Central Connecticut
State University
Public College in New Britain, CT. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $58,562.
Ten years after entry, the median Central Connecticut State University student earns $58,562 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,300, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
73% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 8,919 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. About 21% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 21% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 490–600 | 284 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 470–590 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 4 |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. Retention of 77% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 40% return, against 77% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,670 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,528 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,589 at $0–30k, $21,562 at $110k+. About 76% get grants averaging $7,408, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 51% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,416 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $13,589 |
| $30–48k | $13,636 |
| $48–75k | $15,091 |
| $75–110k | $18,336 |
| $110k+ | $21,562 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,890 of these 7,670 students, totalling $25,489,672 — an average of $6,553 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Capitol Planning Region) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)