University of New Haven (UNH) Introduction and Academics

Introduction

University of New Haven (UNH) has a history stretching back almost a century. It was founded in 1924 and was then known as the New Haven YMCA Junior College. The junior college used that name until 1970 when it acquired the current name.

The move from junior college to university was necessitated by a number of things. First, the institution had expanded the scope of its program offerings substantially. At inception, the junior college was mainly serving the educational needs of the local community and its programs were limited to only business and engineering. For a long time also, the college stood in the shadow of Yale University on which it depended for crucial facilities.

By 1960, the junior college had increased the numbers of degree courses and acquired new buildings and the building of new structures was accelerated in the 1960s. The West Haven, Connecticut, campus as it stands today actually took shape as a result of the aggressive building plan of the 1960s.

Today, UNH is built on an 84-acre campus and enrolls over 5,000 students.

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Information Summary

Ranks 14th in Connecticut and 968th overall. See the entire top 2,000 colleges and universities list
Overall Score (about)	80.6
Total Cost On-Campus Attendance	$58,306
Admission Success rate	N/A
ACT / SAT 75%ile scores	26 / 1220
Student Ratio Students-to-Faculty	22 : 1
Retention (full-time / part-time)	76% / 60%
Enrollment Total (all students)	6,867

Academics

UNH offers a very comprehensive variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in five different schools

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Admissions

Undergraduate students seeking admission to UNH are required to submit their applications by specific dates for certain programs. The university has 4 admission programs and applications have to be received by specific dates.

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Financial Aid

More than 80% of students attending UNH use some form of financial aid to help them pay through college. The sources of financial aid are many and include both internal and external sources.

The college has several scholarships that are awarded to gifted but financially challenged students. The Presidential Scholarship is awarded to students who have achieved academic success in high school and who continue to excel (by maintaining a GPA of 3.0 and above) on admission to the university. Amounts disbursed under this scholarship range between $16,000 and $20,000 per year.

The Distinguished Scholar Award is awarded to students who have excelled in high school but who have lower SAT scores than the recipients of the Presidential Scholarship. Amounts awarded vary between $12,000 and $15,000 per year.

Lower in rank but also providing a substantial source of aid is the Charger Award. Winners of this award are students who exhibit strong performance consistently and amounts awarded range between $6,000 and $11,000 per academic year.

Winners of the three UNH awards above could still qualify for the Writing Award. This is awarded to students who post great grades in the writing component of the ACT or SAT test and amounts awarded range between $1,000 and $3,000 per academic year.

UNH also rewards students enrolled at the institution who demonstrate excellence in community service with the Leadership Award (amounts range between $1,000 and $3,000 per academic year) while the Dean

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Students

At UNH, over 80 student clubs and organizations are represented making it possible for any student to find a suitable organization to join. Some of the Greek fraternities represented at the university include Delta Chi, Sigma Lambda Beta, Sigma Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

The university is also home to many sports clubs including the bowling club, the field hockey club, the tennis club, ice hockey club and the martial arts club among others.

Cultural clubs are also represented with the Asian student association, the black student union and the international student association all actively engaged in cultural activities at the university.

Professional clubs include the accounting society, the American institute of chemical engineers, the American society of interior designers and the legal society.

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Athletics

UNH offers a very broad range of athletic activities which include baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, football, soccer, volleyball, and track and field.

In total, the university has 17 sports teams and is a member of the NCAA. The university

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