Sacred Heart University is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Fairfield, Connecticut. It offers 18 health profession degree programs. By offered degree types, SHU have 4 vocational programs, 3 bachelor's degree programs, and 11 graduate programs for the health profession degrees.

The 2025 undergraduate tuition & fees of SHU is $50,404. For graduate programs, the SHU's graduate tuition & fees is $34,394.

Last year, total 1,038 students have completed their health profession studies. 25 students obtained certifications, 445 students earned the bachelor's degrees, and 96 students earned master's or doctorate degrees.


Sacred Heart University 2025 Tuition & Academic Characteristics

The 2025 tuition & fees of SHU is $50,404 for undergraduate program. For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $50,404.

The acceptance rate at SHU is 65.36% and the graduation rate is 73%. The students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1 and the retention rate is 83%.

You can find the detailed information about Sacred Heart University at cost of attendance and admission pages.

Key Academics Stats
Tuition & Fees
Undergraduate$50,404
Graduate$34,394
Health Profession Programs18 programs
9 online programs
Total Programs122 programs
42 online programs
Student to Faculty Ratio15 to 1
Student Population11,022 Students
Number of Faculties1,074 Faculties
Number of Staffs1,889 Staffs

Number of Health Profession Programs and Completers

Sacred Heart University offers 18 health profession programs through bachelor's programs, and graduate programs, and vocational programs.

A total of 1,038 students have completed the health profession programs including 445 bachelor's degree earners, and graduate degree earners, and certification complters.

The following table shows the number of health profession programs offered at SHU with number of completers and online availability.

Health Profession Programs by Offered Degrees
DegreesNumber of ProgramsOnline ProgramsNumber of Completers
Certificates of less than 12 weeks 1 1 -
2-Years Certificate 1 NOT OFFERED 7
Associate 2 NOT OFFERED 18
Bachelor 3 1 445
Master 9 6 453
Doctoral (Professional Practice) 3 2 96
Post-Bachelor Certificate 2 1 -
Post-Master Certificate 5 4 19

Health Profession Programs by Concentrated Study

The following table shows the health profession programs by concentrated major with number of completers and online availability for each program.

"-" in a column means that there were no completers last year (or data is not available), and "online" means the program has online degrees and/or courses available.

Health Profession Vocational Programs
ProgramBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateAssociate'sCertificationsPost graduate
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist5448NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED12OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-
Radiologic Technology/Science - RadiographerNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED18NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Physician AssistantNOT OFFERED41NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Mammography Technician/TechnologyNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-OnlineNOT OFFERED
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)106OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED7NOT OFFERED
Mental Health Counseling/CounselorNOT OFFERED33OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Patient Safety and Healthcare QualityNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-Online
Occupational Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFERED55NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED62NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED1
Play Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED9Online
Medical InformaticsNOT OFFERED158OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse28512OnlineNOT OFFERED-NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFERED55OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-Online
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED39Online23OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED4Online
Nursing ScienceNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED11OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED5Online