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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Location Fairfield, CT
Population 900,000
Website http://www.sacredheart.edu/
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Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,779
Men / Women 36% / 64%
From State 23%
From Region 47%
Athletes 20.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 75%
Hispanic 14%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2012 Men: 34.7% 34.7% 2013 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2014 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2015 Men: 35.3% 35.3% 2016 Men: 35.2% 35.2% 2017 Men: 32.9% 32.9% 2018 Men: 34.3% 34.3% 2019 Men: 33.1% 33.1% 2020 Men: 30.7% 30.7% 2021 Men: 33.8% 33.8% 2022 Men: 32.5% 32.5% 2023 Men: 38.4% 38.4% 2024 Men: 34.5% 34.5%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2016 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2019 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2021 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2011 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2012 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2013 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2014 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2015 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2016 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2017 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2018 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2019 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2021 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2022 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2023 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2024 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2011 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2012 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2013 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2014 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2015 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2016 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2017 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2018 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2019 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2020 Hispanic: 8.4% 8.4% 2021 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2022 Hispanic: 11.4% 11.4% 2023 Hispanic: 10.2% 10.2% 2024 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2011 White: 92.7% 92.7% 2012 White: 90.9% 90.9% 2013 White: 88.9% 88.9% 2014 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2015 White: 75.1% 75.1% 2016 White: 70.8% 70.8% 2017 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2018 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2019 White: 76.2% 76.2% 2020 White: 77.9% 77.9% 2021 White: 77.4% 77.4% 2022 White: 75.7% 75.7% 2023 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2024 White: 76.5% 76.5% 2011 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2016 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2019 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2025 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2021 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2022 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2023 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2025 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2021 Hispanic: 12.1% 12.1% 2022 Hispanic: 11.5% 11.5% 2023 Hispanic: 11.9% 11.9% 2024 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5% 2025 Hispanic: 14.2% 14.2% 2020 White: 75.6% 75.6% 2021 White: 76.3% 76.3% 2022 White: 77.5% 77.5% 2023 White: 77.5% 77.5% 2024 White: 77.4% 77.4% 2025 White: 75.4% 75.4% 2020 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 International: 1.2% 1.2%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 457 26% / 74% 1% $65,482 59 97%
Chemistry 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $69,126 66 —
Mathematics 9 +4 33% / 67% 0% $71,763 71 —
Biochemistry 5 +1 0% / 100% 0% $73,824 75 —
Biology 62 +1 29% / 71% 0% $76,409 78 96%
Molecular Biology 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $73,217 74 —
Neuroscience 12 — 25% / 75% 0% $71,659 71 —
Marine Biology 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $58,272 39 —
Economics 22 +18 82% / 18% 0% $95,190 93 96%
English 21 +2 24% / 76% 5% $56,982 35 100%
General Studies 19 — 42% / 58% 5% $58,256 39 96%
History 18 +1 67% / 33% 0% $57,522 37 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 46 — 2% / 98% 0% $59,159 42 —
International Studies 1 +2 100% / 0% 0% $69,346 67 —
Philosophy 3 +2 100% / 0% 33% $58,068 38 —
Political Science 20 +2 35% / 65% 5% $61,972 50 95%
Psychology 152 +5 11% / 89% 0% $63,755 55 —
Religious Studies 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $58,119 39 —
Social Work 14 — 7% / 93% 0% $57,083 35 96%
Sociology 4 +3 0% / 100% 0% $50,969 18 100%
Spanish 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Criminal Justice 38 +6 53% / 47% 0% $59,666 43 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Professions 257 17% / 83% 0% $71,500 71 96%
Athletic Training 106 — 12% / 88% 0% $71,891 72 96%
Exercise Science 97 — 31% / 69% 1% $65,274 58 —
Speech-Language Pathology 54 — 0% / 100% 0% $81,918 84 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Dr. Susan L. Davis and Richard J. Henley College of Nursing 285 7% / 93% 0% $96,924 94 100%
Nursing 285 — 7% / 93% 0% $96,924 94 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Jack Welch College of Business and Technology 469 59% / 41% 2% $76,327 78 98%
Accounting 62 +13 63% / 37% 2% $87,815 88 100%
Business Administration 156 +41 62% / 38% 1% $68,792 66 98%
Business Analytics 2 +7 50% / 50% 50% — — —
Finance 118 +35 82% / 18% 3% $89,443 89 96%
Financial Analytics 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Hospitality Management 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,616 31 —
Marketing 104 +23 40% / 60% 3% $70,448 69 100%
Fashion Merchandising 23 +6 0% / 100% 0% $58,473 40 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Communication, Media and the Arts 125 40% / 60% 3% $66,791 62 90%
Game Design and Development 5 — 100% / 0% 20% $73,422 74 —
Communication 47 +3 19% / 81% 0% $70,162 68 88%
Communications 25 +3 40% / 60% 0% $70,162 68 88%
Digital Journalism 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $63,694 54 —
Sports Communication 25 — 76% / 24% 8% $67,287 63 —
Art 15 — 20% / 80% 7% $58,746 41 100%
Music Performance 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $47,742 12 —
Theater 6 +3 33% / 67% 0% $42,550 6 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Computer Science and Engineering 43 77% / 23% 7% $88,047 88 97%
Computer Engineering 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $93,671 92 —
Electrical Engineering 4 +1 100% / 0% 0% $93,081 92 —
Computer Science 10 — 60% / 40% 10% $88,725 89 97%
Cybersecurity 15 — 73% / 27% 7% $84,631 86 —
Information Technology 11 — 82% / 18% 9% $88,725 89 97%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $53,932
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 68%
6-Year Graduation Rate 74%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 67.8% 67.8% 2012 Graduated: 62.8% 62.8% 2013 Graduated: 69.8% 69.8% 2014 Graduated: 67.0% 67.0% 2015 Graduated: 63.5% 63.5% 2016 Graduated: 60.5% 60.5% 2017 Graduated: 72.4% 72.4% 2018 Graduated: 69.8% 69.8% 2019 Graduated: 73.0% 73.0% 2020 Graduated: 72.6% 72.6% 2021 Graduated: 73.5% 73.5% 2022 Graduated: 72.9% 72.9% 2023 Graduated: 74.5% 74.5% 2024 Graduated: 73.5% 73.5%

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

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 63.4% 63.4% 2012 Men: 60.4% 60.4% 2013 Men: 67.6% 67.6% 2014 Men: 61.1% 61.1% 2015 Men: 57.3% 57.3% 2016 Men: 55.2% 55.2% 2017 Men: 70.3% 70.3% 2018 Men: 67.6% 67.6% 2019 Men: 68.5% 68.5% 2020 Men: 69.7% 69.7% 2021 Men: 72.3% 72.3% 2022 Men: 68.2% 68.2% 2023 Men: 68.1% 68.1% 2024 Men: 65.7% 65.7% 2011 Women: 70.7% 70.7% 2012 Women: 64.2% 64.2% 2013 Women: 71.2% 71.2% 2014 Women: 71.1% 71.1% 2015 Women: 67.7% 67.7% 2016 Women: 63.6% 63.6% 2017 Women: 73.6% 73.6% 2018 Women: 71.3% 71.3% 2019 Women: 75.5% 75.5% 2020 Women: 74.3% 74.3% 2021 Women: 74.1% 74.1% 2022 Women: 75.5% 75.5% 2023 Women: 77.6% 77.6% 2024 Women: 77.5% 77.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 57.1% 57.1% 2012 Black: 37.0% 37.0% 2013 Black: 35.7% 35.7% 2014 Black: 54.5% 54.5% 2015 Black: 71.4% 71.4% 2016 Black: 61.9% 61.9% 2017 Black: 66.7% 66.7% 2018 Black: 68.8% 68.8% 2019 Black: 93.3% 93.3% 2020 Black: 56.9% 56.9% 2021 Black: 62.7% 62.7% 2022 Black: 53.6% 53.6% 2023 Black: 67.8% 67.8% 2024 Black: 46.5% 46.5% 2011 Hispanic: 78.3% 78.3% 2012 Hispanic: 54.3% 54.3% 2013 Hispanic: 64.4% 64.4% 2014 Hispanic: 68.5% 68.5% 2015 Hispanic: 43.8% 43.8% 2016 Hispanic: 59.0% 59.0% 2017 Hispanic: 74.4% 74.4% 2018 Hispanic: 63.0% 63.0% 2019 Hispanic: 71.6% 71.6% 2020 Hispanic: 67.2% 67.2% 2021 Hispanic: 65.6% 65.6% 2022 Hispanic: 68.9% 68.9% 2023 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2024 Hispanic: 64.3% 64.3% 2011 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2012 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2013 White: 71.9% 71.9% 2014 White: 67.4% 67.4% 2015 White: 65.1% 65.1% 2016 White: 62.6% 62.6% 2017 White: 75.3% 75.3% 2018 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2019 White: 73.2% 73.2% 2020 White: 74.1% 74.1% 2021 White: 75.9% 75.9% 2022 White: 75.9% 75.9% 2023 White: 76.5% 76.5% 2024 White: 76.3% 76.3%

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/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 33.1% 542 11% / 89% 0% $84,869 86 99%
Business & Economics 28.6% 468 63% / 37% 2% $78,103 80 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 24.3% 398 24% / 76% 2% $63,206 53 92%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.0% 82 26% / 74% 0% $75,439 77 96%
Arts 2.8% 45 13% / 87% 2% $56,202 33 100%
Computer Science 2.5% 41 76% / 24% 10% $85,361 86 97%
Professional 2.3% 38 53% / 47% 0% $59,666 43 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 0.7% 11 45% / 55% 0% $71,284 71 —
Engineering 0.4% 7 100% / 0% 0% $93,334 92 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.2% 4 50% / 50% 0% $58,272 39 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.7M #266 28% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $1.6M #177 0% $0 10 #131 — —
Education $0.7M #267 72% $0.0M 16 #252 — —
Health Sciences $0.6M #276 14% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #455 58% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.3M #302 16% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #494 0% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #397 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $5.6M #375 24% $0.0M 26 #352 — —

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.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 66%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 66% 66% 66%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 64.1% 64.1% 2012 Acceptance: 53.7% 53.7% 2013 Acceptance: 76.2% 76.2% 2014 Acceptance: 57.2% 57.2% 2015 Acceptance: 59.0% 59.0% 2016 Acceptance: 57.2% 57.2% 2017 Acceptance: 60.3% 60.3% 2018 Acceptance: 60.4% 60.4% 2019 Acceptance: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 Acceptance: 65.5% 65.5% 2021 Acceptance: 66.1% 66.1% 2022 Acceptance: 65.7% 65.7% 2023 Acceptance: 67.7% 67.7% 2024 Acceptance: 65.4% 65.4% 2011 Yield: 20.1% 20.1% 2012 Yield: 21.9% 21.9% 2013 Yield: 14.6% 14.6% 2014 Yield: 26.6% 26.6% 2015 Yield: 23.6% 23.6% 2016 Yield: 23.1% 23.1% 2017 Yield: 23.0% 23.0% 2018 Yield: 22.6% 22.6% 2019 Yield: 21.4% 21.4% 2020 Yield: 20.7% 20.7% 2021 Yield: 22.0% 22.0% 2022 Yield: 20.3% 20.3% 2023 Yield: 19.7% 19.7% 2024 Yield: 17.5% 17.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 7,566 7,566 2012 Applicants: 8,314 8,314 2013 Applicants: 7,781 7,781 2014 Applicants: 9,114 9,114 2015 Applicants: 9,259 9,259 2016 Applicants: 10,017 10,017 2017 Applicants: 9,992 9,992 2018 Applicants: 10,742 10,742 2019 Applicants: 11,717 11,717 2020 Applicants: 12,189 12,189 2021 Applicants: 12,663 12,663 2022 Applicants: 13,316 13,316 2023 Applicants: 14,284 14,284 2024 Applicants: 16,495 16,495 2011 Admitted: 4,847 4,847 2012 Admitted: 4,467 4,467 2013 Admitted: 5,932 5,932 2014 Admitted: 5,209 5,209 2015 Admitted: 5,460 5,460 2016 Admitted: 5,731 5,731 2017 Admitted: 6,023 6,023 2018 Admitted: 6,493 6,493 2019 Admitted: 7,489 7,489 2020 Admitted: 7,988 7,988 2021 Admitted: 8,373 8,373 2022 Admitted: 8,750 8,750 2023 Admitted: 9,667 9,667 2024 Admitted: 10,781 10,781 2011 Enrolled: 973 973 2012 Enrolled: 980 980 2013 Enrolled: 865 865 2014 Enrolled: 1,385 1,385 2015 Enrolled: 1,290 1,290 2016 Enrolled: 1,322 1,322 2017 Enrolled: 1,387 1,387 2018 Enrolled: 1,465 1,465 2019 Enrolled: 1,601 1,601 2020 Enrolled: 1,650 1,650 2021 Enrolled: 1,842 1,842 2022 Enrolled: 1,775 1,775 2023 Enrolled: 1,905 1,905 2024 Enrolled: 1,885 1,885

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

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