by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Sacred Heart University took the #437 spot.
In addition, Sacred Heart took the #6 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Sacred Heart took the #208 spot on the list.
In addition, Sacred Heart took the #4 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Connecticut.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 75.6% of the total graduate students at Sacred Heart are women and 24.4% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 23.3% of the graduate student population at Sacred Heart. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 4.4% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $34,509 | $34,509 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Sacred Heart, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $59,087. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 1% higher than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Sacred Heart, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $71,605. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 5% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Sacred Heart University.
Contact details for Sacred Heart are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5151 Park Ave, Fairfield, CT 06825-1000 |
| Phone: | 203-371-7999 |
| Website: | https://www.sacredheart.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/SacredHeartUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SacredHeartUniv |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48.0% of the graduate students at Sacred Heart took at least one online course. For that same period, 36.6% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 12 |
| Nursing | 29 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 68 |
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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