University of Connecticut

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Connecticut Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. In addition, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. For instance, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Urban Semester and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. University of Connecticut is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Connecticut.

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Physics

History:

History – General

Mathematics:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General, Statistics

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Italian, Linguistics, Spanish

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Actuarial Science, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Finance/Banking, Insurance/Risk Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management, Real Estate

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Cognitive Science, Nutrition Sciences

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical Laboratory Science, Cytotechnology, Gene Therapy, Health System Administration, Medical Dietetics, Nursing (RN), Pre-physical therapy, Prepharmacy

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Acting, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Puppetry, Theater Design/Stagecraft

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Education:

Agricultural Education, Elementary Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Special Education

Popular majors:

one hundred percent agriculture, fifteen percent business per marketing, fifteen percent social sciences, eight percent liberal arts, eight percent psychology, seven percent health professions, six percent engineering, six percent family and consumer sciences, five percent biology, five percent communications per journalism, five percent english

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Animal Physiology, Biology, Biophysics, Cellular/Molecular Biology, Ecology, Marine/Aquatic Biology, Pathology – Human/Animal

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Parks/Leisure Facilities Management

Computer Science:

Computer Science

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology, Urban Studies

Furthermore, for international students, the application fee is 70. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of February.

University of Connecticut Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 51% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 92%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were one thousand, nine hundred and ten total number of transfer students who applied and one thousand and four total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of seventy dollars regular application fee, seventy dollars out-of-state application fee, seventy dollars online application fee and point zero .

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of February and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. The regular application is due the 1st of February. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February.

University of Connecticut Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Minority Status and Music/Drama. Financial aid distribution is at forty-six percent scholarships per grants and fifty-four percent loans per jobs. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

University of Connecticut Students

University of Connecticut offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. Again, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. The school’s size is approximately fifteen thousand, seven hundred and nine degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, two hundred and sixty first-time degree-seeking freshmen and six thousand, one hundred and eighty graduate enrollment. In addition, the student body consists of seventy-two percent in-state students, twenty-eight percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, fifty-five percent women, forty-five percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, eight percent asian per pacific islander, six percent black per non-hispanic, six percent hispanic, sixty-eight percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, eleven percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty-seven percent in top 10th of graduating class, eighty percent in top quarter of graduating class and ninety-eight percent in top half of graduating class. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 51 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. In general, the school is located 26 miles from Hartford, 80 miles from Boston.Students should note the housing policies: ninety-seven percent of first-year students live in college housing, seventy-two percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Special Housing For International Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred and fifty dollars amount of housing deposit and point zero . Further, the university has many unique facilites such as museum of natural history, research center, ice hockey/skating rink, dairy bar.

University of Connecticut Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s Club Wrestling