Getting in
For Fall 2025, 59,553 first-year students applied to UConn, 32,369 were admitted and 4,663 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 54.4%.
Source: UConn Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1. Read Oct 1, 2026.
By residency, first-year applicants, Fall 2025
| Applicants | Applied | Admitted | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | 15,633 | 6,337 | 40.5% |
| Out-of-state | 38,178 | 22,349 | 58.5% |
| International | 5,742 | 3,683 | 64.1% |
Source: UConn Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1, residency table. Read Oct 1, 2026.
By school or major. UConn's Common Data Set reports one first-year acceptance rate for the university, with no rate by campus, school or major. The count covers Storrs and the four regional campuses together.
Source: UConn Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Early decision. UConn has no early action plan. Its December 1 date is a priority deadline for merit scholarship and Honors consideration, not an early round.
Early decision, Fall 2025
| Plan | Applied | Admitted | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Decision | 1,442 | 672 | 46.6% |
Source: UConn Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections C21 and C22. Read Oct 1, 2026.
Programs with extra requirements
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
You pick a first- and second-choice campus when you apply. A few programs ask for more:
- School of Fine Arts. Acting and Design and Technical Theatre send audition or portfolio materials through SlideRoom by January 1; Puppet Arts, Jazz Studies and Music need an audition scheduled by January 1; Art and the Digital Media Design BFA need a portfolio through SlideRoom. Early Decision applicants send these by November 1. Art History, Theatre Studies and the Digital Media Design BA need nothing extra.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Application Instructions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
- Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing. An extra essay question on what has shaped your interest in nursing, answered in the application.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Application Instructions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
- College of Engineering and School of Nursing. Engineering applicants need high school chemistry or physics; Nursing applicants need high school chemistry and biology.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Admission Requirements (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
- Special Programs in Medicine, Dental Medicine and Law. Apply by November 1 and send a supplemental application by November 8; you can apply to one Special Program. Decisions come in early March. You do not need to apply Early Decision.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, Special Programs (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Application Instructions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Majors
132 majors across 9 schools. Every bachelor's degree program in UConn's official 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, grouped by the school or college that offers it, with the degree it leads to. Minors, certificates, associate degrees and graduate programs are left out.
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources18
- Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (BS)
- Allied Health Sciences (BS)
- Animal Science (BS)
- Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (BS)
- Dietetics (BS)
- Economics of Sustainable Development and Management (BS)
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (BS)
- Environmental Sciences (BS)
- Environmental Studies (BA)
- Equine Science and Management (BS)
- Exercise Science (BS)
- Individualized Major (BS)
- Landscape Architecture (BS)
- Medical Laboratory Sciences (BS)
- Natural Resources (BS)
- Nutritional Sciences (BS)
- Pathobiology (BS)
- Plant Science (BS)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
School of Business12
- Accounting (BS)
- Analytics and Information Management (BS)
- Business Administration (BS)
- Business Data Analytics (BS)
- Finance (BS)
- Financial Management (BS)
- Health Care Management (BS)
- Management (BS)
- Management and Engineering for Manufacturing (BS)Offered jointly with the College of Engineering.
- Marketing (BS)
- Marketing Management (BS)
- Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies (BS)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, School of Business (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
College of Engineering14
- Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
- Chemical Engineering (BSE)
- Civil Engineering (BSE)
- Computer Engineering (BS)
- Computer Science (BS)
- Computer Science and Engineering (BSE)
- Data Science and Engineering (BS)
- Electrical Engineering (BSE)
- Engineering Physics (BSE)
- Environmental Engineering (BSE)
- Materials Science and Engineering (BSE)
- Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
- Multidisciplinary Engineering (BSE)
- Robotics Engineering (BSE)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, College of Engineering (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
School of Fine Arts12
- Acting (BFA)
- Art (BA)
- Art (BFA)
- Art History (BA)
- Design and Technical Theatre (BFA)
- Digital Media Design (BA)
- Digital Media Design (BFA)
- Jazz Studies (BM)
- Music (BA)
- Music (BM)
- Puppet Arts (BFA)
- Theatre Studies (BA)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, School of Fine Arts (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences53
- Africana Studies (BA)
- American Sign Language Studies (BA)
- American Studies (BA)
- Anthropology (BA)
- Applied Data Analysis (BA)
- Arabic and Islamic Civilizations (BA)
- Biological Sciences (BA or BS)
- Chemistry (BA or BS)
- Chinese (BA)
- Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (BA)
- Cognitive Science (BA or BS)
- Communication (BA)
- Earth Sciences (BA or BS)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BA or BS)
- Economics (BA or BS)
- English (BA)
- Environmental Sciences (BS)
- Environmental Studies (BA)
- French and Francophone Studies (BA)
- General Studies (BGS)
- Geographic Information Science (BA or BS)
- Geography (BA or BS)
- German (BA)
- History (BA)
- Human Development and Family Sciences (BA)
- Human Rights (BA)
- Individualized (BA or BS)
- Italian Literary and Cultural Studies (BA)
- Journalism (BA)
- Judaic Studies (BA)
- Latino and Latin American Studies (BA)
- Linguistics (BA)
- Marine Sciences (BA or BS)
- Maritime Studies (BA)
- Mathematics (BA or BS)
- Mathematics-Actuarial Science (BA or BS)
- Mathematics-Actuarial Science-Finance (BA or BS)
- Mathematics-Physics (BS)
- Mathematics-Statistics (BA or BS)
- Molecular and Cell Biology (BS)
- Philosophy (BA)
- Physics (BA or BS)
- Physiology and Neurobiology (BS)
- Political Science (BA)
- Psychological Sciences (BA or BS)
- Sociology (BA)
- Spanish (BA)
- Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (BA)
- Statistical Data Science (BS)
- Statistics (BA or BS)
- Structural Biology and Biophysics (BS)
- Urban and Community Studies (BA)
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (BA)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Neag School of Education19
The teacher education programs are Integrated Bachelor's/Master's (IB/M) programs of five years: two years of study in another school or college, two in the Neag School's undergraduate program, and a fifth year in the Graduate School for a master's degree.
- American Sign Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Biology Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Chemistry Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Comprehensive Special Education (Grades PK-12) (IB/M)
- Earth Science Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Elementary Education (Grades PK-6) (IB/M)
- English Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- French Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- General Science Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- German Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- History and Social Studies Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Italian Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Latin/Classics Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Mandarin Chinese Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Mathematics Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Music Education (Grades PK-12) (IB/M)
- Physics Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Spanish Language Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
- Sport Management (BS)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, Neag School of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing2
- Nursing (Accelerated Career Entry into Nursing) (BS)A one-year track for students who already hold a bachelor's degree in another field.
- Nursing (BS)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences1
The B.S. in Pharmacy Studies follows two pre-professional years and is part of the B.S./Pharm.D. professional program; the Pharm.D. that follows is a doctoral degree and is not listed.
- Pharmacy Studies (BS)
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
School of Social Work1
Students enter the School of Social Work in the junior year, after two or more years in another school or college.
- Social Work (BSW)Completed on the Hartford campus.
Source: UConn 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog, School of Social Work (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Deadlines for Fall 2027
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
| Plan | Apply by | Decision | Binding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Decision | November 1 | Notifications begin mid-December | Yes |
| Priority deadline (merit and Honors) | December 1 | Notifications begin early March | No |
| Storrs campus deadline | January 15 | Notifications begin early March | No |
| Regional campus deadline | May 1 | Rolling | No |
Early Decision applicants send their STARS Record (courses and grades entered by the student) by November 8, and a FAFSA by November 1 to get an aid offer with the decision. The FAFSA deadline for everyone else is February 15. Connecticut residents, or students at a Connecticut high school, who apply between October 15 and November 2, 2026 pay no application fee. Regular Decision admits have until May 1 to pay the enrollment fee.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Dates & Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Early Decision is binding: if admitted, you agree to enroll at UConn and withdraw your other applications. You are released if you are not admitted to your first-choice campus or major, or if you are deferred to the regular cycle.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, Early Decision Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Testing
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
UConn lets first-year applicants choose whether to send SAT or ACT scores, and says this holds for the foreseeable future. If you want scores considered, they must be official scores sent by the testing agency. UConn superscores the SAT and ACT, and recalculates the ACT composite without science; writing and science sections are not used.
Source: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Application Instructions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
The Common Data Set also marks the SAT or ACT as not required but considered if submitted for fall 2027 applicants, with scores due by January 15.
Source: UConn Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C8. Read Oct 1, 2026.
Applying next year?
For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028
Not announced yet. When we checked UConn'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: UConn Undergraduate Admissions, First-Year Dates & Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Cost, and what families paid after aid
The published cost of a year at UConn, 2026-2027:
| Item | In-state | Out-of-state |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $17,010 | $39,678 |
| University and student fees | $4,564 | $4,564 |
| Housing (on campus) | $10,186 | $10,186 |
| Food | $6,896 | $6,896 |
| Books, course materials, supplies and equipment | $1,020 | $1,020 |
| Transportation | $2,494 | $2,704 |
| Personal expenses | $1,968 | $1,968 |
| Loan fees | $92 | $92 |
| Total | $44,230 | $67,108 |
For an undergraduate at the Storrs campus living on campus, fall and spring. Students from other New England states in the Regional Student Program pay $26,028 in tuition, a $53,458 total. Health insurance ($3,214, the 2025-2026 rate) is billed unless you waive it with your own coverage, and is not in these totals.
Source: UConn Office of Student Financial Aid Services, 2026-2027 Direct Costs and Cost of Attendance (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:
| Family income | Paid after grants |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $15,193 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $16,339 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $20,608 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $28,285 |
| Over $110,000 | $33,797 |
| All incomes | $25,097 |
What first-year, full-time, in-state 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 UConn's aid offer.
Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.
Similar schools
Chosen for how close each is to University of Connecticut on acceptance rate, public or private, location and majors offered.
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MA · Public59.9% admitted$22,383 average net price
Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA · Public54.6% admitted$24,953 average net price
Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA · Public55.3% admitted$32,875 average net price
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX · Public51.7% admitted$21,315 average net price
Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ · Public58.1% admitted$24,406 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.