University of Connecticut
Public Research University in Storrs, CT. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $73,997.
Students who entered University of Connecticut reach a median of $73,997 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 83% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $21,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 52%, the acceptance rate makes University of Connecticut a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool is large — 55,479 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. A 15% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 36% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 610–710 | 1,613 (36%) |
| SAT Math | 600–730 | |
| ACT Composite | 28–33 | 214 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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83% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 92% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention drops to 73% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 19,147 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,310 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,193 at $0–30k versus $33,797 at $110k+. About 71% get grants averaging $16,048, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 42% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 4,178 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 | $15,193 |
| $30–48k | $16,339 |
| $48–75k | $20,608 |
| $75–110k | $28,285 |
| $110k+ | $33,797 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 8,057 of these 19,147 students, totalling $51,936,578 — an average of $6,446 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)