BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofit

Goodwin University

East Hartford, Connecticut·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·goodwin.edu
6-yr Graduation
58%
+22.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
2,970
peer median 1,415
Avg net price
$29,249
+$4.6k vs Baccalaureate
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
58%+22.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Full-time retention
67%

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
55%22 of 40
Non-Pell (all)
63%17 of 27
Subsidized loan, no Pell
88%7 of 8
No Federal Aid
53%10 of 19

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 59 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 48 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
59
Passing
11
18.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

59programs
  • Passing11 · 18.6%
  • No Data48 · 81.4%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
9
No data
48

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

11
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+22.6%
$44,721 vs $36,491
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
+23.7%
$45,132 vs $36,491
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Other
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+45.7%
$53,171 vs $36,491
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Other
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+55.2%
$56,618 vs $36,491
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+82.5%
$66,583 vs $36,491
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+84.0%
$67,154 vs $36,491
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+90.7%
$69,592 vs $36,491
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+102.1%
$73,765 vs $36,491

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

13
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Other
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
66%
$37,174 debt · $56,618 earn
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
64%
$42,376 debt · $66,583 earn
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Other
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
61%
$32,332 debt · $53,171 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
57%
$25,250 debt · $44,721 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
56%
$45,350 debt · $80,466 earn
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
53%
$36,924 debt · $69,592 earn
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
50%
$22,688 debt · $45,132 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
44%
$41,546 debt · $94,738 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 2004Next review Dec 2030
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

Accredited since 1983

Programmatic accreditations · 8

Action history · 15

  1. Aug 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  2. May 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  3. Apr 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  4. Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  5. Aug 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$28,205
$30–48k$29,159
$48–75k$29,804
$75–110k$33,401
$110k+$30,550

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$29,249
+$4,649vs Baccalaureate median $24,600
Federal loans
77.0%
In-state tuition
$21,198
Out-of-state
$21,198

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 2,489 students received $10.4M in Pell grants, alongside $25.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,489
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$10.4M
$10,401,108 total
Direct Loans
$25.0M
5,890 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
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2k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$10.2M
2,866 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$13.6M
2,930 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.1M
77 loan awards
Parent PLUS$134K
16 loan awards
Grad PLUS$35K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,956 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (0.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.9%
-1.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,956
Defaulted
18
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
10.4%
2017
9.8%
2018
6.5%
2019
0.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Goodwin

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs30
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

557 total completions
01Health Professions
40672.9%
02Liberal Arts
335.9%
03Public Admin
335.9%
04Business
295.2%
05Personal/Culinary
183.2%
06Education
152.7%
07Engineering Tech
132.3%
08Security/Protective
91.6%
09Natural Resources
10.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,970
12-mo unduplicated
4,749
Undergraduate
4,608
Graduate
141

Gender split

Men
17%790
Women
83%3,959

Race / ethnicity composition

White
33.4%
Black
29.3%
Hispanic
16.2%
Two or more
12.3%
Unknown
4.7%
Asian
3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
Non-resident
0.0%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 3,034 students

3-year trend

0.612 yrs ago0.631 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
4
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    13.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    85

    Goodwin vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Goodwin selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectGoodwin University
    		58%—2,970$29,249Baccalaureate
    Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
    		0%—744$15,488Baccalaureate
    Landmark College
    		14%49.4%672$56,954Baccalaureate
    Bard College at Simon's Rock
    		—95.9%314$31,625Baccalaureate
    Lackawanna College
    		67%—2,211$19,951Baccalaureate
    Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo
    		——2,086$14,135Baccalaureate
    Peer group median36%72.7%1,415$24,600

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    Explore the federal data for institutions in Goodwin's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    Goodwin Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Office of Institutional Effectiveness
    Phone
    860‑528‑4111
    Address
    One Riverside Drive, East Hartford, CT 06118

    The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) provides leadership and assistance with strategic planning, academic program development, accreditation, assessment, research and decision making support and other continuous improvement processes that contribute to the advancement of student learning and the fulfillment of the University’s mission.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    4 members
    • Melissa Quinlan, Ph.D.
      Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
    • Grace Libby
      Director of Institutional Research
    • Rachael Rogers
      Director of Program Development and Evaluation
    • Anastasiya Korshykava
      Senior Research Analyst

    Frequently asked questions about Goodwin University

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Goodwin.

    What is the graduation rate at Goodwin University?

    Goodwin University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 58% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Goodwin University?

    Goodwin University reports a total enrollment of 2,970 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Goodwin University?

    The average net price at Goodwin University is $29,249 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Goodwin University located?

    Goodwin University is located in East Hartford, Connecticut 06118.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Goodwin University?

    Goodwin University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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