Fairfield University
Common Data Set 2024-25
Flat PDFDownload source PDF
Acceptance Rate
33.3%
Applications
18,509
Admitted
6,162
Enrolled
1,460
SAT Composite
1270-1370
SAT Math
630-690
SAT Reading
630-700
All Extracted Fields
B. Enrollment And Persistence
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: males (Males, FT)
- 611
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: males (Males, FT)
- 129
- All other degree-seeking: males (Males, FT)
- 1509
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: males (Males, FT)
- 2249
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: females (Females, FT)
- 849
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: females (Females, FT)
- 151
- All other degree-seeking: females (Females, FT)
- 2077
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: females (Females, FT)
- 3077
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: Unknown (Unknown, FT)
- 0
- Nonresidents
- 18
- Hispanic/Latino
- 137
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 16
- White, non-Hispanic
- 1172
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 19
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 2
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 35
- TOTAL
- 1461
- Certificate/diploma
- 0
- Associate degrees
- 0
- Bachelor's degrees
- 1056
- Postbachelor's certificates
- 21
- Master's degrees
- 529
- Post-Master's certificates
- 15
- Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship
- 0
- Doctoral degrees – professional practice
- 55
- Doctoral degrees – other
- 0
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
- 29
- Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
- 61
- Percent in top half of high school graduating class
- 91
- Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
- 9
- Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
- 2
- Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:
- 18
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
- 6977
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
- 11532
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who applied (Unknown)
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
- 2401
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
- 3761
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who were admitted (Unknown)
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 611
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
- 849
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 611
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females, FT)
- 849
- Total first-time, first-year students who applied
- 18509
- Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
- 6162
- Amount of application fee:
- 60
- If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
- x
- Application closing date (fall): Month
- 1
- Application closing date (fall): Day
- 15
- Yes, by:
- x
- Date: Day
- 1
- Must reply by (date)
- x
- Date: Month
- 1
- Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):Month
- 1
- Amount of housing deposit:
- 400
- Refundable if student does not enroll?
- x
- Percent Submitting SAT Scores
- 14
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1270
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 1310
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1370
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 630
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 660
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 700
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 630
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 660
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 690
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 29
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 30
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 32
D. Transfer Admission
- Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:
- 60
- Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:
- Credit(s)
G. Annual Expenses
- Books and supplies:
- 1175
- Transportation:
- 950
- Other expenses:
- 1055
- Books and supplies:
- 1175
- Food only:
- 3900
- Transportation
- 1350
- Other expenses:
- 1055
- Books and supplies:
- 1175
- Food only:
- 3900
- Food and housing total*
- 8600
- Transportation:
- 1350
- Other expenses:
- 1055
H. Financial Aid
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 580
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 563
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 170
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 64
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 62
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 19
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 41207
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 19474
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 76096
- Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
- x
- Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
- x
- If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:
- 95
- Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- 55326
- Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- 5256013
- FAFSA
- x
- Business/Farm Supplement
- x