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#1 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#12 Best Value Schools
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#167 Business Programs
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#27 Accounting
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#23 Finance
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#25 Management Information Systems
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#26 Marketing
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#2 Most Innovative Schools
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#127 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#75 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#9 Service Learning
Fairfield University is ranked #3 in Regional Universities North. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
95
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
8
Graduation and retention rank
4
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
82%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
90%
Social Mobility Rank
127
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
81%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
80%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
80%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
25
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
31
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
71.4%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
93%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
41.2%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
5
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
6
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
3
Average alumni giving rate
17.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
