Best ROI Colleges in Connecticut

22 schools ranked by median earnings divided by average net price — the schools where the math actually works. Updated from the latest federal filings.

Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.

#	School	Earnings ÷ Net Price	Net Price	Grad Rate	Earnings 10yr	Acceptance
1	Yale University New Haven · private	4.2×	$23,777	97.9%	$100,533	3.9%
2	Charter Oak State College New Britain · public	4.1×	$15,815	58.4%	$64,209	—
3	Connecticut State Community College New Britain · community	3.6×	$11,513	25.4%	$41,344	—
4	Central Connecticut State University New Britain · public	3.5×	$16,857	60.5%	$58,562	73.3%
5	Western Connecticut State University Danbury · public	3.4×	$17,604	55.8%	$59,115	87.0%
6	University of Connecticut Storrs · public	2.9×	$25,097	83.1%	$73,997	52.4%
7	Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic · public	2.7×	$21,067	62.4%	$56,469	83.0%
8	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven · public	2.6×	$20,857	57.6%	$55,043	91.5%
9	Trinity College Hartford · private	2.6×	$34,832	82.9%	$90,779	29.3%
10	Wesleyan University Middletown · private	2.4×	$30,177	92.6%	$73,897	16.5%
11	University of Saint Joseph West Hartford · private	2.1×	$27,989	63.7%	$59,908	78.6%
12	Connecticut College New London · private	2.1×	$36,175	82.7%	$75,001	37.0%
13	Quinnipiac University Hamden · private	2.1×	$40,675	79.3%	$83,759	72.2%
14	University of Hartford West Hartford · private	2.0×	$30,282	62.3%	$60,823	95.8%
15	Fairfield University Fairfield · private	1.8×	$48,095	83.6%	$88,794	33.3%
16	University of Bridgeport Bridgeport · private	1.8×	$27,807	59.8%	$50,323	83.0%
17	Post University Waterbury · private	1.8×	$21,634	18.9%	$38,696	—
18	Albertus Magnus College New Haven · private	1.8×	$34,028	59.3%	$60,144	59.3%
19	University of New Haven West Haven · private	1.8×	$34,192	64.6%	$60,126	60.4%
20	Sacred Heart University Fairfield · private	1.6×	$46,174	71.3%	$75,059	65.4%
21	Goodwin University East Hartford · community	1.5×	$29,249	42.6%	$43,596	—
22	Mitchell College New London · private	1.3×	$30,260	55.8%	$39,115	94.7%

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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.