- The Inkwell
- Connecticut
- Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CTSuburb: largeZIP 06825Founded 1963
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1963
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.sacredheart.edu
ConnecticutReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University is a private nonprofit university in Fairfield, Connecticut, with 7,087 undergraduates. It admits 65% of applicants, graduates 77% within six years and costs $45,827 a year after aid.
77%graduate
Admission rate65%
Retention83%
4-year graduation72%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans58%
$45,827net price / year
65%admission rate
—average SAT
77%graduate in 6 years
$80,896median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#193 of 1,704 for earnings#1,698 of 1,739 for lowest net price#235 of 1,738 for graduation rate#464 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $71,445tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $52,410
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $52,410
- Average net price
- $45,827national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$37,930
$30,001–48,000$37,832
$48,001–75,000$39,021
$75,001–110,000$46,463
$110,001+$49,120
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 65%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college65%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college83%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college77%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 77%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 72%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 73%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $66,443
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $80,896middle 50%: $54,803–$107,872
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$107,872
Median, Sacred Heart University$80,896
Lower quarter$54,803
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
- 7,087
- Part-time
- 4.6%
- Women / men
- 64% / 36%
- Average age at entry
- 20.5
- First-generation students
- 23%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 33%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,014 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,979
- Endowment, end of year
- $316,002,568
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White75%
Hispanic14%
Black3.3%
Asian1.7%
Two or more races2.6%
U.S. nonresident1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown1.8%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions28%
Business & management28%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Psychology9.1%
Communication & journalism5.9%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting3.2%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies3.0%
Social sciences2.8%
keep comparing
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|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University New Haven, CT | $11,340 | 96% | $118,356 |
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| Fairfield University Fairfield, CT | $49,906 | 85% | $101,587 |
| University of New Haven West Haven, CT | $32,994 | 64% | $69,320 |
| University of Hartford West Hartford, CT | $28,928 | 57% | $66,020 |
| Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | $23,014 | 90% | $86,811 |
Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | $48,065 | 78% | $89,410 |
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| Misericordia University Dallas, PA | $40,348 | 73% | $69,735 |
| Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | $50,570 | 87% | $117,193 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 130253. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1276963.