Fairfield, CT
Fairfield University
https://fairfield.edu/Repayment outcome
96.2%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$48,300–$93,700
middle 50% · median $69,000
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$35,212
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$24,000
Sticker price
before any aid
$56,628
Default rate
0.9%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Engineering$68,666
- Math & Statistics$61,516
- Health Professions$54,435
- Business$53,552
- Social Sciences$52,607
- Education$47,260
- Communication and Media Studies.$46,673
- English & Literature$42,682
- Biology$41,193
- Visual & Performing Arts$36,848
- Psychology$34,908
- History$25,194
Academics
Acceptance
71.2%
Avg SAT
1,046.5
Enrollment
3,721
What students study
14 fields offered
Business
24% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Health Professions14.7%
- 03Social Sciences11.4%
- 04Communications10.6%
- 05Psychology7.6%
- 06English & Literature6.5%
- 07Biology5.2%
- 08Visual & Performing Arts4.0%
- 09Engineering3.7%
- 10Math & Statistics3.6%
- 11Liberal Arts2.9%
- 12History2.1%
- 13Foreign Languages1.4%
- 14Physical Sciences1.2%