by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Hartford was awarded 29 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general music.
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College Factual ranked UHart as #662 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UHart held the #892 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 18 colleges in Connecticut, UHart is ranked at #12.
The acceptance rate at University of Hartford is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that UHart is a good fit for you.
About 23% of students accepted to UHart submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 530 and 630.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UHart it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Hartford is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
University of Hartford has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UHart for first-time, full-time students is 46%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,521 undergraduates at UHart with 4,073 being full-time and 448 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,022 | $28,070 | $28,391 | $31,796 | $34,465 |
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 UHart, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UHart, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $9,356 a year. That adds up to $37,424 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UHart is 1.0%. 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 UHart are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117-1599 |
| Phone: | 860-768-4100 |
| Website: | www.hartford.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 337 | $40,799 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 162 | NA |
| Music | 117 | $24,511 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 106 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 82 | $73,906 |
| Special Education | 77 | $48,049 |
| Accounting | 67 | $51,981 |
| Nursing | 57 | $106,348 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 52 | $73,871 |
| General Psychology | 51 | $28,707 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,486 students took at least one online class at University of Hartford. This is an increase from the 1,483 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,486 | 1,054 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,483 | 1,149 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,774 | 1,223 |
| 2018-2019 | 990 | 671 |
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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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