There are 61 colleges in Connecticut - 15 public and 46 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Connecticut colleges is $15,593 for state residents and $38,621 for out-of-state students.

31 Connecticut cities have at least one college and, of them, Waterbury has the most of 6 colleges. It has Bridgeport and Hartford also has a number of colleges of 6 and 5 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Connecticut colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

61 Connecticut Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Waterbury 62-4 $28,365
($18,140)		 $7,955 17,086 15,024 2,062 14 to 1
Bridgeport 6312 $28,583 $20,005 5,874 3,602 2,272 13 to 1
Hartford 532- $55,784
($18,130)		 $19,545 3,925 3,782 143 10 to 1
New Haven 44-- $42,033
($13,442)		 $31,918
($14,930)		 26,180 15,072 11,108 8 to 1
New Britain 4211 $12,528
($10,778)		 $14,636
($12,457)		 49,252 47,340 1,912 16 to 1
New London 42-2 $53,866 $13,950 2,432 2,432 - 5 to 1
West Hartford 321- $48,177 $16,867 8,369 5,618 2,751 12 to 1
Fairfield 22-- $54,402 $27,921 17,886 12,595 5,291 14 to 1
Cromwell 21-1 $9,580 $7,768 928 476 452 13 to 1
Stratford 2-2- - - 127 127 - 12 to 1
Hamden 211- $55,480 $19,140 9,826 6,959 2,867 13 to 1
East Hartford 21-1 $21,188 $14,610 2,970 2,855 115 7 to 1
Willimantic 11-- $17,426
($13,928)		 $20,004
($15,646)		 4,355 4,174 181 15 to 1
Branford 1--1 - - 51 51 - 15 to 1
Danbury 11-- $16,901
($13,401)		 $19,397
($15,039)		 4,169 3,567 602 11 to 1
North Haven 1--1 - - 178 178 - 21 to 1
Guilford 1--1 - - 52 52 - 12 to 1
Bristol 1--1 - - 152 152 - 10 to 1
Newtown 1--1 - - 53 53 - 10 to 1
Storrs 11-- $43,712
($21,044)		 $44,784
($22,872)		 28,306 20,056 8,250 17 to 1
Stamford 11-- $40,818
($18,150)		 - 2,482 2,482 - 21 to 1
West Haven 11-- $47,332 $19,916 9,229 4,903 4,326 17 to 1
East Windsor 1--1 - - 1,008 1,008 - 27 to 1
Wallingford 1--1 - - 402 402 - 8 to 1
Middletown 11-- $70,042 $69,702 4,011 3,805 206 8 to 1
Seymour 1--1 - - 143 143 - 12 to 1
Wethersfield 1--1 - - 197 197 - 12 to 1
Groton 11-- $40,808
($18,140)		 - 477 477 - 13 to 1
Somers 1--1 - - 289 289 - 20 to 1
Enfield 1--1 - - - - - -
Shelton 1--1 - - 875 875 - 16 to 1