- The Inkwell
- Connecticut
- Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CTSuburb: largeZIP 06051Founded 1973
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1973
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1999
- Website
- www.charteroak.edu
ConnecticutPublic
Charter Oak State College
Charter Oak State College is a public college in New Britain, Connecticut, with 1,821 undergraduates. It graduates 0% within six years and costs $14,594 a year after aid.
0%graduate
Retention100%
4-year graduation0%
Pell Grant share48%
Federal loans43%
$14,594net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
0%graduate in 6 years
$65,844median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,610median debt
#533 of 1,704 for earnings#470 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,723 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $21,926tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,506
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $8,506
- Average net price
- $14,594national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$13,115
$30,001–48,000$13,812
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000$21,926
$110,001+$20,664
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college0%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college48%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 0%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $58,116
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $65,844middle 50%: $41,551–$93,427
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,610
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$93,427
Median, Charter Oak State College$65,844
Lower quarter$41,551
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,821
- Part-time
- 66%
- Women / men
- 79% / 21%
- Average age at entry
- 35.3
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 48%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 6.0%
- Average faculty salary
- —
- Instructional spending per student
- $3,461
- Endowment, end of year
- $2,431,023
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic23%
Black22%
Asian3.0%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.4%
10 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions21%
Business & management18%
Liberal arts & humanities18%
Family & consumer sciences12%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting11%
Education9.1%
Psychology7.3%
Public administration & social service2.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 128780. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q32287.