Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT · Private nonprofit33.3%
Acceptance rate
1,323
SAT Average
$46,274
Avg net price
4,938
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Associate’s 27Bachelor’s 1,207Master’s 562Doctoral 76 |
| Associate’s 7Bachelor’s 504Master’s 244Doctoral 0 |
| Associate’s 7Bachelor’s 223Master’s 92Doctoral 62 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 95Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 94Master’s 16Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 58Master’s 2Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 58Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 41Master’s 34Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 6Bachelor’s 30Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 23Master’s 52Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 16Master’s 20Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 15Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 9Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 9Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 7Bachelor’s 8Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 7Master’s 2Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 7Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 1Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s 69Doctoral 14 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports19
Athletic participation
505 unique student-athletes · 20 varsity teams
Early Action
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Dec 1
Early Decision I
Binding · Decision released by Dec 15 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Dec 1
Early Decision II
Binding · Decision released by Feb 15 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 15
Regular Decision
Decision released by Apr 1 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $57,450
- Required fees
- $900
- Food and housing
- $19,838
- Books and supplies
- $1,175
- Other expenses
- $2,005
- Total
- $81,368
- $67,8602019–2019–20
- $69,8152020–2120–21
- $71,8602021–2221–22
- $74,0852022–2322–23
- $76,9402023–2423–24
- $81,3682024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $46,274 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 34%
- Average share of need met
- 75.5%
- Average need-based grant
- $32,045
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
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 Fairfield University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Fairfield University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Fairfield University runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Fairfield University admits in-state applicants at 19.7%, out-of-state applicants at 27%, and international applicants at 5.5%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,513 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 24% 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
17% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
4% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Fairfield University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 18% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.71
High-school class rank
Among the 18% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Fairfield University rates 5 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Level of applicant's interest
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Fairfield 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 $82,775 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $46,274 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 519 of 1,512 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 $82,775
Averages among the 519 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Fairfield University offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Fairfield University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
89.7% of Fairfield University’s first-years return for a second year and 83.8% 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