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Rank School
Fall 2020
undergraduate
enrollment/ (a)
Online courses/
Online degrees
Percent
from
Conn.
Undergraduate
tuition & fees
2020-21
Undergraduate
room &
board
President/
Year founded
1
University of Connecticut
115 N. Eagleville Rd. Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-2000; www.uconn.edu
24,371
Y
Y
NA
$17,834 in-state
$40,502 out-of-
state
$13,258
Thomas Katsouleas
1881
2
Post University
803 Country Club Rd. Waterbury, CT 06723
800-345-2562; www.post.edu
12,856
Y
Y
18% $29,350 (b) $11,600 (c)
John Hopkins
1890
3
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley St. New Britain, CT 06050
860-832-2363; www.ccsu.edu
8,593
Y
N
NA $10,616 NA
Zulma Toro
1849
4
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent St. New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-5240; www.southernct.edu
7,440
Y
NA
97%
$11,822 in-state,
$25,226 out-of-
state
$7,436
Joe Bertolino
1893
5
Quinnipiac University
275 Mt. Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518
203-582-8200; www.qu.edu
6,843
Y
Y
33% $50,760 $15,240
Judy Olian
1929
6
Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT 06825
203-371-7999; www.sacredheart.edu
6,417
Y
Y
34% $44,350 $16,492
John Petillo
1963
7
University of New Haven
300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516
203-932-7000; www.newhaven.edu
5,097
Y
Y
43% $41,654 $16,212
Steven Kaplan
1920
8
Yale University
105 Wall St. New Haven, CT 06511
203-432-4771; yale.edu
4,703
Y
Y
NA $57,750 NA
Peter Salovey
1701
9
Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226
860-465-5000; www.easternct.edu
4,645
Y
N
91%
$12,304 (in-state)
$25,708 (out-of-
state)
$14,434
Elsa Nunez
1889
10
Western Connecticut State University
181 White St. Danbury, CT 06810
203-837-8243; www.wcsu.edu
4,640
Y
N
79%
$11,781 (in-state)
$25,185 (out-of-
state)
NA
John Clark
1903
11
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave. West Hartford, CT 06117
860-768-4100; www.hartford.edu
4,534
Y
Y
46% $43,560 $12,945
Gregory Woodward
1957
12
Fairfield University
1073 N. Benson Road Fairfield, CT 06824
203-254-4000; www.fairfield.edu
4,354
Y
Y
NA $51,712 NA
Mark Nemec
1942
13
Goodwin University (d)
1 Riverside Drive East Hartford, CT 06118
860-528-4111; www.goodwin.edu
3,218
Y
Y
93% $20,988 $0
Mark Scheinberg
1999
14
Wesleyan University
45 Wyllys Ave. Middletown, CT 06459
860-685-2000; www.wesleyan.edu
2,852
Y
N
8% $59,306 $16,384
Michael Roth
1831
15
University of Bridgeport (d)
126 Park Ave. Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-576-4000; www.bridgeport.edu
2,740
Y
Y
NA $35,000 $17,000
Stephen Healey (e)
1927
16
Trinity College
300 Summit St. Hartford, CT 06106
860-297-2000; https://www.trincoll.edu/
2,194
Y
N
17% $59,050 $15,300
Joanne Berg-
er-Sweeney
1823
17
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave. New London, CT 06320
860-447-1911; www.conncoll.edu
1,737
Y
N
18% $59,025 $16,290
Katherine Bergeron
1911
18
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive New Britain, CT 06053
860-515-3800; www.charteroak.edu
1,538
Y
Y
85% $10,467 NA
Edward Klonoski
1973
19
Albertus Magnus College
700 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511
203-773-8505; www.albertus.edu
1,088
Y
Y
90% $34,410 $14,464
Marc Camille
1925
Source: Each school via survey. Notes: NA = Not applicable or not available. This list does not include state community colleges. The University of Bridgeport did not participate in the list last year or this year.
(a) Represents full-time and part-time students.
(b) On-campus tuition and student service fee. Online varies by program.
(c) Varies by location.
(d) Goodwin University plans to buy the University of Bridgeport. The plan was approved in late 2020 by the New England Commission of Higher Education and is expected to create a new institution, keeping the name University of Bridgeport, by July 1, 2021.
(e) Interim president
—Compiled by Timothy Doyle.
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