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Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT · Private (nonprofit) · 5,373 students · mostly bachelor degrees
49th-cheapest of 49 Connecticut colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$48,095
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$76,074
Graduation rate
84%
Admission rate
33%
Median graduate earnings
$88,794
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$26,000
Average SAT
1335
Median ACT
29
Pell grant recipients
7%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
113 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree$163,093Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$128,250Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree52 grads/yr$120,303Accounting · Master's Degree61 grads/yr$117,339Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree155 grads/yr$112,565Accounting · Bachelor's Degree115 grads/yr$110,586Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree254 grads/yr$106,663Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree197 grads/yr$101,831International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$101,411Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree2 grads/yr$96,937National Security Policy Studies · Bachelor's Degree4 grads/yr$94,347Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$91,633Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree157 grads/yr$86,740Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$84,962Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$84,078Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$83,709Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree72 grads/yr$78,081Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$76,998Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$74,031Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree75 grads/yr$70,211English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$62,527Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$60,277Writing, General · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$54,424
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.