University of Connecticut, Mansfield, USA

Mansfield, USA

Overview

History, Affiliations and Rankings 

In 1881, the University of Connecticut (UConn) was established as Storrs Agricultural School with the help of land and money donated by Augustus Storrs and Charles Storrs. It was renamed as Storrs Agricultural College in 1893, as Connecticut Agricultural College in 1899 and again as Connecticut State College in 1933. It finally became the University of Connecticut in 1939. Over 130 years after the fact, the University of Connecticut has gotten one of the best 25 state funded colleges in the country. It holds the accreditation of the Association of American Universities. University of Connecticut's positioning in the 2020 release of Best Schools by the US News National Colleges, #64. 

Infrastructure, Campus & Courses

The primary and original UConn campus is in Storrs which is spread across 4052 acresl. The university has four regional campuses across Connecticut. Its Avery Point campus provides education in maritime and marine studies and houses the Project Oceanology, Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, the Long Island Sound Resource Center and the National Undersea Research Center. Students at UConn can pursue over 100 majors, eight undergraduate degrees, 17 graduate degrees and five professional degree programs. Students choose from 87 different minors at UConn, including areas of study not offered as formalized majors. UConn offers the courses like Bookkeeping (ACCT), Natural Sciences (BIOL), Business Organization (BADM), Synthetic Building (CHEG), Structural Designing (CE), Advanced Media and Plan (DMD), Ecological Sciences (ENVS), Account (FNCE), General and Expert Examinations (GPS), Medicinal services The executives and Protection Studies (HCMI) and some more.

Accomplishments & Alumni

Bioscience Connecticut has invested $864 million in genomics and personalized medicine to UConn. Also, Next Generation Connecticut has invested $1.5 billion capital investment over 13 years which includes construction, renovations, infrastructure, and equipment. The university has thousands of famous alumni like Jackie Burns, a Broadway actress who acted in “Wicked” as Elphaba, Chris Donovan is a famous TV director and producer, Kartik Chandran who won the MacArthur “Genius Grant” award for transforming wastewater into valuable resources, Bobby Moynihan who is a popular actor, impressionist, and comedian who also came on “Saturday Night Live, Franklin Chang-Díaz, who is the CEO and founder of Ad Astra Rocket Co. T. Scott Case is the co-founder of Priceline.com, Rebecca Lobo,  an Olympic gold medallist and ESPN analyst, Ray Allen is two-time NBA championship winner and ten-time NBA All-Star, Diana Taurasi is the winner of three WNBA championships

Student Diversity & Visiting Companies 

The University of Connecticut is a national head among open research colleges, with in excess of 32,000 understudies looking for answers to basic inquiries in study halls, labs, and the network.  The university has over 4,900 staff members and more than 32,000 students, 24% of whom are from abroad. With students from more than 103 countries, UConn is quite friendly towards international students. It has collaborations with numerous national and international academic institutions and corporate firms like Pratt & Whitney, Cigna, The Hartford, Pfizer, PwC, IBM, CVS Health and so on.

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University of Connecticut Facts & Highlights

Type of University 

Public, Coed

Average Annual Tuition Fee

Bachelors: $37,698 (2021-22)

Masters: $39,444 (2021-22)

Admission Intakes

Fall, Spring & Summer  

Average GPA Requirement

3.7 

Average Exam Score Requirement

SAT - 1315; ACT - 27; IELTS - 6.5; TOEFL - 79; GRE - 310; GMAT - 602

Admission Requirements

Academic Transcript, Personal StatementLetter of Recommendation 

Admissions Deadlines

Bachelors - 

Fall - Priority Deadline: December 1, Final deadline: January 15

Spring - October 1

Masters - 

Fall - Priority Deadline: September, Final Deadline: September

Spring: Priority Deadline: February 1, Final Deadline: December 15

Summer: Priority Deadline: September 13, Final Deadline: August 24

Percentage of International Students

12%

Size of Campus (in acres)

4057 

Alumni Worldwide 

255k+ 

Female to Male Ratio

52 : 48 

Average Salary after 10 Years

$56,067 (Annual)

University of Connecticut Rankings

Ranked by 

2022

2021

2020

2019

ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Universities Rankings

NA  

201- 300

201- 300 

201- 300

QS - World University Ranking

373

501-550

377

373

THE (Times Higher Education) - University Ranking

401- 500

401-500

351-400

301-350

US News & World Report - Global Universities

NA  

332

325

325

US News & World Report - National University Ranking

63

63

64

63

University of Connecticut Subject Rankings

Business

Ranked by 

2022

2021

2020

2019

QS- Business & Management

NA  

451- 500

401- 450

351- 400

QS - Global MBA

151- 200

151-200

151- 200

131-140

THE (Times Higher Education) -Business and Economics

301- 400

401-500

301-400

251-300

US News & World Report - Graduate Business School 

60  

74

NA 

79  

Computer Science 

Ranked by  

2022

2021

2020

2019 

QS- Computer Science & Information Systems 

NA  

451- 500

501- 550

451- 500

THE (Times Higher Education) - Computer Science 

401- 450

401-500

401-500

301-400

Engineering  

Ranked by 

2022

2021

2020

2019

QS - Engineering and Technology

501- 520

NA 

NA 

451- 500

THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering and Technology

251- 300

251-300

201- 250

201- 250 

QS- Engineering (Mechanical) 

NA  

401-450

401- 450

401- 450 

QS- Engineering (Electrical & Electronics)

NA  

NA  

451- 500

401- 450 

QS- Engineering (Chemical) 

NA  

351- 400

301- 350 

351- 400

Campus Location

University of Connecticut

Mansfield, USA

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