50.23% of Applicants Accepted to Connecticut Colleges in 2025 Admission

299,524

Applicants

150,457

Admitted

50.23%

Acceptance Rate

14.99%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Connecticut colleges is 50.23%, 150,457 accepted out of 299,524 applicants.

For Connecticut college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 40,283 (15.54%) compared to last year, from 259,241 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 795, which is more than 3.65% last year.

Connecticut colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.57% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Connecticut colleges. The yield decreased by 1.53%.

Among Connecticut colleges, Yale University has the lowest acceptance rate of 3.87% with 2,227 accepted students out of 57,517 applicants. Yale University has the most number of applicants of 57,517 and University of Connecticut has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 4,478.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Connecticut Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Yale University57,517
5,714		2,227
-105		1,554
-87		3.87%
-0.63%		69.78%
-0.59%
Wesleyan University14,389
-111		2,373
-106		825
43		16.49%
-0.61%		34.77%
3.23%
Trinity College7,460
1,064		2,182
38		542
-37		29.25%
-4.27%		24.84%
-2.17%
Fairfield University18,509
3,046		6,162
-794		1,461
25		33.29%
-11.69%		23.71%
3.07%
Connecticut College7,950
-1,447		2,945
-652		451
-104		37.04%
-1.24%		15.31%
-0.12%
University of Connecticut55,479
8,834		29,065
3,901		4,478
289		52.39%
-1.56%		15.41%
-1.24%
Albertus Magnus College3,485
1,147		2,067
562		226
50		59.31%
-5.06%		10.93%
-0.76%
University of New Haven21,765
8,267		13,142
2,270		1,305
9		60.38%
-20.17%		9.93%
-1.99%
Sacred Heart University16,495
2,211		10,781
1,114		1,885
-20		65.36%
-2.32%		17.48%
-2.23%
Quinnipiac University23,949
2,626		17,280
862		1,917
120		72.15%
-4.85%		11.09%
0.14%
Central Connecticut State University8,919
637		6,540
285		1,349
-92		73.33%
-2.20%		20.63%
-2.41%
University of Saint Joseph2,050
272		1,611
195		196
23		78.59%
-1.05%		12.17%
-0.05%
University of Connecticut-Stamford10,937
3,816		9,076
3,366		935
313		82.98%
2.79%		10.30%
-0.59%
Eastern Connecticut State University6,491
1,216		5,386
1,137		808
194		82.98%
2.43%		15.00%
0.55%
University of Bridgeport9,237
3,645		7,669
4,073		372
141		83.02%
18.71%		4.85%
-1.57%
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus2,166
29		1,877
17		234
-9		86.66%
-0.38%		12.47%
-0.59%
Western Connecticut State University5,910
453		5,142
702		861
150		87.01%
5.65%		16.74%
0.73%
University of Connecticut-Avery Point1,497
252		1,320
243		164
-10		88.18%
1.67%		12.42%
-3.74%
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus3,265
461		2,884
460		646
101		88.33%
1.88%		22.40%
-0.08%
Southern Connecticut State University8,803
500		8,052
1,317		1,096
-131		91.47%
10.35%		13.61%
-4.61%
Mitchell College1,030
-265		975
25		70
-13		94.66%
21.30%		7.18%
-1.56%
University of Hartford12,221
-2,032		11,701
-131		1,174
-137		95.75%
12.74%		10.03%
-1.05%