by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Charter Oak State College was awarded 49 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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Charter Oak State College landed the #524 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Charter Oak State College held the #1,281 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Charter Oak State College also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Connecticut ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Charter Oak State College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio at Charter Oak State College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
The freshmen retention rate of 100% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Charter Oak State College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,538 undergraduates at Charter Oak State College with 401 being full-time and 1,137 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Charter Oak State College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Charter Oak State College, approximately 100% of students took out student loans averaging $9,500 a year. That adds up to $38,000 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Charter Oak State College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051 |
| Phone: | 860-515-3800 |
| Website: | https://www.charteroak.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 198 | $44,615 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 102 | $69,160 |
| Business Administration & Management | 97 | $62,742 |
| General Psychology | 48 | $45,428 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 44 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 37 | $68,956 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 33 | NA |
| Security Science and Technology | 19 | NA |
| Nursing | 17 | NA |
| Sociology | 9 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,602 students took at least one online class at Charter Oak State College. This is a decrease from the 1,618 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,602 | 1,602 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,618 | 1,618 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,634 | 1,634 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,641 | 1,641 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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