51.69% of Applicants Accepted to Connecticut Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Connecticut colleges is 51.69% and the admission yield is 17.30%. A total of 236,263 applicants have applied to Connecticutcolleges (four-years) and 122,132 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 21,133 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Connecticut college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 16,625 (7.57%) compared to last year, from 219,638 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 447, which is more than 2.16% last year.

Connecticut colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.22% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Connecticut colleges. The yield decreased by 0.84%.

Among Connecticut colleges, Yale University has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.57% with 2,289 accepted students out of 50,060 applicants. Yale University has the most number of applicants of 50,060 and University of Connecticut has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 4,069.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Connecticut Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Connecticut. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Connecticut Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Albertus Magnus College	1,487 -7	1,197 -24	162 -26	80.50% -1.23%	13.53% -1.87%
University of Bridgeport	3,781 -1,159	3,082 -531	283 45	81.51% 8.37%	9.18% 2.59%
Central Connecticut State University	7,302 1,017	5,601 898	1,256 163	76.71% 1.88%	22.42% -0.82%
Connecticut College	8,744 1,062	3,533 387	630 138	40.40% -0.55%	17.83% 2.19%
University of Connecticut	40,894 4,141	22,293 1,860	4,069 406	54.51% -1.09%	18.25% 0.32%
Eastern Connecticut State University	5,488 858	4,052 663	716 -68	73.83% 0.63%	17.67% -5.46%
Fairfield University	13,359 685	6,971 -102	1,328 72	52.18% -3.63%	19.05% 1.29%
University of Hartford	13,230 -229	10,948 343	1,148 171	82.75% 3.96%	10.49% 1.28%
Mitchell College	1,179 -52	906 -54	100 -9	76.84% -1.15%	11.04% -0.31%
University of New Haven	11,199 927	10,218 549	1,242 -35	91.24% -2.89%	12.16% -1.05%
Paier College	110 57	105 54	49 11	95.45% -0.78%	46.67% -27.84%
Quinnipiac University	18,668 2,946	15,641 1,786	1,605 113	83.79% -4.33%	10.26% -0.51%
Sacred Heart University	13,316 653	8,750 377	1,775 -67	65.71% -0.41%	20.29% -1.71%
University of Saint Joseph	1,654 316	1,238 191	189 3	74.85% -3.40%	15.27% -2.50%
Southern Connecticut State University	8,316 1,022	6,896 847	1,106 84	82.92% -0.01%	16.04% -0.86%
Trinity College	6,220 617	2,248 133	565 42	36.14% -1.61%	25.13% 0.40%
United States Coast Guard Academy	1,760 -310	420 21	289 12	23.86% 4.58%	68.81% -0.61%
Wesleyan University	14,521 1,454	2,096 -444	743 -167	14.43% -5.01%	35.45% -0.38%
Western Connecticut State University	5,093 405	4,253 275	629 -104	83.51% -1.34%	14.79% -3.64%
Yale University	50,060 2,820	2,289 -220	1,554 -232	4.57% -0.74%	67.89% -3.29%
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	1,678 233	1,643 444	240 -32	97.91% 14.93%	14.61% -8.08%
University of Connecticut-Avery Point	1,124 106	1,095 276	182 -27	97.42% 16.97%	16.62% -8.90%
University of Connecticut-Stamford	4,526 -1,147	4,172 -127	657 -107	92.18% 16.40%	15.75% -2.02%
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	2,554 210	2,485 498	616 61	97.30% 12.53%	24.79% -3.14%

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