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Sacred Heart University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. Fairfield is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

321 Undergraduate Degrees
167 Graduate Degrees
$49,276 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
66% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Sacred Heart University?

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Contact details for Sacred Heart are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 5151 Park Ave, Fairfield, CT 06825-1000
Phone: 203-371-7999
Website: www.sacredheart.edu

How Do I Get Into Sacred Heart?

You can apply to Sacred Heart online at: https://www.sacredheart.edu/admissions--aid/undergraduate-admissions/

Admission Requirements for Sacred Heart

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Sacred Heart?

66% Acceptance Rate
69% Of Accepted Are Women
Sacred Heart has an acceptance rate of 66%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Can I Afford Sacred Heart University?

$49,276 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Sacred Heart is $49,276. 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 Sacred Heart, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $12,381 a year. That adds up to $49,524 over four years for those students.

Sacred Heart University Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,671 Full-Time Undergraduates
67% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,417 undergraduate students at Sacred Heart, with 5,671 being full-time and 746 being part-time.

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There are also 2,896 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,671 full-time undergraduates at Sacred Heart, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Sacred Heart University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 93
Black or African American 190
Hispanic or Latino 677
White 4,332
International Students 88
Other Races/Ethnicities 291

Geographic Diversity

Connecticut students aren't the only ones who study at Sacred Heart University. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at Sacred Heart. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and Canada.

Sacred Heart University Nursing Concentrations

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

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 69 252 31 0 352
Nursing Administration 0 0 99 0 99
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 0 0 18 16 34
Nursing Science 0 0 0 3 3
TOTAL 69 252 148 19 488

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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