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Colleges in Connecticut

Connecticut has 30 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 12 public, 16 private nonprofit and 2 for-profit. Together they enroll about 145,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: Connecticut State Community College, with 33,645. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven · Private nonprofit
$31,73159%48%991
Arizona College of Nursing, HartfordEast Hartford · Private for-profit
$34,371100%Not reported334
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain · Public
$15,53773%50%7,822
Charter Oak State CollegeNew Britain · Public
$14,594Not reported0%1,821
Connecticut CollegeNew London · Private nonprofit
$35,96037%82%1,937
Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain · Public
$9,195Not reportedNot reported33,645
Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic · Public
$20,50283%54%3,418
Fairfield UniversityFairfield · Private nonprofit
$49,90633%85%5,373
Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford · Private nonprofit
$31,759Not reported51%2,693
Hartford International University for Religion and PeaceHartford · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Holy Apostles College and SeminaryCromwell · Private nonprofit
$9,026Not reported71%216
Mitchell CollegeNew London · Private nonprofit
$32,20695%46%377
Post UniversityWaterbury · Private for-profit
$20,694Not reported34%13,603
Quinnipiac UniversityHamden · Private nonprofit
$41,72972%79%6,531
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield · Private nonprofit
$45,82765%77%7,087
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven · Public
$21,02991%50%6,295
Trinity CollegeHartford · Private nonprofit
$37,00429%83%2,146
United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London · Public
Not reported22%95%1,108
University of BridgeportBridgeport · Private nonprofit
$28,35683%37%1,534
University of ConnecticutStorrs · Public
$24,34252%84%19,835
University of Connecticut, Avery PointGroton · Public
$11,18488%51%454
University of Connecticut, Hartford CampusHartford · Public
$13,96188%66%1,525
University of Connecticut, StamfordStamford · Public
$14,22683%55%2,432
University of Connecticut, Waterbury CampusWaterbury · Public
$8,61687%51%733
University of HartfordWest Hartford · Private nonprofit
$28,92896%57%4,146
University of New HavenWest Haven · Private nonprofit
$32,99460%64%4,841
University of Saint JosephWest Hartford · Private nonprofit
$28,24979%62%838
Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown · Private nonprofit
$23,01416%90%3,067
Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury · Public
$16,75487%51%3,511
Yale UniversityNew Haven · Private nonprofit
$11,3404%96%6,758

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.