Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 6,531 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 72%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $41,729per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 77%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $87,59610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Incoming students at Quinnipiac University are required to live on campus for their first three years.
Source: Living at Quinnipiac
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 72%About 7 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1150–1320Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 25–30Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $41,729full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $75,254sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $57,700Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 77%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 89%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $87,59610 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 6,531Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 20%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 20%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of Hartford West Hartford, CT — admits 96%
- Belmont University Nashville, TN — admits 95%
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA — admits 89%
- Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO — admits 95%
Also worth a look
- Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT — admits 65%
- High Point University High Point, NC — admits 75%
- American University Washington, DC — admits 62%
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL — admits 65%
- Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX — admits 63%
- Merrimack College North Andover, MA — admits 70%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Quinnipiac University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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