How Do Connecticut's Colleges And Universities Stack Up?

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Connecticut has quality colleges and universities sprinkled throughout the state, but which one is the best?

Education website Niche ranked the four-year colleges in Connecticut.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy Sacred Heart University*

Joe Jenkins

01/28/2016 11:00 a.m.

Education website Niche compiled data on all four-year institutions and ranked them based on 10 key metrics:

Academics
Value
Professors
Student surveys
Diversity
Student life
Athletics
Campus quality
Local area
Safety

The top school in the area was Yale University, which ranked third overall in the country. The Ivy League school earned an A+ grade in six of the 10 categories. Yale's weakest category was safety, where it earned only a C+.

Wesleyan University in Middletown was second in the state and No. 50 in the country. The school earned high marks for Academics and Diversity, but lagged in other categories like safety and athletics.

Here's how the rest of the Connecticut schools ranked:

No. 3, University of Connecticut
No. 4, Trinity College
No. 5, Connecticut College
No. 6, University of St. Joseph
No. 7, Quinnipiac University
No. 8, University of New Haven
No.9, Fairfield University
No.10, Sacred Heart University in Fairfield
No. 11, University of Hartford
No. 12, Central Connecticut
No. 13, Eastern Connecticut
No. 14, University of Bridgeport
No. 15, Southern Connecticut
No.16, Western Connecticut

Click here to view the full rankings.

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