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Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·qu.edu
6-yr Graduation
76%
+3.0pp vs Doctoral/Professional
Total enrollment
9,424
peer median 7,138
Avg net price
$39,207
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
23,949
23,949 candidates competed
Admitted
17,280
72.2% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,917
11.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
76%+3.0pp vs Doctoral/Professional
4-year graduation
71%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
76%
Full-time retention
89%

Pell equity

13.0pp gap
Pell recipients
64%
Non-Pell
77%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

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

Of 100 Title IV programs, 44 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 56 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
100
Passing
44
44.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

100programs
  • Passing44 · 44.0%
  • No Data56 · 56.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
44
No data
56

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.

44
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+28.7%
$59,725 vs $46,391
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+34.7%
$80,998 vs $60,112
Radio Television and Digital Communication
Master's Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+37.0%
$80,508 vs $58,761
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+38.4%
$64,220 vs $46,391
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+48.9%
$89,505 vs $60,112
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+49.7%
$52,094 vs $34,808
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+53.7%
$53,500 vs $34,808
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+54.0%
$71,091 vs $46,158

Debt vs earnings

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

36
Medicine
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
210%
$227,226 debt · $108,362 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
108%
$124,516 debt · $115,669 earn
Law
First Professional Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
89%
$88,946 debt · $100,096 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
82%
$58,447 debt · $71,091 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
69%
$61,500 debt · $89,505 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
57%
$45,970 debt · $80,998 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
52%
$30,860 debt · $59,725 earn
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
51%
$32,619 debt · $64,220 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 1958Next review Jun 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 14

Action history · 21

  1. Mar 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTM) - Programs leading to a Master's Degree
  2. Feb 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Liaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
  3. Dec 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
  4. Sep 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education
  5. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$31,257
$30–48k$34,294
$48–75k$34,111
$75–110k$39,079
$110k+$41,944

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

Avg net price (private)
$39,207
vs Doctoral/Professional median $39,207
Federal loans
58.8%
In-state tuition
$53,090
Out-of-state
$53,090

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 1,367 students received $8.0M in Pell grants, alongside $105.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,367
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.0M
$7,971,395 total
Direct Loans
$105.8M
9,354 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$10.9M
2,532 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$14.3M
3,655 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$34.0M
1,571 loan awards
Parent PLUS$29.9M
980 loan awards
Grad PLUS$16.7M
616 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.

Of 2,086 borrowers who entered repayment, 26 (1.2%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.2%
-1.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
2,086
Defaulted
26
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.7%
2017
2.6%
2018
2.3%
2019
1.2%
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 Quinnipiac

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs82
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,633 total completions
01Health Professions
1,07640.9%
02Business
61323.3%
03Communication
2037.7%
04Legal Professions
1415.4%
05Visual/Performing Arts
1224.6%
06Biological Sciences
1154.4%
07Multi/Interdisciplinary
1094.1%
08Psychology
973.7%
09Education
883.3%
10Social Sciences
692.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
9,424
12-mo unduplicated
10,144
Undergraduate
6,946
Graduate
3,198

Gender split

Men
37%3,735
Women
63%6,409

Race / ethnicity composition

White
73.8%
Hispanic
11.5%
Black
4.1%
Asian
3.5%
Two or more
2.8%
Unknown
2.3%
Non-resident
1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
475
175 M · 300 W
Women athletes
63.2%
Athletic aid
$14.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$31.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$4.8M
$9.2M
Recruiting expense
$164K
$202K
Head-coach salaries
$222K
$126K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
· 109 W
$1.6M
Lacrosse
48 M · 32 W
$2.6M
Other Sports
· 73 W
$1.7M
Soccer
29 M · 32 W
$2.7M
Ice Hockey
27 M · 24 W
$5.9M
Baseball
38 M ·
$1.1M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.23
2 offenses · 8,788 students

3-year trend

1.032 yrs ago1.191 yr ago0.23Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
23
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
36
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
4
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
2

By location

2total
  • On campus2

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

2
Domestic violence
2
Dating violence
16
Stalking
20 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs0129
Liquor0330

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.

Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
394

Quinnipiac vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Quinnipiac selected for federal comparison reporting.

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
SubjectQuinnipiac University
76%9,424$39,207Doctoral/Professional
Sacred Heart University
73%65.4%11,022$45,459Doctoral/Professional
Fairfield University
84%33.3%6,864$46,274Doctoral/Professional
University of Hartford
57%95.7%6,015$29,558Doctoral/Professional
University of Bridgeport
41%83.0%3,838$24,786Doctoral/Professional
Northeastern University Professional Programs
7,411Doctoral/Professional
Peer group median73%74.2%7,138$39,207

Frequently asked questions about Quinnipiac University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Quinnipiac.

What is the graduation rate at Quinnipiac University?

Quinnipiac University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 76% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Quinnipiac University?

Quinnipiac University reports a total enrollment of 9,424 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Quinnipiac University?

The average net price at Quinnipiac University is $39,207 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Quinnipiac University?

Quinnipiac University's yield rate is 11.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Quinnipiac University located?

Quinnipiac University is located in Hamden, Connecticut 06518.

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