Branford House on the Avery Point campus

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
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Overview
Public
18,090 Undergraduates
56% Admissions Rate
Suburb: Large
Public
Region: Northeast
Division 1
Size: Medium
Doctoral
University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road
Storrs, Connecticut
06269
(860) 486-2000
uconn.edu/

The University of Connecticut is a public land great, National Space Grant and National Sea Grant research university. It is also one of the top 60 schools in the nation. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, UConn was founded in 1881 when two brothers, Charles and Augustus Storrs, donated 170 acres of farmland to start a school. It was originally called Storrs Agricultural School. Today the campus has expanded to more than 4,100 acres. UConn is known as one of the “Public Ivies” for its excellent academic research, and it has produced Fulbright Scholars. Notable alumni include Saturday Night Live’s Bobby Moynihan, basketball player Diana Taurasi, actress Meg Ryan, basketball player Swin Cash, Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim Zolciak-Biermann and Former Prime Minister of Turkey Tansu Çiller. The school’s colors are navy blue, white and gray, and its mascot is Jonathan the Husky (they used to be the Aggies for “Agriculture”). Every mascot is named Jonathan after Jonathan Trumbull, a former governor of Connecticut. Its sporting affiliations are NCAA Division I – American Athletic Conference and Hockey East, and varsity sports offered include men’s baseball, basketball, soccer, ice hockey and tennis, and women’s basketball, cross country, field hockey, swimming and diving and tennis.

Location

Storrs is a village and census-designated place in the town of Mansfield within eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,344 at the 2010 census. It is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. More from Wikipedia...

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coffee score

90

restaurants score

Students
48%

Men

52%

Women

20

Average Age of Entering Students

706

New Transfer Students

Admissions
56%

Acceptance Rate

20%

Enrollment Yield

1170-1390

SAT Range

34,437

Applicants in 2020

Costs
$22,233

Typical Cost

$40,502

Out-Of-State (published)

$17,834

In-State (published)

77%

Recieve Financial Aid

90%

Have Loans

$18,430

Median Debt

Academics
16 to 1

Student to Faculty Ratio

Doctoral

Highest Degree Offered

"Economics

Top Major

Campus Life

Dorm Food:

Standard

Clubs & Extracurriculars:

Important, many to choose from

Greek Life:

Important, nearly 40 chapters on campus

Party Scene:

Standard, mostly on the weekends
Athletics
Football Conference:

Big East Conference

Basketball Conference:

Big East Conference

Track & Field Conference:

Big East Conference

Football Division:

1

Basketball Division:

1

Track Division:

1

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