Fairfield, CT · Private · 7,087 undergraduates · suburban
Sacred Heart University
Moderately selective
Sacred Heart combines a suburban Connecticut campus with professionally focused nursing, health, business, media, and computing programs near the New York corridor.
Institutional profile
Established Solid in academic standing, and solid in career outcomes.- Admission
- 67.7% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 71.3%
14,284 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$75,059 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Sacred Heart University apart
Academic design
Nursing, health professions, business, communication, computing, and sciences are prominent undergraduate areas.
Campus pattern
Fairfield-area locations place students between New Haven and metropolitan New York.
Career & value signal
Hospitals, businesses, media organizations, and regional employers provide extensive internship and clinical access.
Can I get in?
67.7% admitted
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Recent applicant pool
14,284About 68 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Record over scores
No score range is published for the entering class, so the transcript, the course rigor, and the required materials carry the file.
With one-year access
Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Sacred Heart University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What Sacred Heart University weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Nursing, health professions, business, communication, computing, and sciences are prominent undergraduate areas.
Make institutional fit specific
Sacred Heart combines a suburban Connecticut campus with professionally focused nursing, health, business, media, and computing programs near the New York corridor.
Use the application route carefully
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
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Fee waiver: accepted
Major and program admission
Some fields have their own entry path.
The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.
NursingAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
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With one-year access
Average annual cost by household income at Sacred Heart University
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Admits separately
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Admits separately
Research and Experimental Psychology
Finance and Financial Management Services
Admits separately
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
What is campus life like?
Sacred Heart University beyond the classroom
Fairfield-area locations place students between New Haven and metropolitan New York.
A defining academic feature
Nursing, health professions, business, communication, computing, and sciences are prominent undergraduate areas.
What shapes an ordinary week
Fairfield-area locations place students between New Haven and metropolitan New York.
Where the degree can lead
Hospitals, businesses, media organizations, and regional employers provide extensive internship and clinical access.