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University of New Haven

CTMedium private nonprofit institution · Overall rank #994 nationally

Data snapshot Updated

Azimuth places the university in the 32nd percentile overall.

Who it’s a good fit for

The University of New Haven is a private nonprofit university in West Haven, Connecticut, where Security & Protective Services and Business lead the degree mix. Access is above average.

Graduates earn less than predicts for students like them. The model attributes an addition to the factors it measures and a subtraction to what it cannot explain.

Affordability is below the levels seen at many peers, and the runs above the median at comparable institutions. Pell students complete below the overall rate, so the access picture is mixed.

The admission rate is below the median for comparable institutions, and most graduates are estimated to go into work rather than further study. A student considering the largest programs should know that the best-paid ones — the engineering fields — are much smaller.

University of New Haven at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
60.4%
Six-year completion[2]
63.1%
Four-year earnings[3]
$65,164

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$31,601
Median student debt[4]
$27,000
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$54,414

University of New Haven rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

University of New Haven is a private nonprofit university in West Haven, Connecticut, with 4,841 undergraduates. The university sits in the lower third of the Azimuth composite ranking among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Admission is moderately selective: the university admits 60.4% of applicants, a rate below the 71.2% median for comparable institutions of the same type and size. Among full-time first-year students, 76.5% return for a second year, compared with a peer median of 83.4%.

The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 63.1%, against a peer median of 68.8%. An estimated 16.3% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students, so the graduation rate describes a majority of the student body but not all of it.

The four sit far apart. Access is the strongest, at the 74th percentile, while affordability is the weakest, at the 6th percentile.

Return and mobility sit in the middle of the field, at the 51st and 47th percentiles respectively.

Access is the clearest part of the profile at University of New Haven, though affordability is the clear constraint for families comparing costs. Azimuth places access in the 74th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, its strongest pillar.

In that cohort, return is in the 51st percentile and mobility is in the 47th percentile. Affordability is in the 6th percentile, the weakest pillar.

At University of New Haven, the middle 50% of submitted SAT scores runs from 1,060 to 1,265, the range for enrolled students who sent them. 32.4% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, the share measuring financial access across the undergraduate body.

Azimuth ranks the university #375 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. Those Pell recipients complete at 57.0%, 6.1 percentage points below the overall six-year graduation rate (63.1%) for the entering cohort as a whole.

The access pillar combines the share of aid recipients with their completion outcome. Azimuth ranks the university #774 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students, the earnings result that accompanies the university's mobility position.

How value-added outcomes are assessed · How to interpret program rankings

University of New Haven rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#994

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 47
Access & reach
National percentile: 74
Affordability
National percentile: 6
Return on investment
National percentile: 51

01 / University of New Haven briefing

University of New Haven cost & financial aid[6][7]

The published cost of attendance at University of New Haven is $66,962 (an average across living arrangements), setting the sticker-price starting point for families. Tuition and fees are $47,332, and room and board are $19,808.

For aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $34,192. Financial aid reduces the published cost by $32,770 on average.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $27,371, with New Haven’s average net price $6,821 above it. Azimuth ranks the university #1,335 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Its higher-than-peer net price and low affordability rank point in the same direction.

The published cost of attendance at University of New Haven is $66,962 (an average across living arrangements), with average net prices rising across family-income bands for aid recipients. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $27,837 in the lowest family-income band, $29,043 in the lower-middle band, $31,601 in the middle band, $34,853 in the upper-middle band, and $38,385 in the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $10,548. Azimuth ranks the university #1,335 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Aid covers about 49% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, equal to average financial aid savings of $32,770. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $34,192, which is $6,821 above the peer median of $27,371 for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Published tuition and fees are $47,332. The aid offset is substantial, but the average price after aid remains above the comparable-school median.

Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $27,000, and 96.4% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. That median is $2,801 above the peer median debt of $24,199 at comparable institutions (same type and size).

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years. Median Parent PLUS borrowing is $54,414.

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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$31,601

After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ.

Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at University of New Haven

Borrowing is widespread at University of New Haven: 96.4% of federal aid recipients take federal loans, and borrowers who complete have median federal student loan debt of $27,000. For comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median federal debt is $24,199, placing the university's median $2,801 above it.

Broad federal borrowing and debt above the peer median point in the same direction. For a separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $54,414.

The investment picture at University of New Haven is shaped by earnings that sit below the peer median and debt that runs above it. The peer median is the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Four years after completion, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $65,164, at the 66th percentile. Graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students, an outcome at the 36th percentile.

Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from $54,573 in a downside case to $82,517 in an upside case, with $65,164 as the typical outcome. Completers who borrowed federal loans carry a median debt of $27,000, which is $2,801 above the peer median of $24,199.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years.

For the separate population of parents borrowing through Parent PLUS, median borrowing was $54,414. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$27,000
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$54,414

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$307/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$691/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

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02 / University of New Haven briefing

University of New Haven career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

Access is University of New Haven’s strongest pillar, while its return picture sits nearer the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 51st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, stands in the 36th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,567. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $6,768.

Median earnings are $65,164 four years after completion, in the 66th percentile. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions, is $68,250; earnings are $3,086 below it.

The school-level median is close to comparable institutions, even as the model places earnings below expectations.

Access is the strongest pillar at University of New Haven, and graduate earnings fall in a relatively high national percentile despite a less favorable model comparison. Median earnings are $65,164 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.

Azimuth puts that earnings measure in the 66th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 1,445 completers. Program-mix earnings scenarios put typical earnings at $65,164, with a downside scenario of $54,573 and an upside scenario of $82,517.

These are scenarios rather than observed groups. An estimated 22.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, provide the caution. Graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students.

The national earnings standing and the modeled shortfall make the return picture mixed.

Return measures give a mixed reading at University of New Haven. For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $65,164 four years after completion, in the 66th percentile.

Comparable institutions, the middle value for institutions in the same type and size, have a peer median of $68,250; the university is $3,086 below it. Graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students.

That puts earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, in the 36th percentile. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $54,573 in the downside scenario to $82,517 in the upside scenario.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,567. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $6,768.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $833. Azimuth ranks the university #718 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings sit slightly below the peer median and below the model’s expectation. Electrical Engineering has the highest program earnings shown: 12 degrees awarded and median earnings of $90,042 four years after completion, equal to 0.90x the national median for its field.

Mechanical Engineering awarded 32 degrees and has median earnings of $89,099, equal to 0.97x the national field median. Accounting had 16 degrees awarded, with median earnings of $86,158, equal to 1.13x the national median for its field.

At University of New Haven, earnings scenarios span from $54,573 on the downside to $82,517 on the upside, showing how the program mix can change the earnings picture. These are scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

Among higher-earning fields, Electrical Engineering has median earnings of $90,042 four years after completion, Mechanical Engineering reaches $89,099, and Accounting reaches $86,158. Those field-level results help explain the upper end of the modeled range.

Access is the stronger pillar at University of New Haven, but affordability is the main pressure point in the cost picture. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $34,192.

By family income band, average net prices are $27,837 for the lowest band, $29,043 for the next band, $31,601 for the middle band, $34,853 for the next band, and $38,385 for the highest band. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $27,371, and the university’s average net price is above it by $6,821.

Aid covers about 49% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $27,000, which is above the peer median of $24,199 by $2,801.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students.

Above-peer cost and debt sit alongside lower-than-expected earnings, pointing in the same direction.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$1,567
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$6,768
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$5,201

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Read the full outcomes brief

03 / University of New Haven briefing

University of New Haven acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

The University of New Haven admits 60.4% of applicants, a rate that sits below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range
Admission rate
60.4%
Approximate lower endpoint
1060
Reported average
1160
Approximate upper endpoint
1265

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

Read the full admissions brief

04 / University of New Haven briefing

What are the largest majors at University of New Haven?[12]

At University of New Haven, program-level earnings differ substantially across the fields shown here, with engineering and accounting at the higher end and psychology at a more moderate level. Electrical Engineering had median earnings of $90,042 four years after completion, across 12 degrees awarded.

Mechanical Engineering followed at $89,099 with 32 degrees awarded. Accounting recorded $86,158 and 16 degrees awarded, placing it near the higher-earning engineering fields in this selection.

By contrast, Psychology posted $55,058 across 83 degrees awarded. The figures show that the school’s earnings picture depends considerably on field, rather than following one common level across these programs.

Security & Protective Services accounts for 41.1% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, giving the program mix a clear center of gravity. Higher-earning fields extend into engineering and business.

The published figures describe several fields rather than a single earnings path.

The program mix at University of New Haven is concentrated in a single family: Security & Protective Services accounts for 41.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Business a distant second at 12.5% and Health Professions third at 8.4%. The university awards bachelor's degrees across 23 programs with published four-year earnings data.

The largest single program is Criminal Justice, at 237 degrees awarded a year. Its graduates earn a median of $60,656 four years after completion, which is 1.09x the national median for the field.

Security Science and Technology is next at 120 degrees awarded, with median earnings of $63,360. The highest-earning programs are much smaller.

Electrical Engineering graduates report the top median, at $90,042 from 12 degrees awarded a year. Mechanical Engineering follows at $89,099 from 32 degrees awarded.

Accounting rounds out the top three at $86,158, with 16 degrees awarded and a benchmark ratio of 1.13x against the national median for its field. The pattern is one of scale in a single field and higher earnings in smaller, technical programs. 15.1% of degrees awarded are in STEM fields.

Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Criminal Justice and Corrections 237 degrees awarded
$60,656
Security Science and Technology 120 degrees awarded
$63,360
Psychology, General 83 degrees awarded
$55,058
Business Administration, Management and Operations 67 degrees awarded
$59,107
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other 52 degrees awarded
$69,932
Communication and Media Studies 44 degrees awarded
$59,225

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

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05 / University of New Haven briefing

How does University of New Haven serve students from different backgrounds?

Mobility presents a mixed picture, pairing completion figures with lower-than-expected modeled earnings. For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 63.1%, while Pell recipients complete within six years at 57.0%, below the overall rate by 6.1 percentage points.

Azimuth places the mobility pillar in the 47th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students: graduates earn about $5,201 less than the model expects for similar students, placing the measure in the 36th percentile.

Access is the university's strongest pillar, with entry routes that extend beyond first-time applicants. University of New Haven admits 60.4% of applicants and enrolls 4,841 undergraduates.

Pell Grant recipients account for 32.4% of undergraduates, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 16.3%. Azimuth places the access pillar in the 74th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

06 / University of New Haven briefing

What colleges are similar to University of New Haven?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with University of New Haven.

Admissions peerFarmingdale State College63.3% admitted
Comparison with University of New Haven
MeasureUniversity of New HavenFarmingdale State College
Peer earnings · 4 years$65,164$65,444+$280 vs University of New Haven
Average annual net price$34,192$10,867-$23,325 vs University of New Haven · lower cost
Admission rate60.4%63.3%
Explore Farmingdale State College →
Higher-admission alternativeCollege of Staten Island CUNY92.3% admitted
Comparison with University of New Haven
MeasureUniversity of New HavenCollege of Staten Island CUNY
Peer earnings · 4 years$65,164$65,495+$331 vs University of New Haven
Average annual net price$34,192$5,579-$28,613 vs University of New Haven · lower cost
Admission rate60.4%92.3%
Explore College of Staten Island CUNY →
Nearby alternativeAnna Maria CollegeNearby option · MA
Comparison with University of New Haven
MeasureUniversity of New HavenAnna Maria College
Peer earnings · 4 years$65,164$74,347+$9,183 vs University of New Haven
Average annual net price$34,192$28,333-$5,859 vs University of New Haven · lower cost
Admission rate60.4%50.3%
Higher-earnings alternativeAdelphi University$83,002 earnings
Comparison with University of New Haven
MeasureUniversity of New HavenAdelphi University
Peer earnings · 4 years$65,164$83,002+$17,838 vs University of New Haven
Average annual net price$34,192$30,783-$3,409 vs University of New Haven · lower cost
Admission rate60.4%65.9%
Explore Adelphi University →
Lower-cost alternativeCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$3,203 average net price
Comparison with University of New Haven
MeasureUniversity of New HavenCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Peer earnings · 4 years$65,164$60,020-$5,144 vs University of New Haven
Average annual net price$34,192$3,203-$30,989 vs University of New Haven · lower cost
Admission rate60.4%57.1%
Explore CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice →
Similar profileMerrimack CollegeMatched across several measures
Comparison with University of New Haven
MeasureUniversity of New HavenMerrimack College
Peer earnings · 4 years$65,164$65,506+$342 vs University of New Haven
Average annual net price$34,192$37,927+$3,735 vs University of New Haven · higher cost
Admission rate60.4%70.0%
Explore Merrimack College →

Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance uses the frozen 2024 framework baseline. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

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