Connecticut Colleges List

The following is a list of four-year colleges in Connecticut. There are 42 colleges/universities in the state. Of these 19 are private while 23 are public.

List of Connecticut Colleges and Universities

Name	Location	Type	Number of students	UG	PG	Admission % Rate	Overall Tuition Costs	Overall In-state tuition costs
Albertus Magnus College	New Haven, CT	Private	2010	1,604	406	67%	$47,136	$47,136
Connecticut College	New London, CT	Private	1933	1,926	7	36%	$60,780	$60,780
Fairfield University	Fairfield, CT0	Private	4999	3,879	1,120	71%	$58,730	$58,730
Goodwin College	East Hartford	Private
Hartford Seminary	Hartford	Theological college
Holy Apostles College & Seminary	Cromwell, CT	Private	343	58	285	100%
Lincoln College of New England	Southington, CT	Private for-profit	637	637			$20,300	$20,300
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts	Old Lyme, CT	Private	85	83	2	41%
Mitchell College	New London, CT	Private	858	858		60%	$46,750	$46,750
Post University	Waterbury, CT	Private for-profit	722	722		13%	$39,980	$39,980
Quinnipiac University	Hamden, CT	Private	8614	6,430	2,184	69%	$55,580	$55,580
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield, CT	Private	6347	4,092	2,255	76%	$53,564	53,564
Saint Vincent's College	Bridgeport, CT	Private, Catholic					$9,675 per semester
Trinity College	Hartford, CT	Private	2387	2,301	86	34%	$62,360	$62,360
United States Coast Guard Academy	New London, CT	Public	1045	1,045		16%
University of Bridgeport	Bridgeport, CT	Private	4877	2,688	2,189	63%	$49,838	$49,838
University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT	Private	33790	25911	7,879	47%	$9,256	$28,204
University of Hartford	West Hartford, CT	private, coeducational	6894	5,284	1,610	70%	$48,816	$48,816
University of New Haven	West Haven, CT	private, coeducational	8246	6555	1,691	74%	$32,440	$32,440
University of Saint Joseph	West Hartford	Private, women only	2525	1,066	1,459	80%	$49,923	$49,923
Wesleyan University	Middletown, CT	Private	3262	2,940	322	21%	$62,849	$62,849
Yale University	New Haven, Connecticut	Private	14969	12109	2860	7%	$45,800	$45,800
Connecticut State Colleges & Universities
Central Connecticut State University	New Britain, CT	Public, coeducational	12521	10,092	2,429	64%	$34,702	$23,197
Charter Oak State College	New Britain, CT	Public, coeducational	1644	1,644		100%	$10,530	$8,100
Eastern Connecticut State University	Willimantic, CT	Public, coeducational	5340	5,258	82	67%	$37,381	$25,876
Southern Connecticut State University	New Haven, CT	Public, coeducational	11117	8,525	2,592	7500%	$33,619	$22,114
Western Connecticut State University	Danbury, CT	Public, coeducational	6176	5,583	593	59%	$36,183	$24,678

The oldest academic establishment in Connecticut is Yale university (founded in 1701 (making it the third oldest university in the USA, behind Harvard (1636) and the College of William & Mary (1693). The second oldest in Connecticut is Trinity College in Hartford (1823).

The largest establishment in the list of Connecticut colleges is the University of Connecticut (Storrs) with 33,790 students, followed by Yale (14,969). The smallest campus on the list is Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

The cheapest Connecticut college (for those from the state) is Charter Oak State College, whist the most expensive Connecticut colleges are Charter Oak State College, closely followed by Trinity College.