University of
Connecticut-Avery Point
Public College in Groton, CT. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $73,997.
Ten-year median earnings of $73,997 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,500, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
University of Connecticut-Avery Point admits 88% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. With 1,497 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is low at 12%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 35% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 490–610 | 57 (35%) |
| SAT Math | 470–580 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 3 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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62% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 70% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 464 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,850 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $8,996 at the $0–30k band to $21,757 at $110k+. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $13,106 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 37% 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 · 171 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 | $8,996 |
| $30–48k | $8,371 |
| $48–75k | $11,221 |
| $75–110k | $18,706 |
| $110k+ | $21,757 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 173 of these 464 students, totalling $1,044,424 — an average of $6,037 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026