unitid 129242 · Fairfield, CT · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (large)
Fairfield University
- enrollment 2023
- 6,611
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
33%
9th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
5,373
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
7%
undergrads on Pell grants
3rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
84%
finish within 150% time
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$76,074
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$48,095
after aid, aided students
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$88,794
after entry, Title IV students
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,000
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $33,302 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k12%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75k10%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $117,152
- First-generation students
- 17%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $58,350
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 254 | $118,205 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 197 | $100,140 | $27,000 |
| Marketing. | 157 | $91,769 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 155 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 115 | $110,042 | $26,633 |
| Psychology, General. | 75 | $66,585 | $26,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 72 | $72,991 | $27,000 |
| Data Analytics. | 61 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 61 | $114,150 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 59 | $80,731 | $25,000 |
| Economics. | 52 | $97,565 | $26,500 |
| Biology, General. | 50 | $85,315 | $26,290 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.