by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Southern Connecticut State University was awarded 15 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general health services/allied health/health sciences.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SCSU is ranked #858 out of 2,198 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SCSU held the #917 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SCSU is also ranked #12 out of 19 schools in Connecticut.
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The acceptance rate at Southern Connecticut State University is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that SCSU is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at SCSU it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southern Connecticut State University is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Southern Connecticut State University 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.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At SCSU this rate is 30%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Southern Connecticut State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,440 undergraduates at SCSU with 6,268 being full-time and 1,172 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,542 | $17,443 | $18,091 | $20,772 | $23,564 |
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 SCSU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SCSU, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,964 a year. That adds up to $27,856 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SCSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1355 |
| Phone: | 203-392-5200 |
| Website: | www.southernct.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 263 | NA |
| Social Work | 169 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 159 | NA |
| General Psychology | 134 | NA |
| Nursing | 115 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 97 | NA |
| Special Education | 97 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 92 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 88 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 87 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 4,817 students took at least one online class at Southern Connecticut State University. This is a decrease from the 5,244 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,817 | 993 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,244 | 1,072 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,950 | 3,581 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,563 | 229 |
Learn more about online learning at Southern Connecticut State University.
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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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