Not for nothing...but, for a Public University...UConn ranks up there pretty high. UConn's nickname is: "public ivy"
Undergraduate, ranking and admission[edit]
Students at UConn can pursue over 100 majors, eight undergraduate degrees, 17 graduate degrees and five professional degree programs.
[45] Students choose from 87 different
minors at UConn, including areas of study not offered as formalized majors.
As of 2017, of the entering freshman at the main campus in Storrs, 54% ranked in the top tenth of their high school class and 89% in the top quarter.
[46] Approximately 50,000 prospective students and their families tour the main campus in Storrs annually. UConn's retention rate is among the best for public universities in the nation, with 93% of students returning for their
sophomore year.
[47] UConn ranks 3rd out of 58 public research universities on basis of graduation time, with the average time to graduate being 4.2 years among those who graduate within 6 years.
[48]
UConn participates in the
New England Board of Higher Education's Regional Student Program (NERSP), allowing students from the five other New England states to enroll at the university at a reduced out-of-state
tuition rate if their intended
major is not offered by one of their in-state universities.
[49] The university also participates in a special guaranteed admissions program
[50] with the Connecticut Community Colleges (CCC)
[51] that is designed for academically qualified students who are attending a Connecticut community college and who are planning to transfer to the University of Connecticut in Liberal Arts & Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Business, or Engineering. Each year, more than 1,000 transfer students are admitted to the university.
[52]
The university has achieved numerous commendations as a result of its focus on academics and the resources it provides for its students and faculty.
- The University of Connecticut has been designated a "Public Ivy" in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2001)[62] as "successfully competing with the Ivy League schools in academic rigor... attracting superstar faculty and in competing for the best and brightest students of all races."[63]
- The university was ranked 18th among public universities and 56th among national universities in 2018 U.S. News and World Report.[4]
- A 2017 study conducted by Buffalo Business First ranked the school 16th out of 499 four-year public institutions across the United States.
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance named UConn the 28th best value in public higher education for 2015 (26th on the basis of out-of-state tuition).[64]
- The University of Connecticut was among the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars from research institutions in 2017.
- The 2015 Sierra Club "Cool Schools" list of environmentally responsible universities ranked UConn 8th in the U.S.[65]
- In 2012, the University of Connecticut was ranked as the most sustainable campus among 215 universities worldwide.[66]
Graduate and postgraduate[edit]
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
[67] College of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
[68] the Graduate School,
[69] the Neag School of Education,
[70] the School of Nursing,
[71] the
School of Business,
[72] the
School of Dental Medicine,
[73] the
School of Medicine,
[74] the School of Engineering,
[75] the School of Social Work,
[76] the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture,
[77] the School of Pharmacy,
[78] the
School of Law and the School of Fine Arts.
[79]
Main article:
University of Connecticut School of Law
Founded in 1921, the
University of Connecticut School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
[80] The campus is located just outside the downtown core of Hartford, minutes away from the
Connecticut State Capitol, state courts and agencies, and the offices of Hartford's law firms and corporations. Law students have ready access to all of these institutions for study, externships, clinical education, practice, and employment. The campus is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Its
gothic-style buildings, constructed in 1925 (except for the new library, which was completed in 1996), housed the
Hartford Seminary until 1981.
The law school has approximately 620 students and a student:faculty ratio of 11:1. UConn Law has repeatedly been ranked the top public law school in
New England by
U.S. News and World Report, and was most recently in 2013 ranked 58th of American law schools.
[81] There are four scholarly journals edited on campus: the
Connecticut Law Review, the
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, the
Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, and the
Connecticut Journal of International Law. Students may pursue concentrations in corporate law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, intellectual property law, international law, juvenile law, labor law, litigation, tax law, torts and insurance, legal theory, information technology law, property and land, child advocacy, and policy. The school is particularly known for its strong
insurance law and
intellectual property law programs.
UConn Health, located in Farmington
The UConn Health campus in
Farmington is home to the School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine, John Dempsey Hospital and faculty practices in medical and dental health care.
[82] The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, which is housed at UConn Health, was one of eight federally funded National Network of Libraries of Medicine libraries from 1991 to 2001.
