Fairfield University
Fairfield University admitted 33% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1260–1390 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $49,906 a year. Within six years, 85% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 33%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1260–1390
- ACT middle 50%
- 29–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $80,799 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $49,906 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $30,752 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $60,810 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 85%
- Students who return for a second year
- 91%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $101,587 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,373
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 9%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 41%
- Health professions
- 19%
- Communication and journalism
- 8%
- Psychology
- 8%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 5%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Fisk University TN · 37% admitted
- Clemson University SC · 38% admitted
- University of Georgia GA · 38% admitted
- Gettysburg College PA · 39% admitted
- Trinity College CT · 29% admitted
- University of California-Santa Barbara CA · 33% admitted
More colleges in Connecticut
- University of Connecticut CT · 52% admitted
- Central Connecticut State University CT · 73% admitted
- Sacred Heart University CT · 65% admitted
- Yale University CT · 3.9% admitted
- Quinnipiac University CT · 72% admitted
- Southern Connecticut State University CT · 92% admitted
- University of New Haven CT · 60% admitted
- University of Hartford CT · 96% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.