Founded in 1881, the University of Connecticut (sometimes referred to as Uconn) is a Land Grant and Sea Grant public research university in Storrs/Mansfield, Connecticut. Uconn is a member of the space-grant colleges, a consortium of 52 universities across the United States that support out space-related research. Uconn has roughly 30,000 students and 8,000 graduate students. In addition to its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, Uconn has five other campus locations.
General Information
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Admission Office 2131 Hillside Road, Unit 3088 Storrs, CT 06269-3088 (860) 486-3137 Fax: (860) 486-1476 [email protected] Contact: Lee Melvin Director of Admission |
Main Address Storrs, CT 06269 (860) 486-2000 www.uconn.edu |
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Size Total undergrads: 16,765 First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 3,604 Degree-seeking undergrads: 16,459 Graduate enrollment: 6,583 Setting | Degrees offered: |
Admissions Information
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Application Fee College has an application fee: Yes Regular application fee: $70 Online application fee: $70 |
Enrollment Rates Percent applicants admitted: 54% Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 93% |
Tuition & Fees
| Estimated Expenses for Academic Year | 2008-’09 | 2009-’10 | 2010-’11 | 2011-’12 | % change 2010-’12 |
| Tuition and fees | $8,852 | $9,338 | $9,886 | $10,416 | +5.36% |
| Books and Supplies | $726 | $800 | $800 | $800 | 0.00% |
| Living Arrangement – On Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $8,850 | $9,504 | $10,120 | $10,782 | +6.54% |
| Other | $2,226 | $2,740 | $2,740 | $2,740 | 0.00% |
| Living Arrangement – Off Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $8,850 | $9,504 | $10,120 | $10,782 | +6.54% |
| Other | $2,226 | $2,740 | $2,740 | $2,740 | 0.00% |
| Total Expenses | 2008-’09 | 2009-’10 | 2010-’11 | 2011-’12 | % change 2010-’12 |
| In-state On Campus | $20,654 | $22,382 | $23,546 | $24,738 | +5.06% |
| In-state Off Campus | $20,654 | $22,382 | $23,546 | $24,738 | +5.06% |
| In-state with Family | $9,578 | $10,138 | $10,686 | $11,216 | +4.96% |
| Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees | |
| Tuition for In-state Students | $9,972 |
| In-state Student Fees | $1,856 |
| Tuition for Out-of-state Students | $25,884 |
| Out-of-state Fees | $1,856 |
Financial Aid
| Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Type of Aid | Students | Percent | Amount | Average Per Student |
| All students financial aid | 2,794 | 78% | ||
| Grant or scholarship aid | 2,062 | 57% | $19,526,138 | $9,470 |
| • Federal grants | 479 | 13% | $2,242,069 | $4,681 |
| • Pell grants | 479 | 13% | $1,651,547 | $3,448 |
| • Other federal grants | 420 | 12% | $590,522 | $1,406 |
| State/local government grant or scholarships | 890 | 25% | $2,947,547 | $3,312 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 1,973 | 55% | $14,336,522 | $7,266 |
| Student loan aid | 1,848 | 51% | $11,239,353 | $6,082 |
| • Federal student loans | 1,814 | 50% | $7,835,069 | $4,319 |
| Other student loans | 275 | 8% | $3,404,284 | $12,379 |
All Degrees and Programs
| Program Completions for Most Recent Year | BA/BS | MA/MS | Doctor | AA/AS | CERT |
| Total of All Education Programs | 4904 | 1459 | 740 | 26 | 203 |
| Agriculture | 112 | 10 | 9 | 26 | – |
| Agricultural Economics | 32 | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Animal Sciences | 56 | 3 | 2 | 13 | – |
| Horticultural Science | 14 | – | – | 13 | – |
| Plant Sciences | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Architecture and Related Services | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| Landscape Architecture | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies | 37 | 4 | – | – | 15 |
| African-american/black Studies | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| American/united States Studies/civilization | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| Area Studies, Other | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Latin American Studies | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | – | – | – | – | – |
| Women’s Studies | 9 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Biology and Biomedical Sciences | 345 | 40 | 45 | – | – |
| Animal Physiology | 38 | – | – | – | – |
| Biochemistry | – | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Biology and Biological Sciences, General | 154 | – | – | – | – |
| Biomedical Sciences | – | 1 | 29 | – | – |
| Biophysics | 5 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Biotechnology | – | – | – | – | – |
| Botany/plant Biology | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cell/cellular and Molecular Biology | 99 | – | – | – | – |
| Cell/cellular Biology and Histology | – | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Conservation Biology | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Ecology | 18 | – | 4 | – | – |
| Entomology | – | – | – | – | – |
| Genetics | – | 17 | 3 | – | – |
| Genetics, Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | – | – | – | – | – |
| Microbiology | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Pathology/experimental Pathology | 23 | 2 | 3 | – | – |
| Physiology | – | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| Zoology/animal Biology | – | – | – | – | – |
| Business, Administration, Management, Marketing, etc. | 638 | 408 | 14 | – | 16 |
| Accounting | 192 | 87 | – | – | – |
| Actuarial Science | 49 | – | – | – | – |
| Business Administration and Management | 138 | 309 | 10 | – | – |
| Business/commerce | – | – | – | – | – |
| Finance | 158 | – | – | – | – |
| Human Resources Management/personnel Administration | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| Insurance | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Investments and Securities | – | – | – | – | – |
| Management Information Systems | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Marketing, Other | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Marketing/marketing Management | 71 | – | – | – | – |
| Non-profit/public/organizational Management | – | 2 | – | – | 16 |
| Real Estate | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| Communication and Journalism Programs | 330 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Journalism | 79 | – | – | – | – |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 251 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Computing and Information Sciences | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Computer Science | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Education | 103 | 233 | 10 | – | 73 |
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | – | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Agricultural Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | – |
| College Student Counseling and Personnel Services | – | – | – | – | – |
| Curriculum and Instruction | – | 157 | 3 | – | 6 |
| Education | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| Education, Other | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement | – | – | – | – | – |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | – | – | 5 | – | 43 |
| Educational/instructional Technology | – | 27 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 41 | – | – | – | – |
| Higher Education/higher Education Administration | – | 18 | – | – | – |
| Music Teacher Education | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 36 | – | – | – | – |
| Special Education and Teaching | 12 | 28 | – | – | – |
| Engineering | 326 | 88 | 37 | – | – |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 42 | 24 | 2 | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 23 | 8 | 5 | – | – |
| Civil Engineering | 66 | 3 | 4 | – | – |
| Computer Engineering | 34 | 14 | 8 | – | – |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 35 | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Engineering Physics/applied Physics | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Environmental/environmental Health Engineering | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| Industrial Engineering | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Materials Engineering | 9 | 7 | 3 | – | – |
| Mechanical Engineering | 96 | 13 | 5 | – | – |
| Engineering Technology | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Occupational Safety and Health Technology/technician | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| English Language, Composition and Literature/letters | 249 | 13 | 6 | – | – |
| English Language and Literature | 249 | 13 | 6 | – | – |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 74 | 20 | 5 | – | – |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Comparative Literature | – | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| French Language and Literature | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| German Language and Literature | 15 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Italian Language and Literature | 10 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Linguistics | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 24 | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| Health Services and Allied Health Sciences | 422 | 102 | 256 | – | 3 |
| Adult Health Nurse/nursing | – | 30 | – | – | – |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Other | 112 | – | – | – | – |
| Athletic Training/trainer | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| Audiology/audiologist | – | – | 11 | – | – |
| Audiology/audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/pathologist | – | 16 | 2 | – | – |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/medical Technology/technologist | 31 | – | – | – | – |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cytogenetics/genetics/clinical Genetics Technology/technologist | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cytotechnology/cytotechnologist | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dental Clinical Sciences | – | 11 | – | – | – |
| Dentistry | – | – | 40 | – | – |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dietetics/dietitian | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Gene/genetic Therapy | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Health/health Care Administration/management | 16 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Maternal/child Health and Neonatal Nurse/nursing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Medical Scientist | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Medicine | – | – | 75 | – | – |
| Nursing Science | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | – | 1 | 10 | – | – |
| Pharmacy | 98 | – | 100 | – | – |
| Physical Therapy/therapist | – | 2 | 8 | – | – |
| Psychiatric/mental Health Nurse/nursing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Public Health | – | 28 | – | – | – |
| Public Health, Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Registered Nursing/registered Nurse | 125 | – | – | – | – |
| History | 153 | 11 | 2 | – | – |
| History | 153 | 11 | 2 | – | – |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Human Services | – | 204 | 3 | – | 4 |
| International Policy Analysis | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Public Administration | – | 23 | – | – | 2 |
| Social Work | – | 181 | 3 | – | – |
| Legal and Law Studies | – | 27 | 222 | – | 73 |
| Advanced Legal Research/studies | – | 14 | – | – | – |
| American/u.s. Law/legal Studies/jurisprudence | – | 13 | – | – | – |
| Law | – | – | 222 | – | – |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Tax Law/taxation | – | – | – | – | 46 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 258 | – | – | – | – |
| General Studies | 258 | – | – | – | – |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/liberal Studies | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 53 | 50 | 16 | – | – |
| Applied Mathematics | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Financial Mathematics | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Mathematics | 32 | 33 | 11 | – | – |
| Statistics | 17 | 9 | 5 | – | – |
| Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies | 90 | 13 | 6 | – | – |
| Biopsychology | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cultural Studies/critical Theory and Analysis | – | – | – | – | – |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 36 | – | – | – | – |
| Nutrition Sciences | 54 | 11 | 5 | – | – |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 51 | 8 | 2 | – | – |
| Environmental Science | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| Environmental Studies | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Natural Resources/conservation | 24 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies | 19 | 25 | 7 | – | – |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | – | 25 | 7 | – | – |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | 19 | – | – | – | – |
| Physical Sciences | 58 | 38 | 30 | – | – |
| Chemistry | 41 | 13 | 15 | – | – |
| Geology and Earth Science | 5 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Oceanography, Chemical and Physical | – | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| Physics | 12 | 14 | 6 | – | – |
| Polymer Chemistry | – | 2 | 6 | – | – |
| Psychology | 439 | 81 | 28 | – | 6 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Educational Psychology | – | 58 | 4 | – | 4 |
| Health/medical Psychology | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Psychology | 431 | 23 | 24 | – | – |
| Social Sciences | 798 | 44 | 34 | – | 10 |
| Anthropology | 61 | 5 | 8 | – | – |
| Economics | 236 | 16 | 7 | – | – |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Geography | 14 | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Political Science and Government | 308 | 7 | 9 | – | – |
| Political Science and Government, Other | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Sociology | 148 | 7 | 6 | – | – |
| Urban Studies/affairs | 31 | – | – | – | – |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 110 | 20 | 3 | – | 3 |
| Acting | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 10 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Dramatic/theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Fine/studio Arts | 42 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Music History, Literature, and Theory | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Music Performance | – | – | 2 | – | 3 |
| Music | 37 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
| Technical Theatre/theatre Design and Technology | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Work and Family Studies | 216 | 12 | 5 | – | – |
| Adult Development and Aging | – | – | – | – | – |
| Family Systems | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Human Development and Family Studies | 216 | 12 | – | – | – |
Undergraduate Majors
Agriculture & Related Sciences Agricultural Economics B Architecture & Related Programs Landscape Architecture B Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies American Studies B Arts, Visual & Performing Acting B Biological & Biomedical Sciences Animal Physiology B Business, Management, & Marketing Accounting B Communications & Journalism Communications/Rhetoric B Computer & Information Sciences Computer Science B Education Agricultural Education B Engineering Biomedical Engineering B English Language & Literature English Language & Literature – General B Family & Consumer Sciences Human Development/Family Studies B Foreign Language & Literature Classics B Health Professions & Clinical Sciences Clinical Laboratory Science B History History – General B Liberal Arts & Sciences General Studies B Mathematics Applied Mathematics B Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Cognitive Science B Natural Resources & Conservation Environmental Studies B Parks, Recreation & Fitness Parks/Leisure Facilities Management B Philosophy & Religion Philosophy B Physical Sciences Chemistry B Psychology Cognitive Psychology/Psycholinguistics B Social Sciences Anthropology B |
Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
B = Bachelor’s degree C = Certificate or diploma |
*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.