University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT · Public · Town (fringe) · Carnegie R1/R2
Public institution in Storrs, CT · 19,147 undergraduates · 54% acceptance rate · $73,997 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 6%Undergraduates
- Top 7%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 9%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 10%Median ACT
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $22,8861,334th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,3661,127th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $43,0341,685th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $36,5721,130th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,500807th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $73,997216th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $63,322180th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 83.8%151st highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 91.4%204th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 53.9%314th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1338153rd highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 3099th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 19,147122nd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,454th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 24.2%1,497th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 74 mi (BOS)
On 3 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EDNov 1
- RDJan 15
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $80
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 82 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | bachelors | $81,702 | $79,473 |
| Industrial EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $78,719 | $82,440 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | $74,953 | $67,846 |
| Real EstateBusiness | bachelors | $74,576 | — |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $71,706 | $74,262 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $71,644 | $70,917 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $71,623 | $70,783 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsForeign Languages | bachelors | $69,338 | — |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $68,988 | $69,013 |
| Applied MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $68,499 | $69,338 |
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $65,868 | $58,866 |
| Materials EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $65,387 | $61,303 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1881source
- Athletic nickname: "Huskies"source
- Mascot: Jonathan the Huskysource
- Pratt & Whitney Stadium seats about 40,000source
- Competes in NCAA Division Isource
- Motto: "(Latin)"source
- Campus size: about 4,400 acressource
- Formerly known as "Storrs Agricultural School"source
- Formerly known as "(1881–1893)"source
- Formerly known as "Storrs Agricultural College"source
- Formerly known as "(1893–1899)"source
- Formerly known as "Connecticut Agricultural College"source
- Formerly known as "(1899–1933)"source
- Formerly known as "Connecticut State College"source
- Formerly known as "(1933–1939)"source
- Athletic conference: Big Eastsource
- A [[National Sea Grant College Program institutionsource
- A sea-grant]] institutionsource
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A space-grant]] institutionsource
- Fight song: ""UConn Husky""source
- Notable alum: Tansu Çillersource
- Notable alum: Meg Ryansource
- Notable alum: David Leesource
- Notable alum: Ray Allensource
- Notable alum: Tony Toddsource
Athletics — 14 sports
NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $14,377,304 (M $7,415,129 · W $6,962,175)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Ice Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Rowing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving (combined)
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
- Basketball: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2016, 2015 +5
- Field Hockey: 2017, 2014, 2013
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to University of Connecticut’s 19,147 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CT
- Post UniversityWaterbury, CT · 18,975 undergrads
- Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, CT · 7,670 undergrads
- Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT · 6,904 undergrads
- Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT · 6,811 undergrads
- Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · 6,208 undergrads
- Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, CT · 6,180 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Kent State University at KentKent, OH · 19,134 undergrads
- Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, MI · 19,073 undergrads
- University of MississippiUniversity, MS · 18,995 undergrads
- Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC · 19,304 undergrads
- University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE · 18,887 undergrads
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · 18,812 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteuconn.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 129020)
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