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.
Connecticut College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general psychology.
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College Factual ranked Conn College as #243 out of 2,198 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Conn College held the #255 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Conn College is also ranked #5 out of 19 schools in Connecticut.
If you're applying to Connecticut College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 40%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 17% of students accepted to Conn College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 750. Math scores were between 660 and 740.
At Conn College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Connecticut College is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Connecticut 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Conn College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 78%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,737 undergraduates at Conn College with 1,689 being full-time and 48 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,923 | $13,770 | $22,084 | $30,365 | $45,017 |
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 Conn 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 Conn College, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $9,595 a year. That adds up to $38,380 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Conn College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4196 |
| Phone: | 860-447-1911 |
| Website: | www.conncoll.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 72 | NA |
| General Psychology | 45 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 38 | NA |
| General Biology | 30 | NA |
| Computer Science | 27 | NA |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 26 | NA |
| International Relations & National Security | 26 | NA |
| General English Literature | 25 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 23 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 23 | NA |
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.
References
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