Connecticut: aid after freshman year

Four-year colleges in Connecticut, ranked by the gap between the average freshman grant and the average grant in later years.

Official price reports: UConn (Storrs)

We have IPEDS 2022-23 grant data for 23 four-year colleges in Connecticut. At 21 of them, the average grant for continuing undergraduates was lower than the average freshman grant. The median gap was $1,183 per recipient, compared with $1,064 nationally.

The largest gaps: Albertus Magnus College ($7,556), Goodwin University ($4,781), Wesleyan University ($4,746). Median gap at public colleges: $1,069 (9 colleges); at private nonprofits: $1,526 (14 colleges).

Explain the numbers

Freshman grant: total grant aid to first-time, full-time freshmen divided by the number who got grants (2022-23).
Later years: the same average for all other degree-seeking undergraduates who got grants, including transfers and part-time students.
Drop: freshman average minus later-years average. Above zero means later-year recipients averaged less. In Connecticut, 21 of 23 colleges are above zero and 21 meet our traditional 4-year filter.
Median: half of the colleges in Connecticut have a smaller drop than $1,183, half larger.
IPEDS data runs about two years behind; current-year prices come from state reports where available.

Averages across recipients, not a prediction for one student. Colleges with large part-time or online enrollment are marked; read the methodology. See 2026-27 published costs for this state.

#	College	Freshman grant	Later years	Drop
1	Albertus Magnus College New Haven · Private · large part-time/online share	$26,347	$18,791	$7,556
2	Goodwin University East Hartford · Private · large part-time/online share	$10,200	$5,419	$4,781
3	Wesleyan University Middletown · Private	$64,709	$59,963	$4,746
4	University of New Haven West Haven · Private	$29,671	$25,463	$4,208
5	Connecticut College New London · Private	$39,354	$35,443	$3,912
6	University of Saint Joseph West Hartford · Private	$29,098	$26,760	$2,339
7	University of Connecticut Storrs · Public	$16,989	$15,069	$1,920
8	University of Hartford West Hartford · Private	$31,717	$29,848	$1,869
9	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford · Public	$14,478	$12,871	$1,607
10	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven · Public	$8,786	$7,349	$1,438
11	Western Connecticut State University Danbury · Public	$7,943	$6,638	$1,305
12	University of Bridgeport Bridgeport · Private	$26,933	$25,750	$1,183
13	Fairfield University Fairfield · Private	$25,877	$24,757	$1,120
14	Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic · Public	$9,865	$8,796	$1,069
15	Central Connecticut State University New Britain · Public	$7,949	$7,029	$920
16	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton · Public	$12,771	$11,864	$907
17	Mitchell College New London · Private	$22,302	$21,407	$895
18	Quinnipiac University Hamden · Private	$30,035	$29,308	$727
19	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury · Public	$13,083	$12,601	$482
20	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford · Public	$13,557	$13,283	$274
21	Sacred Heart University Fairfield · Private	$20,597	$20,474	$123
22	Yale University New Haven · Private	$59,076	$61,347	−$2,272
23	Trinity College Hartford · Private	$51,240	$54,827	−$3,587

Source: IPEDS SFA 2022-23.

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