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Fairfield University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Jesuit)
Population 900,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Fairfield, CT

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 241 (40%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,462
Men / Women 42% / 58%
From State 13%
From Region 52%
Athletes 505 (9.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 79%
Hispanic 9%
Asian 2%
Black 2%
Mixed 2%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2012 Men: 38.5% 38.5% 2013 Men: 38.8% 38.8% 2014 Men: 37.4% 37.4% 2015 Men: 39.4% 39.4% 2016 Men: 38.6% 38.6% 2017 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2018 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2019 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2020 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2021 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2022 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2023 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2024 Men: 42.3% 42.3% 2025 Men: 41.7% 41.7%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2013 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2016 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2017 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2018 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2019 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2020 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2025 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2011 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2012 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2013 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2015 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2016 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2017 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2018 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2019 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2011 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2012 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2013 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2014 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2015 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2016 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2017 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2018 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2019 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2020 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2021 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2022 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2023 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2024 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2025 Hispanic: 9.3% 9.3% 2011 White: 76.3% 76.3% 2012 White: 77.5% 77.5% 2013 White: 75.4% 75.4% 2014 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2015 White: 79.2% 79.2% 2016 White: 77.5% 77.5% 2017 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2018 White: 76.5% 76.5% 2019 White: 79.5% 79.5% 2020 White: 79.5% 79.5% 2021 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2022 White: 82.5% 82.5% 2023 White: 84.0% 84.0% 2024 White: 83.6% 83.6% 2025 White: 80.2% 80.2% 2011 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2013 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2014 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2015 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 International: 3.7% 3.7% 2017 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2019 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2020 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2025 International: 1.4% 1.4%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 3,369 3,369 2012 Total: 3,456 3,456 2013 Total: 3,541 3,541 2014 Total: 3,685 3,685 2015 Total: 3,702 3,702 2016 Total: 3,802 3,802 2017 Total: 3,879 3,879 2018 Total: 3,988 3,988 2019 Total: 4,159 4,159 2020 Total: 4,268 4,268 2021 Total: 4,323 4,323 2022 Total: 4,565 4,565 2023 Total: 4,756 4,756 2024 Total: 5,016 5,016 2025 Total: 5,462 5,462 2011 Men: 1,382 1,382 2012 Men: 1,403 1,403 2013 Men: 1,421 1,421 2014 Men: 1,487 1,487 2015 Men: 1,473 1,473 2016 Men: 1,494 1,494 2017 Men: 1,541 1,541 2018 Men: 1,581 1,581 2019 Men: 1,679 1,679 2020 Men: 1,702 1,702 2021 Men: 1,773 1,773 2022 Men: 1,900 1,900 2023 Men: 1,977 1,977 2024 Men: 2,111 2,111 2025 Men: 2,293 2,293 2011 Women: 1,987 1,987 2012 Women: 2,053 2,053 2013 Women: 2,120 2,120 2014 Women: 2,198 2,198 2015 Women: 2,229 2,229 2016 Women: 2,308 2,308 2017 Women: 2,338 2,338 2018 Women: 2,407 2,407 2019 Women: 2,480 2,480 2020 Women: 2,566 2,566 2021 Women: 2,550 2,550 2022 Women: 2,665 2,665 2023 Women: 2,779 2,779 2024 Women: 2,905 2,905 2025 Women: 3,169 3,169

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2013 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2014 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2015 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2016 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2017 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2019 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2021 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2022 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2012 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2013 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2014 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2015 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2016 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2019 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2011 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2012 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2013 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2014 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2015 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2016 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2017 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2018 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2019 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2020 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2021 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2022 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2024 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2025 Hispanic: 9.0% 9.0% 2011 White: 43.1% 43.1% 2012 White: 70.3% 70.3% 2013 White: 72.9% 72.9% 2014 White: 76.2% 76.2% 2015 White: 77.8% 77.8% 2016 White: 78.1% 78.1% 2017 White: 79.2% 79.2% 2018 White: 78.0% 78.0% 2019 White: 77.6% 77.6% 2020 White: 77.1% 77.1% 2021 White: 77.9% 77.9% 2022 White: 78.3% 78.3% 2023 White: 80.7% 80.7% 2024 White: 81.1% 81.1% 2025 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2011 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2013 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2015 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2016 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2017 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2018 International: 3.7% 3.7% 2019 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2020 International: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 International: 1.9% 1.9%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 379 27% 82% 2% 0% 6% 3% $77,680 66 +1.57 68 97%
Chemistry 5 — 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,050 80 +0.53 67 — — — — —
Mathematics 9 +7 22% 89% 0% 0% 0% 11% $82,221 56 -0.12 75 100% — — — —
Physics — +1 — — — — — — $84,801 60 +0.09 78 — — — — —
Biochemistry 6 — 17% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $79,078 80 +0.68 70 — — — — —
Biology 40 +2 35% 75% 10% 0% 2% 2% $80,914 96 +1.68 73 100% — — — —
Neuroscience 12 — 17% 92% 8% 0% 0% 0% $80,498 92 +1.18 72 — — — — —
Environmental Studies 7 — 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,836 81 +0.78 38 — — — — —
Economics 14 +9 79% 79% 0% 0% 14% 0% $136,453 90 +1.45 99 100% — — — —
Sports Management 4 +4 75% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,130 82 +1.04 54 — — — — —
American Studies 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,802 70 +0.44 37 — — — — —
English 16 +4 12% 81% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,799 94 +1.39 35 100% — — — —
General Studies 6 — 50% 67% 0% 0% 0% 17% $63,219 84 +0.57 33 — — — — —
History 9 — 67% 89% 11% 0% 0% 0% $58,051 66 +0.11 20 94% — — — —
Italian — +1 — — — — — — $69,737 89 +1.04 51 — — — — —
Liberal Arts and Sciences 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $65,434 90 +0.78 39 — — — — —
Philosophy — +2 — — — — — — $66,619 73 +0.39 42 — — — — —
Religious Studies — — — — — — — — $65,265 96 +1.78 39 — — — — —
Spanish — +5 — — — — — — $69,367 88 +1.01 50 — — — — —
Communication Studies 72 +3 21% 82% 1% 1% 7% 3% $82,285 97 +1.90 75 100% — — — —
International Studies 9 +10 22% 44% 0% 0% 11% 33% $83,843 85 +0.58 77 95% — — — —
Journalism 2 +2 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,584 88 +1.26 60 — — — — —
Political Science 23 +7 48% 78% 0% 0% 9% 0% $85,342 87 +0.97 79 91% — — — —
Psychology 94 +2 13% 86% 0% 0% 9% 3% $72,556 98 +2.65 58 96% — — — —
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 13 +1 0% 77% 8% 0% 8% 0% $80,636 81 +0.82 73 — — — — —
Sociology 9 — 11% 78% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,992 91 +0.83 41 — — — — —
Sociology and Anthropology 3 +2 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 33% $66,734 91 +0.89 43 — — — — —
Sports Communication 8 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,112 94 +1.42 67 — — — — —
Art History 3 +2 0% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,119 58 -0.05 8 — — — — —
Art History and Criticism 3 +1 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,177 58 -0.05 8 — — — — —
Music 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,383 65 +0.39 7 — — — — —
Visual and Media Arts 8 +2 62% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $55,707 57 +0.00 15 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Dolan School of Business 527 59% 82% 2% 1% 7% 2% $102,034 95 +0.75 91 97%
Accounting 97 +20 57% 85% 2% 1% 8% 0% $110,730 93 +1.53 95 98% — — — —
Business Administration 39 +23 44% 82% 5% 0% 3% 3% $84,205 76 +0.34 77 100% — — — —
Business Analytics 23 +43 52% 70% 4% 0% 4% 13% $99,993 71 +0.43 90 — — — — —
Finance 221 +43 80% 82% 1% 0% 6% 1% $108,681 76 +0.33 95 97% — — — —
International Business 9 +6 67% 44% 0% 0% 11% 22% $87,584 70 +0.17 81 95% — — — —
Management Information Systems 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $91,074 47 -0.08 84 100% — — — —
Marketing 121 +25 36% 84% 2% 1% 7% 2% $91,603 83 +1.09 85 97% — — — —
Marketing Communications 16 — 6% 81% 0% 0% 19% 0% $91,603 83 +1.09 85 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies 230 9% 74% 4% 6% 7% 1% $98,217 93 +0.82 89 99%
Nursing 214 — 9% 75% 3% 6% 7% 1% $100,298 82 +0.80 90 99% — — — —
Public Health 9 +1 0% 67% 22% 0% 0% 0% $74,617 81 +0.88 62 — — — — —
Social Work 7 — 14% 57% 14% 0% 0% 14% $64,959 98 +1.39 38 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 71 85% 75% 10% 1% 6% 0% $111,359 98 -0.05 95 96%
Biomedical Engineering 11 — 64% 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% $99,868 60 +0.10 90 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 8 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $110,087 42 -0.33 95 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 22 — 100% 64% 5% 5% 14% 0% $98,444 52 -0.10 89 96% — — — —
Computer Science 30 +2 77% 70% 20% 0% 0% 0% $125,384 61 +0.01 98 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $62,434
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 91%
4-Year Graduation Rate 82%
6-Year Graduation Rate 84%
Transfer-Out Rate 12%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 81.7% 81.7% 2012 Graduated: 80.8% 80.8% 2013 Graduated: 82.1% 82.1% 2014 Graduated: 80.0% 80.0% 2015 Graduated: 81.6% 81.6% 2016 Graduated: 82.2% 82.2% 2017 Graduated: 80.9% 80.9% 2018 Graduated: 80.5% 80.5% 2019 Graduated: 83.3% 83.3% 2020 Graduated: 82.4% 82.4% 2021 Graduated: 83.9% 83.9% 2022 Graduated: 84.2% 84.2% 2023 Graduated: 83.8% 83.8% 2024 Graduated: 84.3% 84.3%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 80.5% 2012 Men: 79.3% 2013 Men: 82.7% 2014 Men: 76.5% 2015 Men: 78.9% 2016 Men: 78.6% 2017 Men: 80.6% 2018 Men: 80.1% 2019 Men: 83.6% 2020 Men: 84.6% 2021 Men: 82.8% 2022 Men: 81.9% 2023 Men: 80.7% 2024 Men: 81.8% 2011 Women: 82.6% 2012 Women: 81.8% 2013 Women: 81.7% 2014 Women: 82.3% 2015 Women: 83.7% 2016 Women: 84.4% 2017 Women: 81.2% 2018 Women: 80.8% 2019 Women: 83.0% 2020 Women: 81.1% 2021 Women: 84.6% 2022 Women: 85.6% 2023 Women: 85.9% 2024 Women: 86.0%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 75.9% 2012 Asian: 90.9% 2013 Asian: 75.8% 2014 Asian: 70.4% 2015 Asian: 73.3% 2016 Asian: 84.0% 2017 Asian: 90.0% 2018 Asian: 85.7% 2019 Asian: 82.6% 2020 Asian: 73.7% 2021 Asian: 70.0% 2022 Asian: 89.7% 2023 Asian: 85.2% 2024 Asian: 85.3% 2011 Black: 54.5% 2012 Black: 78.1% 2013 Black: 78.6% 2014 Black: 81.6% 2015 Black: 88.9% 2016 Black: 71.8% 2017 Black: 60.7% 2018 Black: 71.4% 2019 Black: 81.2% 2020 Black: 78.3% 2021 Black: 71.4% 2022 Black: 72.0% 2023 Black: 88.2% 2024 Black: 41.7% 2011 Hispanic: 82.4% 2012 Hispanic: 75.6% 2013 Hispanic: 73.0% 2014 Hispanic: 79.8% 2015 Hispanic: 83.6% 2016 Hispanic: 89.2% 2017 Hispanic: 75.0% 2018 Hispanic: 71.0% 2019 Hispanic: 85.5% 2020 Hispanic: 79.5% 2021 Hispanic: 87.0% 2022 Hispanic: 76.7% 2023 Hispanic: 81.9% 2024 Hispanic: 69.9% 2011 White: 82.2% 2012 White: 81.4% 2013 White: 84.5% 2014 White: 78.9% 2015 White: 83.0% 2016 White: 81.8% 2017 White: 82.6% 2018 White: 82.4% 2019 White: 84.0% 2020 White: 83.8% 2021 White: 85.3% 2022 White: 85.5% 2023 White: 84.5% 2024 White: 86.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 45.2% 545 60% 82% 2% 1% 7% 2% $102,692 88 +0.77 92 98% —
Social Sciences 19.9% 240 20% 81% 1% 0% 7% 4% $77,181 95 +1.91 67 97% —
Health Sciences 18.5% 223 9% 75% 4% 6% 7% 1% $99,262 96 +0.81 90 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.8% 58 29% 79% 9% 0% 3% 2% $80,638 95 +1.47 73 100% —
Engineering 3.4% 41 90% 78% 2% 2% 10% 0% $101,098 48 -0.09 91 96% —
Humanities 2.8% 34 32% 79% 3% 0% 3% 3% $62,301 83 +0.84 31 98% —
Computer Science 2.5% 30 77% 70% 20% 0% 0% 0% $125,384 71 +0.01 98 — —
Arts 1.2% 15 47% 80% 0% 0% 13% 0% $53,528 60 +0.01 11 91% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 14 21% 93% 0% 0% 0% 7% $80,374 50 +0.11 72 100% —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.6% 7 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,836 72 +0.78 38 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.9M #259 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $1.4M #186 0% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.7M #400 15% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.6M #312 8% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.4M #285 22% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.4M #314 0% $0 — — — —
Education $0.3M #328 0% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #459 2% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $5.8M #364 4% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Lacrosse 55 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Rowing 42 $189K $189K $0
Baseball 38 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Soccer 33 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Swimming & Diving 28 $564K $564K $0
Basketball 18 $3.5M $3.5M $0
Tennis 11 $403K $403K $0
Cross Country 10 $122K $122K $0
Golf 10 $409K $409K $0
Total 245 $9.6M $9.6M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Rowing 48 $319K $319K $0
Lacrosse 33 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Soccer 33 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Field Hockey 28 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Swimming & Diving 25 $546K $546K $0
Softball 23 $969K $969K $0
Volleyball 20 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Basketball 16 $3.4M $3.4M $0
Cross Country 16 $150K $150K $0
Tennis 10 $388K $388K $0
Golf 8 $315K $315K $0
Total 260 $11.0M $11.0M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Rowing 90 $509K $509K $0
Lacrosse 88 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Soccer 66 $2.7M $2.7M $0
Swimming & Diving 53 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Baseball 38 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Basketball 34 $6.9M $6.9M $0
Field Hockey 28 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Cross Country 26 $273K $273K $0
Softball 23 $969K $969K $0
Tennis 21 $791K $791K $0
Volleyball 20 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Golf 18 $725K $725K $0
Total 505 $30.2M $30.2M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 25%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 18% 25% 5%
Early Decision 65% 88% 18%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Acceptance: 71.5% 71.5% 2012 Acceptance: 69.4% 69.4% 2013 Acceptance: 71.2% 71.2% 2014 Acceptance: 71.5% 71.5% 2015 Acceptance: 65.0% 65.0% 2016 Acceptance: 61.5% 61.5% 2017 Acceptance: 60.6% 60.6% 2018 Acceptance: 60.3% 60.3% 2019 Acceptance: 57.1% 57.1% 2020 Acceptance: 56.1% 56.1% 2021 Acceptance: 55.8% 55.8% 2022 Acceptance: 52.2% 52.2% 2023 Acceptance: 45.0% 45.0% 2024 Acceptance: 33.3% 33.3% 2025 Acceptance: 25.1% 25.1% 2011 Yield: 15.3% 15.3% 2012 Yield: 15.4% 15.4% 2013 Yield: 15.0% 15.0% 2014 Yield: 14.8% 14.8% 2015 Yield: 13.8% 13.8% 2016 Yield: 15.5% 15.5% 2017 Yield: 14.6% 14.6% 2018 Yield: 15.9% 15.9% 2019 Yield: 16.7% 16.7% 2020 Yield: 15.8% 15.8% 2021 Yield: 17.8% 17.8% 2022 Yield: 19.1% 19.1% 2023 Yield: 20.6% 20.6% 2024 Yield: 23.7% 23.7% 2025 Yield: 28.4% 28.4%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 12,500 25,000 37,500 50,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Applicants: 8,420 8,420 2012 Applicants: 8,486 8,486 2013 Applicants: 9,254 9,254 2014 Applicants: 9,978 9,978 2015 Applicants: 10,767 10,767 2016 Applicants: 11,055 11,055 2017 Applicants: 11,218 11,218 2018 Applicants: 11,361 11,361 2019 Applicants: 12,315 12,315 2020 Applicants: 12,586 12,586 2021 Applicants: 12,674 12,674 2022 Applicants: 13,359 13,359 2023 Applicants: 15,463 15,463 2024 Applicants: 18,509 18,509 2025 Applicants: 21,299 21,299 2011 Admitted: 6,024 6,024 2012 Admitted: 5,892 5,892 2013 Admitted: 6,585 6,585 2014 Admitted: 7,137 7,137 2015 Admitted: 6,995 6,995 2016 Admitted: 6,795 6,795 2017 Admitted: 6,794 6,794 2018 Admitted: 6,851 6,851 2019 Admitted: 7,035 7,035 2020 Admitted: 7,065 7,065 2021 Admitted: 7,073 7,073 2022 Admitted: 6,971 6,971 2023 Admitted: 6,956 6,956 2024 Admitted: 6,162 6,162 2025 Admitted: 5,336 5,336 2011 Enrolled: 922 922 2012 Enrolled: 909 909 2013 Enrolled: 990 990 2014 Enrolled: 1,056 1,056 2015 Enrolled: 966 966 2016 Enrolled: 1,056 1,056 2017 Enrolled: 994 994 2018 Enrolled: 1,091 1,091 2019 Enrolled: 1,176 1,176 2020 Enrolled: 1,118 1,118 2021 Enrolled: 1,256 1,256 2022 Enrolled: 1,328 1,328 2023 Enrolled: 1,436 1,436 2024 Enrolled: 1,461 1,461 2025 Enrolled: 1,513 1,513

Early vs. Regular Decision Acceptance

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Overall: 71.5% 71.5% 2012 Overall: 69.4% 69.4% 2013 Overall: 71.2% 71.2% 2014 Overall: 71.5% 71.5% 2015 Overall: 65.0% 65.0% 2016 Overall: 61.5% 61.5% 2017 Overall: 60.6% 60.6% 2018 Overall: 60.3% 60.3% 2019 Overall: 57.1% 57.1% 2020 Overall: 56.1% 56.1% 2021 Overall: 55.8% 55.8% 2022 Overall: 52.2% 52.2% 2023 Overall: 45.0% 45.0% 2024 Overall: 33.3% 33.3% 2025 Overall: 25.1% 25.1% 2015 Early Decision: 91.2% 91.2% 2017 Early Decision: 81.3% 81.3% 2018 Early Decision: 88.2% 88.2% 2019 Early Decision: 77.6% 77.6% 2020 Early Decision: 78.9% 78.9% 2021 Early Decision: 86.9% 86.9% 2022 Early Decision: 83.5% 83.5% 2023 Early Decision: 89.6% 89.6% 2024 Early Decision: 79.8% 79.8% 2025 Early Decision: 82.1% 82.1% 2015 Regular Decision: 64.6% 64.6% 2017 Regular Decision: 60.2% 60.2% 2018 Regular Decision: 59.9% 59.9% 2019 Regular Decision: 56.7% 56.7% 2020 Regular Decision: 55.7% 55.7% 2021 Regular Decision: 55.2% 55.2% 2022 Regular Decision: 51.5% 51.5% 2023 Regular Decision: 44.2% 44.2% 2024 Regular Decision: 32.0% 32.0% 2025 Regular Decision: 23.1% 23.1%

Regular Decision counts every applicant outside the binding ED rounds. Totals are IPEDS through 2024 and each year's Common Data Set after that.

Early Decision Share of the Entering Class

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Early Decision: 12.9% 12.9% 2017 Early Decision: 14.9% 14.9% 2018 Early Decision: 13.0% 13.0% 2019 Early Decision: 14.7% 14.7% 2020 Early Decision: 15.7% 15.7% 2021 Early Decision: 15.8% 15.8% 2022 Early Decision: 17.8% 17.8% 2023 Early Decision: 15.7% 15.7% 2024 Early Decision: 28.2% 28.2% 2025 Early Decision: 37.4% 37.4%

Early Decision admits over enrolled first-year students. ED is binding, so nearly every ED admit enrolls.

Regular Decision Yield

0% 8% 16% 24% 32% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Overall: 15.3% 15.3% 2012 Overall: 15.4% 15.4% 2013 Overall: 15.0% 15.0% 2014 Overall: 14.8% 14.8% 2015 Overall: 13.8% 13.8% 2016 Overall: 15.5% 15.5% 2017 Overall: 14.6% 14.6% 2018 Overall: 15.9% 15.9% 2019 Overall: 16.7% 16.7% 2020 Overall: 15.8% 15.8% 2021 Overall: 17.8% 17.8% 2022 Overall: 19.1% 19.1% 2023 Overall: 20.6% 20.6% 2024 Overall: 23.7% 23.7% 2025 Overall: 28.4% 28.4% 2015 Regular Decision: 12.2% 12.2% 2017 Regular Decision: 12.7% 12.7% 2018 Regular Decision: 14.1% 14.1% 2019 Regular Decision: 14.6% 14.6% 2020 Regular Decision: 13.7% 13.7% 2021 Regular Decision: 15.4% 15.4% 2022 Regular Decision: 16.2% 16.2% 2023 Regular Decision: 18.0% 18.0% 2024 Regular Decision: 18.2% 18.2% 2025 Regular Decision: 19.9% 19.9%

Enrolled over admitted outside the binding ED rounds, taking every ED admit as enrolled. Totals are IPEDS through 2024 and each year's Common Data Set after that.

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 21%
SAT Range 1280 – 1370
SAT Math Range 630 – 690
SAT RW Range 640 – 700

SAT Composite

1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 25th: 1210 1210 2020 25th: 1190 1190 2021 25th: 1230 1230 2022 25th: 1240 1240 2023 25th: 1240 1240 2024 25th: 1260 1260 2019 75th: 1350 1350 2020 75th: 1340 1340 2021 75th: 1380 1380 2022 75th: 1370 1370 2023 75th: 1380 1380 2024 75th: 1390 1390

SAT Math

550 600 650 700 750 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 25th: 600 600 2020 25th: 590 590 2021 25th: 610 610 2022 25th: 620 620 2023 25th: 620 620 2024 25th: 630 630 2019 75th: 680 680 2020 75th: 670 670 2021 75th: 690 690 2022 75th: 690 690 2023 75th: 690 690 2024 75th: 690 690

SAT Reading & Writing

600 625 650 675 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 25th: 610 610 2020 25th: 600 600 2021 25th: 620 620 2022 25th: 620 620 2023 25th: 620 620 2024 25th: 630 630 2019 75th: 670 670 2020 75th: 670 670 2021 75th: 690 690 2022 75th: 680 680 2023 75th: 690 690 2024 75th: 700 700

Submitting a Test Score

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 Submitted: 74.0% 74.0% 2020 Submitted: 65.0% 65.0% 2021 Submitted: 31.0% 31.0% 2022 Submitted: 33.0% 33.0% 2023 Submitted: 26.0% 26.0% 2024 Submitted: 19.0% 19.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.