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| Institution Type | 4-year, Public |
| Special Learning Opportunities | ROTC (Army, Air Force) Teacher certification Distance learning opportunities Study abroad |
| Student Services | Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus day care for students' children |
| Credit Accepted | Dual credit Advanced placement (AP) credits |
| Religious Affiliation | Not applicable |
| Federal Aid | Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans). |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered | Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Postbaccalaureate certificate Master's degree Post-master's certificate Doctor's degree - research/scholarship Doctor's degree - professional practice |
| Campus Setting | Town: Fringe |
| Disability Services Student | 7% |
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At University of Connecticut, 78.0% percent of first-time undergrads receive financial aid, 54.0% receive grants and/or scholarships (an average of $8,684), and 49% receive loans ($5,513 on average). On-campus room and board costs about $10,120. Off campus it is around $10,120. Taking into account total living expenses and financial aid, the average net cost of attending University of Connecticut is $13,658 per year. |
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| Yearly Tuition | |
| Tuition Undergrad in State | $9,886 |
| Tuition Undergrad Out of State | $25,486 |
| Tuition Graduate in State | $9,450 |
| Tuition Graduate Out of State | $24,534 |
| Living Costs | |
| Total Expense in State on Campus | $23,546 |
| Total Expense Out of State On Campus | $39,146 |
| Total Expense In State Off Campus | $23,546 |
| Total Expense in State off Campus With Family | $13,086 |
| Total Expense Out of State Off Campus | $39,146 |
| Total Expense Out of State Off Campus With Familhy | $28,686 |
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In Fall 2009, 21,999 people applied to University of Connecticut. Of the applicants, 50.0% were admitted (50.0% male & 49.0% female ) and 29.0% accepted (31.0% male and 28.0% female) Of the 17,008 undergraduate students at University of Connecticut, 4.0% are part-time. A majority (96.0%) of the undergrad students are under 25 years of age. And 39.0% of the 8,021 graduate students are part-time. |
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| Percent of In-State Undergrads | 67.0% |
| Full Time Retention Rate | 92.0% |
| Part Time Retention Rates | 88.0% |
| Four-Year Graduation Rate | 54.0% |
| Six-Year Graduation Rate | 75.0% |
| Overall Graduation Rate | 78.0% |
| Admissions | |
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| Yearly Application Deadline | November 29th |
| Admissions Office Phone | (860) 486-3137 |
| Admissions Office Email | beahusky@uconn.edu |
| Admissions Office Address | Office of Undergraduate Admissions 2131 Hillside Road, Unit 3088 Storrs, CT 06269-3088 |
| Admissions Transfer URL | http://transfer.uconn.edu/transfercredits_uconn.html |
| Admissions Website | http://www.howtogetin.com/colleges/university-of-connecticut-storrs/ (find financial aid info here) |
| Application Website | http://www.admissions.uconn.edu/apply/survey.php |
| Application Fee | $70 |
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In order to be accepted to University of Connecticut, you should have:
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| Test Scores | |
| SAT Reading (25th Percentile) | 550 |
| SAT Reading (75th Percentile) | 640 |
| SAT Math (25th Percentile) | 570 |
| SAT Math (75th Percentile) | 670 |
| SAT Writing (25th Percentile) | 550 |
| SAT Writing (75th Percentile) | 650 |
| ACT Composite (25th Percentile) | 24 |
| ACT Composite (75th Percentile) | 29 |
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| Program Name | Certificate | Associate | Bachelor | Master | Doctorate |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 19 | 102 | 22 | 11 | |
| Agricultural Economics | 22 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Agriculture, General | 5 | ||||
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 16 | ||||
| Animal Sciences, General | 49 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production | 13 | ||||
| Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General | 6 | ||||
| Horticultural Science | 10 | ||||
| Plant Sciences, General | 4 | 4 | |||
| Architecture and related services | 19 | ||||
| Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 19 | ||||
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 24 | 10 | |||
| African-American/Black Studies | 0 | ||||
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 14 | ||||
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other | 10 | ||||
| Latin American Studies | 3 | ||||
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 0 | ||||
| Women's Studies | 7 | ||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 341 | 50 | 42 | |
| Animal Genetics | 2 | 6 | |||
| Animal Physiology | 42 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Biochemistry | 5 | 1 | |||
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 125 | 3 | |||
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 4 | 22 | |||
| Biophysics | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Biotechnology | 4 | ||||
| Botany/Plant Biology | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 112 | ||||
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | 7 | 2 | |||
| Ecology | 18 | 2 | |||
| Entomology | 0 | 1 | |||
| Genetics, Other | 0 | ||||
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 23 | ||||
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 6 | 2 | |||
| Molecular Biology | 7 | ||||
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | 17 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 0 | 1 | |||
| Business, management, marketing, and related support services | 25 | 625 | 415 | 2 | |
| Accounting | 156 | 93 | |||
| Actuarial Science | 40 | ||||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 0 | 72 | |||
| Business/Commerce, General | 318 | 2 | |||
| Finance, General | 171 | ||||
| Human Resources Management and Services, Other | 4 | ||||
| Insurance | 2 | ||||
| Management Information Systems, General | 96 | ||||
| Marketing, Other | 0 | ||||
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 70 | ||||
| Real Estate | 18 | ||||
| Taxation | 25 | ||||
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 276 | 5 | |||
| Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 223 | 5 | |||
| Journalism | 53 | ||||
| Computer and information sciences and support services | 28 | ||||
| Computer Science | 28 | ||||
| Education | 89 | 114 | 204 | 23 | |
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | 2 | ||||
| Agricultural Teacher Education | 0 | ||||
| Curriculum and Instruction | 138 | 5 | |||
| Education, General | 0 | 22 | |||
| Education, Other | 89 | ||||
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | 1 | ||||
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | 25 | 0 | |||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 39 | ||||
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | 17 | 1 | |||
| Music Teacher Education | 17 | ||||
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 42 | 10 | |||
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 16 | 3 | |||
| Technical Teacher Education | 3 | ||||
| Engineering | 318 | 82 | 26 | ||
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 28 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Chemical Engineering | 33 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Civil Engineering, General | 56 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Computer Engineering, General | 38 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | 33 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Engineering Physics | 4 | ||||
| Engineering, General | 2 | ||||
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 13 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Industrial Engineering | 14 | ||||
| Materials Engineering | 18 | ||||
| Materials Science | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mechanical Engineering | 81 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Metallurgical Engineering | 8 | 6 | |||
| Engineering technologies/technicians | 0 | ||||
| Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician | 0 | ||||
| English language and literature/letters | 255 | 19 | 9 | ||
| English Language and Literature, General | 255 | 19 | 9 | ||
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 0 | 186 | 11 | 2 | |
| Adult Development and Aging | 0 | ||||
| Family Systems | 2 | ||||
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | 186 | 11 | |||
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 61 | 18 | 11 | ||
| Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General | 5 | ||||
| Comparative Literature | 1 | 3 | |||
| French Language and Literature | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| German Language and Literature | 9 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Italian Language and Literature | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Linguistics | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 33 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 2 | 417 | 131 | 236 | |
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | 2 | ||||
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Other | 105 | ||||
| Allied Health Diagnostic/Intervention/Treatment Professions, Oth | 3 | ||||
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 0 | ||||
| Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences | 5 | ||||
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 20 | 3 | |||
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 22 | ||||
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other | 2 | ||||
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | 0 | ||||
| Cytogenetics/Genetics/Clinical Genetics Technology/Technologist | 0 | ||||
| Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD) | 12 | ||||
| Dentistry (DDS, DMD) | 40 | ||||
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other | 0 | ||||
| Dietetics/Dietitian (RD) | 12 | ||||
| Gene/Genetic Therapy | 22 | ||||
| Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other | 0 | ||||
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 20 | ||||
| Medicine (MD) | 76 | ||||
| Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD) | 30 | ||||
| Nursing Science (MS, PhD) | 4 | ||||
| Nursing, Other | 0 | ||||
| Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | 126 | ||||
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) | 2 | 10 | |||
| Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) | 0 | 98 | |||
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Pre-Pharmacy Studies | 110 | ||||
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 0 | ||||
| Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) | 32 | 0 | |||
| Public Health, Other | 0 | ||||
| History | 142 | 8 | 3 | ||
| History, General | 142 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Legal professions and studies | 11 | 33 | 207 | ||
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD) | 17 | ||||
| American/US Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (LLM, MCJ, JSD/SJD) | 16 | ||||
| Law (LLB, JD) | 207 | ||||
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | 11 | ||||
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 307 | ||||
| General Studies | 307 | ||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 48 | 45 | 14 | ||
| Applied Mathematics | 3 | ||||
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 5 | ||||
| Mathematics, General | 37 | 32 | 11 | ||
| Statistics, General | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 92 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Biopsychology | 0 | 0 | |||
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | 3 | 1 | |||
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 43 | ||||
| Nutrition Sciences | 49 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Natural resources and conservation | 44 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Environmental Studies | 22 | ||||
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | 0 | ||||
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 22 | 6 | |||
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 15 | 17 | |||
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 17 | ||||
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | 15 | ||||
| Philosophy and religious studies | 16 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jewish/Judaic Studies | 0 | ||||
| Philosophy | 16 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Physical sciences | 44 | 37 | 28 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 32 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Oceanography, Chemical and Physical | 7 | 3 | |||
| Physics, General | 10 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Polymer Chemistry | 2 | 6 | |||
| Psychology | 2 | 340 | 84 | 37 | |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 6 | ||||
| Educational Psychology | 57 | 13 | |||
| Psychology, General | 2 | 334 | 27 | 24 | |
| Public administration and social service professions | 227 | 3 | |||
| Public Administration | 34 | ||||
| Social Work | 193 | 3 | |||
| Security and protective services | 11 | ||||
| Security and Protective Services, Other | 11 | ||||
| Social sciences | 1 | 691 | 52 | 18 | |
| Anthropology | 25 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Economics, General | 224 | 13 | 7 | ||
| Geography | 18 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 1 | 254 | 9 | 2 | |
| Political Science and Government, Other | 4 | ||||
| Sociology | 140 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Urban Studies/Affairs | 30 | ||||
| Visual and performing arts | 105 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Acting | 9 | ||||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 13 | 3 | |||
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 7 | 11 | |||
| Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other | 2 | ||||
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 36 | 6 | |||
| Music Performance, General | 3 | ||||
| Music, General | 32 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology | 6 | ||||
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