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Top colleges in Connecticut by 10-year ROI

College Scorecard + IPEDS Last updated: May 2026

Executive Summary

Bachelor’s-predominant institutions located in Connecticut with at least 200 students, sorted by the same 10-year ROI estimate used nationally. Yale University leads this list at $464,556 (10 Yr. ROI).

Leaders: top 3

Yale University

10 Yr. ROI $464,556

CT · Private nonprofit

University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus

10 Yr. ROI $328,368

CT · Public

University of Connecticut-Avery Point

10 Yr. ROI $315,528

CT · Public

Top 25 Top colleges in Connecticut by 10-year ROI

Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	10 Yr. ROI	Also see
1	Yale University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,758	$464,556	Grad 96.3% · Net $11,340
2	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	Public	733	$328,368	Grad 51.3% · Net $8,616
3	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	Public	454	$315,528	Grad 50.5% · Net $11,184
4	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	Public	1,525	$301,643	Grad 65.5% · Net $13,961
5	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	Public	2,432	$300,318	Grad 55.4% · Net $14,226
6	Wesleyan University	CT	Private nonprofit	3,067	$271,352	Grad 90.0% · Net $23,014
7	University of Connecticut	CT	Public	19,835	$249,738	Grad 83.5% · Net $24,342
8	Trinity College	CT	Private nonprofit	2,146	$246,614	Grad 83.1% · Net $37,004
9	Charter Oak State College	CT	Public	1,821	$232,990	Grad 0.0% · Net $14,594
10	Central Connecticut State University	CT	Public	7,822	$223,824	Grad 49.7% · Net $15,537
11	Fairfield University	CT	Private nonprofit	5,373	$203,056	Grad 85.3% · Net $49,906
12	Western Connecticut State University	CT	Public	3,511	$200,277	Grad 51.1% · Net $16,754
13	Quinnipiac University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,531	$192,284	Grad 78.6% · Net $41,729
14	Connecticut College	CT	Private nonprofit	1,937	$186,678	Grad 81.7% · Net $35,960
15	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	Public	3,418	$178,852	Grad 54.4% · Net $20,502
16	University of Saint Joseph	CT	Private nonprofit	838	$169,101	Grad 61.8% · Net $28,249
17	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	Public	6,295	$168,606	Grad 49.9% · Net $21,029
18	University of Hartford	CT	Private nonprofit	4,146	$149,346	Grad 56.8% · Net $28,928
19	University of New Haven	CT	Private nonprofit	4,841	$146,066	Grad 63.6% · Net $32,994
20	Sacred Heart University	CT	Private nonprofit	7,087	$144,332	Grad 76.8% · Net $45,827
21	University of Bridgeport	CT	Private nonprofit	1,534	$124,754	Grad 36.9% · Net $28,356
22	Albertus Magnus College	CT	Private nonprofit	991	$123,039	Grad 48.4% · Net $31,731
23	Post University	CT	Private for-profit	13,603	$104,140	Grad 33.6% · Net $20,694
24	Mitchell College	CT	Private nonprofit	377	$57,556	Grad 46.0% · Net $32,206
25	Arizona College of Nursing - Hartford	CT	Private for-profit	334	$27,738	Grad — · Net $34,371

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to the IPEDS 2024 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
Cohort applied on this page: enrollment floor of 200 undergraduates; sorted highest first on 10 Yr. ROI; all 25 qualifying campuses are shown.
Ties on the ranked metric are broken by enrollment, then institution name, so ranks stay stable between rebuilds.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
How the 10-year ROI figure is built: median earnings reported 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (years 7 and 9 linearly interpolated) are summed across years 6–10, then average annual net price × typical years enrolled (five for bachelor’s-predominant campuses) is subtracted. It is a nominal-dollar gap—not discounted to present value, and it does not subtract earnings foregone while enrolled or compare against a no-college baseline. Campuses reporting only one of the three earnings years are excluded from these tables.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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