Connecticut College

For Fall 2025, 7,338 first-year students applied to Conn, 2,875 were admitted and 459 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 39.2%.

Source: Connecticut College Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By residency, first-year applicants, Fall 2025

Source: Connecticut College Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1, residency table. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By school or major. Conn's Common Data Set reports one first-year acceptance rate for the whole college, with no rate by major.

Source: Connecticut College Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Early decision. The Common Data Set reports both early decision rounds together, for the fall 2025 entering class; they are part of the totals above. Conn had no early action plan that year.

Early decision, Fall 2025

Source: Connecticut College Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections C21 and C22. Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Everyone applies to Conn the same way, through the Common App. One option is open to artists:

• Creative writing, dance, music, studio art and theater (optional). If you plan a significant commitment to one of these, you may upload a portfolio to your applicant portal; faculty review it and give feedback to the Admission Office. It is not required for admission.

Portfolios are due within 7 days of your application deadline.

Source: Connecticut College Admission, Optional Arts Portfolio (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

42 majors across 1 school. Every subject Connecticut College lists as a major on its official Majors and Minors page. Conn's own pages do not name the degree type for each major, so none is shown. Minors, Integrative Pathways and center certificate programs are left out.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Financial aid applicants file by November 1 for Early Decision I and Early Action, January 14 for Early Decision II and January 15 for Regular Decision. Materials that arrive after November 15 (Early Decision I and Early Action) or January 25 (Early Decision II and Regular Decision) are not guaranteed to be considered. Conn has waived its application fee.

Source: Connecticut College Admission, First-Year Requirements & Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Both rounds of Early Decision are binding: if admitted, you agree to enroll, pending an adequate financial aid award, and to withdraw your other applications. You, your college counselor and a parent or guardian sign the Common App Early Decision Agreement. You may apply early action or regular decision elsewhere meanwhile, but to only one college as an early decision applicant. A deferral to Regular Decision releases you from the commitment.

Source: Connecticut College Admission, Early Decision (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Connecticut College is test-optional, and if you choose not to send scores you are not at a disadvantage. If you do send SAT or ACT scores, Conn superscores the SAT and uses your highest composite ACT. Its "no harm" policy lets you consent in the Common App to having your choice changed to "no tests" if the committee finds the scores weaken your application. Scores you report yourself are accepted; enrolling students send official scores.

Source: Connecticut College Admission, Standardized Test Policy (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The Common Data Set also marks the SAT or ACT as not required for fall 2027 applicants, but considered if submitted.

Source: Connecticut College Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C8. Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

• Early Action. Starting with fall 2027 entry, first-year applicants may apply Early Action, a nonbinding round due November 1 with decisions by mid-December and until May 1 to decide.

  Source: Connecticut College Admission, Early Action (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028

Not announced yet. When we checked Conn's admission pages on October 1, 2026, we found no announced changes for fall 2028 entry. The deadlines and rules above are for fall 2027 entry.

Source: Connecticut College Admission, First-Year Requirements & Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The published cost of a year at Conn, 2026-2027:

The comprehensive fee also covers special programs, some course-related travel and study away. Books, miscellaneous costs and transportation vary by student. Every student must also have health insurance, through family or the college's Student Health Insurance Plan.

Source: Connecticut College, Cost of Attendance (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:

What first-year, full-time students who received federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, by family income, in 2023-24, the latest year the Department of Education publishes. Your own price comes from Conn's aid offer.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Chosen for how close each is to Connecticut College on acceptance rate, public or private, location and majors offered.

• Clark UniversityWorcester, MA · Private40.5% admitted$28,714 average net price
• Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA · Private45.4% admitted$35,736 average net price
• Howard UniversityWashington, DC · Private42.2% admitted$50,539 average net price
• Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, GA · Private44% admitted$39,013 average net price
• Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH · Private35.3% admitted$41,190 average net price

Admitted: each school's latest first-year acceptance rate, so the year can differ from school to school; each school's page names its year and source. Average net price: what federal aid recipients paid per year after grants, 2023-24, and the in-state figure for a public university.