The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Connecticut. This list includes all schools that grant degrees at an associates level or higher, and are either accredited or in the process of accreditation by a recognized accrediting agency.

The state's flagship public university is the multi-campus University of Connecticut, which is also the largest higher education institution in the state, including UConn Health. The remainder of the state's public institutions constitute the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, comprising four state universities, twelve community colleges, and an online school, Charter Oak State College. Connecticut is also the home of one of the five federally-run service academies, the United States Coast Guard Academy.

The oldest college in the state, founded in 1701, is Yale University.

Institutions

School Location Control Carnegie Classification Enrollment(Fall 2024) FoundedAlbertus Magnus CollegeNew HavenPrivate(Catholic)Masters university1,2391925Central Connecticut State UniversityNew BritainPublicMasters university9,9971849Charter Oak State CollegeNew BritainPublicBaccalaureate college2,0121973Connecticut CollegeNew LondonPrivateBaccalaureate college1,9901911Connecticut State Community CollegeVariousPublicAssociates college36,3152023Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimanticPublicMasters university4,3551889Fairfield UniversityFairfieldPrivate(Catholic)Masters university6,8641942Goodwin UniversityEast HartfordPrivateBaccalaureate/associate's college2,9701962Hartford International University for Religion and PeaceHartfordPrivateMasters university1091833Holy Apostles College and SeminaryCromwellPrivate(Catholic)Masters university7191956Mitchell CollegeNew LondonPrivateBaccalaureate college4421938Post UniversityWaterburyPrivate(for-profit)Masters university16,1781890Quinnipiac UniversityHamdenPrivateDoctoral university9,4241929Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldPrivate(Catholic)Doctoral university11,0221963Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew HavenPublicMasters university9,3771893Trinity CollegeHartfordPrivateBaccalaureate college2,2381823United States Coast Guard AcademyNew LondonPublic(federal)Baccalaureate college1,1081876University of BridgeportBridgeportPrivateDoctoral university3,8381927University of ConnecticutStorrsPublicDoctoral university33,554The enrollment count for University of Connecticut includes 477 at the Avery Point campus, 1,544 at the Hartford campus, 2,482 at the Stamford campus, and 745 at the Waterbury campus, which are listed as separate schools in IPEDS.1881University of HartfordWest HartfordPrivateDoctoral university6,0151877University of New HavenWest HavenPrivateMasters university9,2291920University of Saint JosephWest HartfordPrivate(Catholic)Masters university1,9521932Wesleyan UniversityMiddletownPrivateBaccalaureate college4,0111831Western Connecticut State UniversityDanburyPublicMasters university4,1691903Yale UniversityNew HavenPrivateDoctoral university15,5641701

Unaccredited institutions Institutions can be authorized by the Connecticut Office of Higher Education to offer academic degrees, but may not be currently accredited by a recognized accrediting body:

Legion of Christ College of Humanities in Cheshire International Institute for Astronautical Sciences in Groton Arizona College of Nursing in Hartford, Connecticut Lincoln Technical Institute in New Britain, Connecticut St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts in Norwalk. Connecticut

Out-of-state institutions Several institutions based in other states offer, or have offered, degree programs at sites in Connecticut, under license from the state: The Robert Larner College of Medicine of the University of Vermont has a branch at the Western Connecticut Health Network facilities in Danbury and Norwalk. Relay Graduate School of Education has a branch in New Haven, Connecticut

Defunct institutions

Connecticut once had five State Technical Colleges, separate from the system of 12 Community Colleges, before consolidation of the systems. For example, Three Rivers Community College (Connecticut) was formed from Mohegan Community College and Thames Valley State Technical College in the 1990s. Several private schools that once operated in the state have closed, discontinued their degree programs, or moved to other states:

School Location Control Type Founded Closed Ref.Annhurst CollegeSouth WoodstockPrivate(Catholic)Liberal arts college19411980Bais Binyomin AcademyStamfordPrivate(Orthodox Jewish)Talmudic school19762016 (Part 2 of article)Bridgeport Hospital School of NursingBridgeportNursing School2017Lincoln College of New EnglandSouthingtonPrivate(for-profit)Baccalaureate/associate's college19662018Litchfield Law SchoolLitchfieldPrivateLaw school17731833Longview CollegeEnfieldPrivate(Catholic)Sisters' college19441972Mount Sacred Heart CollegeHamdenPrivate(Catholic)Sisters' college19541997College of Notre DameWiltonPrivate(Catholic)Sisters' college19611972Paier CollegeBridgeportPrivate(for-profit)Arts school19462025Saint Alphonsus CollegeSuffieldPrivate(Catholic)Seminary19631990St. Basil College SeminaryStamfordPrivate(Ukrainian Catholic)Seminary19392009St. Thomas SeminaryBloomfieldPrivate(Catholic)Seminary18971980St. Vincent's CollegeBridgeportPrivate(Catholic)Health professions school19912018Acquired by Sacred Heart University of FairfieldSeat of Wisdom CollegeLitchfieldPrivate(Catholic)Sisters' college19631967Silvermine College of ArtNew CanaanPrivateSchool of art19511971Wilcox College of NursingMiddletownPrivateNursing school19081997

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See also

List of college athletic programs in Connecticut Higher education in the United States Lists of American institutions of higher education

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