Southern Connecticut State University Overview

Southern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. New Haven is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Southern Connecticut State University Known For?

• The highest award offered at SCSU is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period52% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SCSU makes roughly $55,043 a year. This is 35% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Southern Connecticut State University?

Contact details for SCSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1355
Phone:	203-392-5200
Website:	www.southernct.edu

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How Do I Get Into SCSU?

You can apply to SCSU online at: www.southernct.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply

Admission Requirements for SCSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SCSU?

SCSU has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Can I Afford Southern Connecticut State University?

The overall average net price of SCSU is $34,636. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SCSU, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,964 a year. That adds up to $27,856 over four years for those students.

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Southern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,440 undergraduate students at SCSU, with 6,268 being full-time and 1,172 being part-time.

There are also 1,891 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,268 full-time undergraduates at SCSU, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern Connecticut State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	214
Black or African American	1,167
Hispanic or Latino	863
White	3,181
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	785

Geographic Diversity

Connecticut students aren't the only ones who study at Southern Connecticut State University. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at SCSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria.

Southern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	219	5	54	0	278
Social Work	61	0	94	9	164
General Psychology	147	0	13	0	160
Nursing	157	2	0	0	159
Communication Sciences	59	0	75	0	134
Liberal Arts General Studies	128	0	0	0	128
Health Sciences & Services	102	0	0	0	102
Interdisciplinary Studies	99	0	0	0	99
Teacher Education Grade Specific	67	3	22	0	92
Health & Physical Education	68	0	24	0	92
Educational Administration	0	71	0	13	84
Sociology	74	0	3	0	77
Special Education	36	11	29	0	76
General Biology	62	0	8	0	70
General Education	0	0	66	0	66
Teacher Education Subject Specific	10	19	29	0	58
Communication & Media Studies	57	0	0	0	57
Computer Information Systems	50	0	3	0	53
Public Health	23	0	26	0	49
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	41	0	41
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	31	7	38
General English Literature	30	0	6	0	36
History	24	0	10	0	34
Library & Information Science	4	0	28	0	32
Fine & Studio Arts	32	0	0	0	32
Recreation Administration	18	0	12	0	30
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	17	13	0	30
Political Science & Government	25	0	3	0	28
Natural Resources Conservation	20	0	0	0	20
Chemistry	9	0	5	0	14
Romance Languages	10	0	2	0	12
Hospitality Management	11	0	0	0	11
Student Counseling	0	2	9	0	11
Ethnic Studies	0	3	7	0	10
Multilingual Education	0	0	9	0	9
Allied Health Professions	7	0	2	0	9
Anthropology	9	0	0	0	9
Music	9	0	0	0	9
Physics	8	0	0	0	8
Biotechnology	7	0	0	0	7
Geography & Cartography	2	5	0	0	7
Journalism	6	0	0	0	6
Drama & Theater Arts	6	0	0	0	6
Other Education	0	0	4	0	4
Mathematics	4	0	0	0	4
Philosophy	3	0	0	0	3
Geological & Earth Sciences	3	0	0	0	3
Engineering Physics	0	0	2	0	2
Writing Studies	0	0	2	0	2
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	2	0	0	2
Human Resource Management	0	1	0	0	1
Data Science	1	0	0	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0	0	0
Education Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0	0
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0	0
Urban Studies	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,667	141	632	29	2,469

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Southern Connecticut State University under License

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