Cortiva Institute Cromwell, CT - $34,436 - See record
38 Dolce The Academy Waterbury, CT - $15,318 - See record
39 Goodwin University - Bridgeport Campus Bridgeport, CT - - - See record
40 Hartford International University for Religion and Peace Hartford, CT - - - See record