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71.16% Applicants Accepted to Connecticut Colleges

What is the Average Acceptance Rate in Connecticut?

The average acceptance rate of Connecticut colleges is 71.16%. Total 121,712 students have accepted out of 234,503. By gender, the acceptance rate of female students is 72.90% and male students' rate is 68.70%
The next schools are the top 5 Connecticut colleges that have the lowest acceptance rate. Yale University has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.57% among Connecticut colleges. Wesleyan University and Trinity College also have low acceptance rate of 14.43% and 36.14% respectively. The top schools are selected with an minimum number of new students (first-time students) of 100. You can view more schools at Connecticut colleges with lowest acceptance rate.
The following table summarizes the average acceptance rate in Connecticut by school type and level.
Connecticut Colleges The Average Acceptance Rate
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
4 years colleges71.16%84.03%60.38%95.45%
Acceptance Rate by Gender at Connecticut colleges
ApplicantsAcceptedAcceptance Rate
Total234,503121,71271.16%
Female137,38373,35572.90%
Male97,07748,32768.70%
The following table shows the Connecticut Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
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Connecticut Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate
School NameLocationAcceptance RateApplicantsAccepted
Albertus Magnus College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
New Haven, CT80.50%1,4871,197
University of Bridgeport
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Bridgeport, CT81.51%3,7813,082
Central Connecticut State University
Public, four-years
New Britain, CT76.71%7,3025,601
Connecticut College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
New London, CT40.40%8,7443,533
University of Connecticut
Public, four-years
Storrs, CT54.51%40,89422,293
Eastern Connecticut State University
Public, four-years
Willimantic, CT73.83%5,4884,052
Fairfield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fairfield, CT52.18%13,3596,971
University of Hartford
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
West Hartford, CT82.75%13,23010,948
Mitchell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
New London, CT76.84%1,179906
University of New Haven
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
West Haven, CT91.24%11,19910,218
Paier College
Private (for-profit), four-years
Bridgeport, CT95.45%110105
Quinnipiac University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Hamden, CT83.79%18,66815,641
Sacred Heart University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fairfield, CT65.71%13,3168,750
University of Saint Joseph
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
West Hartford, CT74.85%1,6541,238
Southern Connecticut State University
Public, four-years
New Haven, CT82.92%8,3166,896
Trinity College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Hartford, CT36.14%6,2202,248
Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Middletown, CT14.43%14,5212,096
Western Connecticut State University
Public, four-years
Danbury, CT83.51%5,0934,253
Yale University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
New Haven, CT4.57%50,0602,289
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus
Public, four-years
Waterbury, CT97.91%1,6781,643
University of Connecticut-Avery Point
Public, four-years
Groton, CT97.42%1,1241,095
University of Connecticut-Stamford
Public, four-years
Stamford, CT92.18%4,5264,172
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
Public, four-years
Hartford, CT97.30%2,5542,485