by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Connecticut was awarded 446 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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UCONN is ranked #86 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UCONN held the #158 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UCONN is also ranked #2 out of 28 schools in Connecticut.
University of Connecticut has an acceptance rate of 56%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for UCONN.
About 43% of students accepted to UCONN submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 700. Math scores were between 620 and 730.
The student to faculty ratio at University of Connecticut is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Connecticut is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Connecticut has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UCONN the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 73%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 18,917 undergraduates at UCONN with 18,090 being full-time and 827 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,069 | $15,498 | $20,344 | $26,653 | $30,060 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UCONN, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UCONN, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $7,838 a year. That adds up to $31,352 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UCONN is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UCONN are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 352 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269 |
| Phone: | 860-486-2000 |
| Website: | uconn.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/UConn |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/uconn |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 455 | $47,530 |
| General Psychology | 407 | $32,079 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 284 | $35,353 |
| Nursing | 253 | $70,444 |
| General Biology | 233 | $29,040 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 225 | $63,392 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 214 | $29,511 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 202 | $68,876 |
| Political Science & Government | 201 | $33,631 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 170 | $32,092 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 13,188 students took at least one online class at University of Connecticut. This is a decrease from the 24,979 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 13,188 | 1,540 |
| 2019-2020 | 24,979 | 14,230 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,917 | 642 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,409 | 565 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,203 | 625 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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