Quinnipiac University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 900,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 241 (40%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,514
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 32%
From Region 44%
Athletes 476 (7.4%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 74%
Hispanic 12%
Asian 4%
Black 4%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 349 27% 65% 4% 4% 13% 1% $70,426 46 +0.96 55 98%
Chemistry 7 — 43% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,982 59 +0.04 59 — — — — —
Mathematics 6 — 67% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $75,512 45 -0.37 66 — — — — —
Biochemistry 6 — 17% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $74,800 67 +0.29 65 — — — — —
Biology 34 — 32% 65% 9% 6% 15% 3% $73,089 83 +0.77 61 96% — — — —
Microbiology and Immunology 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,743 60 +0.20 59 — — — — —
Environmental Science 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,137 71 +0.44 33 — — — — —
Environmental Studies — +1 — — — — — — $62,021 71 +0.42 33 — — — — —
Economics 16 +2 50% 75% 12% 0% 6% 6% $94,676 58 -0.12 88 100% — — — —
English 13 +2 31% 69% 0% 8% 0% 0% $61,829 91 +1.15 32 97% — — — —
Hispanic Studies 4 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 25% 0% $64,343 72 +0.56 40 — — — — —
History 11 +1 55% 64% 0% 0% 27% 0% $56,027 54 -0.09 18 96% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 34 — 6% 76% 0% 3% 3% 0% $63,042 84 +0.55 36 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 5 — 40% 40% 0% 0% 40% 0% $60,450 75 +0.30 29 — — — — —
Philosophy — — — — — — — — $63,100 62 +0.13 36 — — — — —
Behavioral Neuroscience 14 — 21% 79% 7% 7% 0% 0% $64,080 65 +0.30 39 — — — — —
Political Science 31 +2 39% 68% 10% 6% 3% 3% $91,949 92 +1.45 86 91% — — — —
Psychology 81 — 14% 57% 2% 2% 17% 0% $60,583 83 +0.84 29 100% — — — —
Sociology 17 +1 29% 47% 0% 12% 35% 6% $70,669 93 +1.25 56 100% — — — —
Theatre 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $44,204 56 +0.15 4 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 43 +5 37% 63% 5% 5% 14% 2% $77,003 98 +2.36 69 97% — — — —
Legal Studies 22 +3 18% 64% 5% 9% 18% 0% $70,966 95 +1.53 57 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business 364 70% 71% 3% 4% 6% 2% $90,293 90 +0.26 84 98% 6.6%
Computer Science & Accounting 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $91,534 12 -0.75 85 — — — — —
Accounting 33 +3 70% 85% 3% 0% 6% 0% $103,549 86 +1.07 93 97% — — — —
Business Administration 60 +2 67% 67% 7% 3% 3% 3% $86,572 78 +0.47 81 97% 6.6% — — —
Business Analytics 18 +5 78% 72% 11% 11% 6% 0% $90,980 47 -0.08 85 — — — — —
Entrepreneurship 19 +1 89% 63% 0% 5% 11% 0% $116,006 94 +1.79 97 95% — — — —
Finance 112 +5 84% 71% 2% 3% 6% 3% $94,458 49 -0.16 88 100% — — — —
Human Resources Management 8 — 38% 75% 12% 12% 0% 0% $104,825 96 +2.08 93 99% — — — —
International Business 12 +1 58% 50% 0% 0% 17% 8% $77,065 46 -0.29 69 90% — — — —
Marketing 80 +3 52% 70% 1% 4% 8% 2% $78,590 57 +0.08 71 100% — — — —
Sport Management 6 — 33% 33% 17% 17% 17% 0% $64,799 70 +0.37 41 — — — — —
Supply Chain Management 14 — 79% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $86,572 39 -0.34 81 97% 6.6% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Communications 177 50% 71% 2% 4% 10% 1% $60,777 12 +0.07 30 98% 9.0%
Advertising 20 — 40% 90% 0% 0% 5% 0% $72,506 34 -0.39 60 100% — — — —
Communication 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,261 55 +0.04 34 100% — — — —
Journalism 22 +1 55% 77% 5% 0% 5% 0% $68,935 79 +0.74 52 92% 7.5% — — —
Media Studies 45 +7 40% 69% 0% 4% 11% 0% $62,261 55 +0.04 34 100% — — — —
Public Relations 12 +3 17% 75% 0% 0% 17% 0% $72,506 53 +0.08 60 100% — — — —
Arts Management — — — — — — — — $50,157 53 -0.13 8 — — — — —
Film, Television and Media Arts 46 +2 63% 67% 4% 9% 11% 0% $49,145 54 +0.01 7 100% 9.7% — — —
Graphic Design 13 +1 54% 85% 0% 0% 15% 0% $57,942 44 -0.17 22 91% — — — —
Interactive Digital Design 18 +1 72% 50% 0% 6% 11% 6% $57,942 74 +0.15 22 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Computing and Engineering 97 71% 60% 6% 6% 13% 2% $88,306 86 -0.72 83 97%
Civil Engineering 14 — 71% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $103,123 97 +1.54 93 100% — — — —
Industrial Engineering 13 — 54% 38% 8% 8% 23% 8% $98,269 15 -0.99 90 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 8 — 100% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $85,596 2 -1.71 80 100% — — — —
Computer Information Systems 14 +3 71% 43% 14% 14% 21% 0% $94,127 45 -0.20 87 — — — — —
Computer Science 33 +1 79% 58% 9% 9% 6% 3% $72,885 2 -1.52 61 95% — — — —
Data Science 7 +4 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,940 19 -0.78 87 — — — — —
Software Engineering 8 — 50% 62% 0% 0% 25% 0% $97,393 19 -0.81 89 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Health Sciences 338 17% 73% 3% 3% 10% 0% $79,076 70 +0.65 72 99% 10.6%
Biomedical Sciences 25 — 4% 68% 4% 4% 8% 0% $73,089 66 +0.32 61 96% — — — —
Athletic Training 18 — 28% 83% 0% 0% 6% 0% $78,227 70 +0.49 71 100% — — — —
Diagnostic Imaging 11 — 0% 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% $78,227 54 -0.08 71 100% — — — —
Health Science Studies 260 +1 19% 70% 3% 4% 12% 0% $79,784 87 +0.78 73 99% 10.6% — — —
Medical Humanities 3 +1 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $81,809 91 +0.91 76 — — — — —
Radiologic Sciences 21 — 14% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% $78,227 54 -0.08 71 100% — — — —
Gerontology — — — — — — — — $63,432 97 +1.21 37 — — — — —
Sustainability Studies — +1 — — — — — — $67,935 80 +0.72 49 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing 272 13% 64% 4% 8% 10% 0% $99,095 94 +0.68 90 99% 4.0%
Nursing 272 — 13% 64% 4% 8% 10% 0% $99,095 79 +0.68 90 99% 4.0% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $59,363
ROI Percentile 76th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 89%
4-Year Graduation Rate 71%
6-Year Graduation Rate 76%
Transfer-Out Rate 18%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 36.6% 585 16% 69% 3% 5% 10% 0% $88,640 85 +0.68 83 99% 7.2%
Business & Economics 24.9% 398 68% 72% 4% 3% 6% 2% $89,570 70 +0.21 84 98% 6.6%
Social Sciences 14.0% 223 28% 64% 3% 4% 13% 1% $67,743 81 +0.71 48 98% 7.5%
Arts 4.9% 78 64% 67% 3% 6% 12% 1% $52,578 56 +0.02 11 96% 9.7%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.3% 68 22% 69% 6% 4% 12% 1% $73,181 79 +0.54 62 96% —
Humanities 4.2% 67 21% 69% 0% 3% 10% 0% $61,539 81 +0.54 32 96% —
Professional 4.1% 65 31% 63% 5% 6% 15% 2% $74,960 65 +2.08 65 98% —
Computer Science 4.0% 64 69% 61% 8% 8% 11% 2% $83,481 9 -1.04 78 95% —
Engineering 2.2% 35 71% 60% 3% 3% 17% 3% $97,314 28 -0.14 89 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.8% 13 54% 85% 0% 0% 8% 0% $73,611 35 -0.15 63 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.1% 1 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,137 60 +0.44 33 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #462 0% — — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #360 0% — — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #450 0% — — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.6M #578 0% — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Lacrosse 48 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Baseball 32 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Ice Hockey 27 $3.4M $3.4M $0
Soccer 27 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Basketball 16 $2.8M $2.8M $0
Cross Country 12 $219K $219K $0
Tennis 12 $252K $252K $0
Total 174 $10.5M $10.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 112 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Other Sports 67 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Lacrosse 32 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Soccer 30 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Softball 27 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Ice Hockey 25 $2.6M $2.6M $0
Field Hockey 23 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Basketball 16 $2.5M $2.5M $0
Volleyball 14 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Golf 11 $457K $457K $0
Tennis 11 $539K $539K $0
Total 302 $15.9M $15.9M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 112 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Lacrosse 80 $2.8M $2.8M $0
Other Sports 67 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Soccer 57 $2.7M $2.7M $0
Ice Hockey 52 $6.0M $6.0M $0
Baseball 32 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Basketball 32 $5.3M $5.3M $0
Softball 27 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Field Hockey 23 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Tennis 23 $792K $792K $0
Volleyball 14 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Cross Country 12 $219K $219K $0
Golf 11 $457K $457K $0
Total 476 $31.9M $31.9M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 60%
Yield (non-ED) 11%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 60% 60% 60%
Early Decision 74% 74% 74%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 25%
SAT Range 1150 – 1320
SAT Math Range 570 – 660
SAT RW Range 580 – 660