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Colleges in Connecticut

All 27 Connecticut colleges in the Trajecta rankings, ordered by Trajecta Score — a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data, never opinion surveys. Every school links to its full data page.

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Colleges in Connecticut ranked by Trajecta Score
# College City Selectivity Admit rate Score
1 Yale University New Haven Elite 4% 87
2 Wesleyan University Middletown Highly Selective 16% 76
3 Trinity College Hartford Selective 29% 68
4 University of Connecticut Storrs Moderate 52% 66
5 Fairfield University Fairfield Selective 33% 64
6 Connecticut College New London Selective 37% 59
7 University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton Open 88% 58
8 University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford Open 83% 56
9 Quinnipiac University Hamden Open 72% 55
10 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury Open 87% 55
11 University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford Open 88% 55
12 Central Connecticut State University New Britain Open 73% 51
13 University of New Haven West Haven Moderate 60% 50
14 Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic Open 83% 49
15 Sacred Heart University Fairfield Open 65% 49
16 Western Connecticut State University Danbury Open 87% 48
17 University of Saint Joseph West Hartford Open 79% 48
18 University of Hartford West Hartford Open 96% 46
19 Southern Connecticut State University New Haven Open 91% 44
20 Albertus Magnus College New Haven Moderate 59% 43
21 Goodwin University East Hartford Open — 40
22 University of Bridgeport Bridgeport Open 83% 36
23 Mitchell College New London Open 95% 29
— Charter Oak State College New Britain Open — —
— Hartford International University for Religion and Peace Hartford Open — —
— Holy Apostles College and Seminary Cromwell Open — —
— United States Coast Guard Academy New London Selective 22% —

Scores and admissions data from College Scorecard / IPEDS. How the ranking works →