Universities in Connecticut

2 indexed campuses in Northeast, 40,700 students in total. Ranked by the Campus Atlas quality index; tuition shown as the in-state / out-of-state band.

Top 10 by quality index

Top universities in Connecticut
#	Institution	City	Control	Students	Admitted	Tuition	Score
1	Yale	New Haven, CT	private	14,700	3.7%	$59,000	94
2	UConn	Storrs, CT	public	26,000	—	$12,000 / $35,000	66

Largest campuses

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT · public · 26k students

Connecticut flagship with engineering, business, agriculture and a large health campus.

Score 6626k students$12k in-state

computer data scienceengineeringbusinesshealth medicine

Yale University

New Haven, CT · private · 15k students

Known for law, drama and the humanities alongside a growing science and medicine campus in New Haven.

Score 9415k students4% admitted$59k tuition

computer data sciencebusinesshealth medicinelaw public policy

City clusters

Guides about Connecticut

AdmissionsYale scrapped likely letters and went back to a required SAT or ACTTwo admissions changes in one semester, plus a Class of 2030 of 1,652 first-years, reshape how Yale College recruits.

Enrolment, tuition and acceptance figures are rounded planning values compiled in 2025/26 for orientation. Verify exact numbers with each university's official fact sheet before you apply.