We scored six accredited, nonprofit colleges in Connecticut offering online bachelor’s degree programs in the U.S. using 17 data points in the categories of student outcomes, affordability, student experience, credibility and application process. We pulled data for these categories from reliable resources such as the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System; private, third-party data sources; and individual school and program websites. Data is accurate as of February 2024.
We scored schools based on the following metrics.
Student Outcomes:
- Graduation rate within eight years of normal time
- Median earnings 10 years after graduation
- Pell Grant recipient graduation rate within eight years of normal time
- Retention rate
- Pell Grant graduation rate vs. graduation rate
Affordability:
- Average in-state undergraduate tuition and fees
- Median federal student loan debt
- Student loan default rate
- Percentage of students who take out loans
Student Experience:
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- Socioeconomic diversity
- Program’s coursework (excluding student orientations, field experiences and labs) is available 100% online
- Proportion of undergraduate students enrolled in at least some distance learning courses
- Number of online bachelor’s degrees available
Credibility:
- Fully accredited
- Nonprofit status
Application Process:
- Acceptance rate
- Uses Common App
We listed all seven schools in the U.S. that met our ranking criteria. All of the schools on our final list offer at least five fully online bachelor’s degrees.
Find our full list of methodologies here.