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Tightest Connecticut Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Connecticut colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Yale University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 4.57% for academic year 2022-2023 in Connecticut. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Connecticut.
Tightest Connecticut Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Yale University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Haven, CT
4.57%50,0602,2891,55467.89%
2Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMiddletown, CT
14.43%14,5212,09674335.45%
3United States Coast Guard Academy
Public, four-yearsNew London, CT
23.86%1,76042028968.81%
4Trinity College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHartford, CT
36.14%6,2202,24856525.13%
5Connecticut College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew London, CT
40.40%8,7443,53363017.83%
6Fairfield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFairfield, CT
52.18%13,3596,9711,32819.05%
7University of Connecticut
Public, four-yearsStorrs, CT
54.51%40,89422,2934,06918.25%
8Sacred Heart University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFairfield, CT
65.71%13,3168,7501,77520.29%
9Eastern Connecticut State University
Public, four-yearsWillimantic, CT
73.83%5,4884,05271617.67%
10University of Saint Joseph
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWest Hartford, CT
74.85%1,6541,23818915.27%