College · Private nonprofit · Hamden, CT · Suburb
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Admit rate72%
6-yr median pay$66k
Net price / yr$41k
Undergrad size6,531
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $41k/yr for a shot at a $66k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 72% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1242.
If you get in
6,531 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $72k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $41k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$289k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$163k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$126k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $55.5k
- Room & board
- $17.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,100
How students pay for it.
Pell grants16%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans59%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr76%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$66k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$84k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out18%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 6,531
- Location
- Hamden, CT
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White74%
- Hispanic12%
- Black4%
- Asian3%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown2%
- International2%
First-gen students20%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$106k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 51
What you can study.