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Sacred Heart University can be found in Fairfield, CT, a nonprofit private college which focuses on only a select few programs offered. Nearly six thousand students are enrolled at SHU.
SHU has an acceptance rate of about 76 percent with 15 percent of applicants deciding to attend. You can get more information from the admissions office website at sacredheart.edu.
The overall acceptance rate for Sacred Heart University was reported as 76.2% in Fall 2012 with over 7,780 college applications submitted to SHU. Both in state and out of state applicants are included in these figures. We do not have data on transfer acceptance rates currently.
The historical trend chart shows acceptance rates from the previous years, from which we have projected the acceptance rate for the 2019-2020 school year. The overall acceptance rate trend for Sacred Heart University has been slowly getting higher over the past years.
The acceptance rate for Sacred Heart University is thirty-seven percent higher than the national average of all colleges which is around 55.5%.
School | Acceptance Rate |
---|---|
Fairfield University | 71.2% |
University of Bridgeport | 63.9% |
University of New Haven | 74.4% |
Western Connecticut State University | 65.5% |
Albertus Magnus College | 68.2% |
Total | Male | Female | |
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Applicants | 7,781 | 36.9% | 63.1% |
Admitted | 5,932 | 36.1% | 63.9% |
Enrolled | 865 | 40.5% | 59.5% |