College · Private nonprofit · New London, CT · City
Connecticut College
New London, CT
Admit rate37%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$36k
Undergrad size1,937
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $36k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 37% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1432 · ACT 32.
If you get in
1,937 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $85k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $36k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$338k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$145k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$194k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $67.2k
- Room & board
- $18.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants14%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans35%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr82%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$75k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out17%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,937
- Location
- New London, CT
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White68%
- Hispanic12%
- International6%
- Black5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students14%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$89k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.