For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Connecticut Colleges is 51.90%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 17.13%. A total of 234,503 have applied, 121,712 admitted, and 20,844 students have enrolled one of Connecticut Colleges.

Of the Connecticut colleges, Yale University is the tightest school to admit with 4.57% acceptance rate, and Wesleyan University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 14.43%.

You can check the 5-year acceptance rate changes of Connecticut Colleges.

Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Connecticut Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven, CT1,4871,197162 80.50%13.53%
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, CT7,3025,6011,256 76.71%22.42%
Connecticut CollegeNew London, CT8,7443,533630 40.40%17.83%
Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, CT5,4884,052716 73.83%17.67%
Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT13,3596,9711,328 52.18%19.05%
Mitchell CollegeNew London, CT1,179906100 76.84%11.04%
Paier CollegeBridgeport, CT11010549 95.45%46.67%
Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT18,66815,6411,605 83.79%10.26%
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT13,3168,7501,775 65.71%20.29%
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, CT8,3166,8961,106 82.92%16.04%
Trinity CollegeHartford, CT6,2202,248565 36.14%25.13%
University of BridgeportBridgeport, CT3,7813,082283 81.51%9.18%
University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT40,89422,2934,069 54.51%18.25%
University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, CT1,1241,095182 97.42%16.62%
University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, CT2,5542,485616 97.30%24.79%
University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, CT4,5264,172657 92.18%15.75%
University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, CT1,6781,643240 97.91%14.61%
University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT13,23010,9481,148 82.75%10.49%
University of New HavenWest Haven, CT11,19910,2181,242 91.24%12.16%
University of Saint JosephWest Hartford, CT1,6541,238189 74.85%15.27%
Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT14,5212,096743 14.43%35.45%
Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, CT5,0934,253629 83.51%14.79%
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT50,0602,2891,554 4.57%67.89%
Average10,1965,29290651.90%17.13%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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