University General Facts

Founded: 1877

Chartered: 1957

Location: West Hartford, Hartford, and Bloomfield, CT

Type: Independent, Nonsectarian, Coeducational

Bloomfield Avenue Campus Size: 340 acres

Asylum Avenue Campus: 13 acres

Full-Time Undergraduates: 4842

Part-Time Undergraduates: 853

Graduate Students: 1671

Total Students: 7366

States Represented: 45

Foreign Countries Represented: 49

Undergraduate Majors: 89

Graduate Programs: 33

Full-Time Faculty: 336

Part-Time Faculty: 591

Ratio of Full-Time Students to Full-Time Faculty: 14:1

Full-Time Faculty Holding Terminal Degrees in their Field: 84%

Students Volunteering Annually: approximately 1,300

Alumni: 77,964 (73,425 living)