New Britain, CT · Public
73.3%
Acceptance rate
1,091
SAT Average
$16,435
Avg net price
7,670
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,571Master’s 465Doctoral 51 |
| Bachelor’s 326Master’s 129Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 199Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 170Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 123Master’s 14Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 93Master’s 139Doctoral 19 |
| Bachelor’s 74Master’s 29Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 74Master’s 14Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 68Master’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 64Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 62Master’s 32Doctoral 32 |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s 2Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 34Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 5Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 24Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 19Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Northeast Conference
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
431 unique student-athletes · 12 varsity teams
Rolling
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,998
- Required fees
- $6,052
- Food and housing
- $13,086
- Books and supplies
- $1,600
- Other expenses
- $2,256
- Total
- $29,992
- $26,8612019–2019–20
- $28,0742020–2120–21
- $27,5722021–2221–22
- $28,4262022–2322–23
- $29,0262023–2423–24
- $29,9922024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $16,435 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 75%
- Average share of need met
- 62%
- Average need-based grant
- $11,810
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Central Connecticut State University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Central Connecticut State University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in Central Connecticut State University's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Central Connecticut State University admits in-state applicants at 83.5%, out-of-state applicants at 69.1%, and international applicants at 17.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,762 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Aug 24. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 52% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
42.6% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
0.8% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Central Connecticut State University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 98% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 28.7% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.15
High-school class rank
Among the 28.7% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Central Connecticut State University rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
Central Connecticut State University leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
Central Connecticut State University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $28,122 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $16,435 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,302 of 1,736 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $28,122
Averages among the 1,302 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Central Connecticut State University offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosed78.6% of Central Connecticut State University’s first-years return for a second year and 49.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03