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Largest Connecticut colleges and universities
(Ranked by fall 2021 enrollment)
EDUCATION
Largest Connecticut colleges and universities
(Ranked by fall 2021 enrollment)
Rank School
Fall 2021
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 (b)
115 N. Eagleville Rd.
Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-2000; www.uconn.edu
23,500
Y
Y
68%
$18,524 in-state
$41,192 out-of-state
$13,258
Andrew Agwunobi
1881
2
Post University
800 Country Club Rd.
Waterbury, CT 06723
800-345-2562; www.post.edu
17,079
Y
Y
12% $29,350 (c) NA
John Hopkins
1890
3
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley St.
New Britain, CT 06050
860-832-2363; www.ccsu.edu
9,653
Y
Y
96% $11,542 in-state $12,174
Zulma Toro
1849
4
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent St.
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-5240; www.southernct.edu
6,800
Y
Y
96%
$11,882 in-state,
$25,286 out-of-state
$6,833 (d)
Joe Bertolino
1893
5
Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Ave.
Fairfield, CT 06825
203-371-7999; www.sacredheart.edu
6,761
Y
Y
34% $44,960 $16,868
John Petillo
1963
6
Yale University
105 Wall St.
New Haven, CT 06511
203-432-4771; yale.edu
6,536
Y
Y
NA $59,950 $17,800
Peter Salovey
1701
7
Quinnipiac University
275 Mt. Carmel Ave.
Hamden, CT 06518
203-582-8200; www.qu.edu
6,298
Y
Y
31% $51,270 $15,690
Judy Olian
1929
8
University of New Haven (b)
300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516
203-932-7000; www.newhaven.edu
5,023
Y
Y
43% $42,898 $16,212
Steven Kaplan
1920
9
Fairfield University
1073 N. Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
203-254-4000; www.fairfield.edu
4,605
Y
Y
29% $52,870 $16,110
Mark Nemec
1942
10
Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham St.
Willimantic, CT 06226
860-465-5000; www.easternct.edu
4,321
Y
N
91%
$12,434 (in-state)
$25,838 (out-of-state)
$14,394
Elsa Nunez
1889
11
Western Connecticut State University
181 White St.
Danbury, CT 06810
203-837-8242; www.wcsu.edu
4,172
Y
N
77%
$11,821 (in-state)
$25,225 (out-of-state)
NA
John Clark
1903
12
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-768-4100; www.hartford.edu
4,006
Y
Y
48% $44,885 $13,353
Gregory Woodward
1957
13
Wesleyan University
45 Wyllys Ave.
Middletown, CT 06459
860-685-2000; www.wesleyan.edu
3,385
Y
N
11% $61,449 $17,531
Michael Roth
1831
14
Goodwin University (e)
1 Riverside Drive
East Hartford, CT 06118
860-528-4111; www.goodwin.edu
3,157
Y
Y
93% $21,188 $6,200
Mark Scheinberg
1999
15
Trinity College
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT 06106
860-297-2000; https://www.trincoll.edu/
2,143
Y
N
17% $61,370 $15,900
Joanne Berger-Sweeney
1823
16
University of Bridgeport (e)
126 Park Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-576-4000; www.bridgeport.edu
1,873
Y
Y
73% $35,000 $16,350
Danielle Wilken
1927
17
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320
860-447-1911; www.conncoll.edu
1,829
N
N
16% $59,025 NA
Katherine Bergeron
1911
18
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053
860-515-3800; www.charteroak.edu
1,526
Y
Y
87% $10,168 NA
Edward Klonoski
1973
19
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
15 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320
800-883-8724; www.uscga.edu
1,049
N
N
5% $0 NA
William Kelly
1876
20
Albertus Magnus College
700 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT 06511
203-773-8501; www.albertus.edu
1,031
Y
Y
87% $36,442 $14,898
Marc Camille
1925
21
University of St. Joseph
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-231-5216; www.usj.edu
906
Y
Y
93% $43,084 $12,732
Rhona Free
1932
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) Did not respond to Fall 2021 survey. Data from previous year.
(c) On-campus tuition and student service fee. Online varies by program.
(d) Standard double.
(e) In May 2021, Goodwin University completed its acquisition of the University of Bridgeport.
—Compiled by Timothy Doyle.
