Sacred Heart University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Population 900,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 241 (40%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,779
Men / Women 36% / 64%
From State 23%
From Region 47%
Athletes 1,117 (16.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 75%
Hispanic 14%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 457 26% 79% 1% 3% 12% 1% $68,653 39 +0.56 56 96% 8.1%
Chemistry 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,919 71 +0.23 67 — — — — —
Mathematics 9 +4 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $82,821 56 -0.10 80 — — — — —
Biochemistry 5 +1 0% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $78,974 80 +0.67 75 — — — — —
Biology 62 +1 29% 81% 2% 2% 10% 0% $80,603 96 +1.64 77 97% 7.9% — — —
Molecular Biology 3 — 0% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $78,727 80 +0.64 75 — — — — —
Neuroscience 12 — 25% 50% 0% 0% 33% 0% $77,131 87 +0.89 72 — — — — —
Marine Biology 4 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,622 70 +0.53 32 — — — — —
Economics 22 +18 82% 91% 0% 0% 5% 0% $100,400 67 +0.09 92 100% — — — —
English 21 +2 24% 76% 0% 5% 5% 5% $57,878 79 +0.67 28 92% — — — —
General Studies 19 — 42% 68% 5% 11% 11% 5% $58,259 64 +0.09 29 96% — — — —
History 18 +1 67% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% $60,319 76 +0.33 34 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 46 — 2% 83% 2% 0% 13% 0% $64,433 86 +0.68 45 — — — — —
Philosophy 3 +2 100% 33% 0% 33% 0% 33% $62,034 58 +0.05 39 — — — — —
Religious Studies 1 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,159 92 +1.40 39 — — — — —
Spanish 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,314 67 +0.38 40 — — — — —
International Studies 1 +2 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,380 44 -0.18 58 — — — — —
Political Science 20 +2 35% 60% 5% 5% 25% 5% $78,703 78 +0.48 75 92% — — — —
Psychology 152 +5 11% 78% 1% 3% 14% 0% $62,482 61 +0.12 40 — — — — —
Social Work 14 — 7% 93% 0% 0% 7% 0% $70,046 99 +1.99 59 98% — — — —
Sociology 4 +3 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,763 27 -0.56 12 94% — — — —
Criminal Justice 38 +6 53% 76% 0% 5% 16% 0% $65,078 81 +0.71 47 96% 8.3% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health Professions 257 17% 81% 3% 2% 10% 0% $74,230 55 +0.99 68 99% 11.1%
Athletic Training 106 — 12% 82% 2% 2% 8% 0% $74,686 64 +0.27 68 100% 11.1% — — —
Exercise Science 97 — 31% 75% 5% 4% 10% 1% $69,448 80 +0.89 58 — — — — —
Speech-Language Pathology 54 — 0% 87% 0% 0% 11% 0% $81,925 99 +2.58 79 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Dr. Susan L. Davis and Richard J. Henley College of Nursing 285 7% 78% 2% 2% 14% 0% $103,422 95 +1.11 94 98% 3.8%
Nursing 285 — 7% 78% 2% 2% 14% 0% $103,422 89 +1.11 94 98% 3.8% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Jack Welch College of Business and Technology 469 59% 79% 1% 3% 11% 2% $85,070 83 +0.07 82 98%
Accounting 62 +13 63% 85% 2% 0% 10% 2% $96,985 74 +0.64 90 100% — — — —
Business Administration 156 +41 62% 79% 0% 5% 11% 1% $72,907 52 -0.24 65 97% — — — —
Business Analytics 2 +7 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% $86,470 39 -0.34 83 — — — — —
Finance 118 +35 82% 75% 2% 4% 13% 3% $107,048 72 +0.27 95 97% — — — —
Financial Analytics 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $88,043 39 -0.38 84 — — — — —
Hospitality Management 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,046 85 +0.49 50 — — — — —
Marketing 104 +23 40% 80% 0% 3% 11% 3% $75,614 48 -0.15 70 98% — — — —
Fashion Merchandising 23 +6 0% 83% 4% 0% 13% 0% $67,694 78 +0.60 54 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Communication, Media and the Arts 125 40% 82% 0% 2% 10% 3% $61,007 12 +0.16 36 97% 11.0%
Game Design and Development 5 — 100% 60% 0% 0% 20% 20% $73,098 40 -0.41 65 — — — — —
Communication 47 +3 19% 81% 0% 2% 11% 0% $61,147 51 -0.07 37 98% 11.0% — — —
Communications 25 +3 40% 80% 0% 4% 16% 0% $61,147 51 -0.07 37 98% 11.0% — — —
Digital Journalism 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,532 50 -0.09 38 — — — — —
Sports Communication 25 — 76% 84% 0% 0% 8% 8% $61,415 52 -0.04 37 — — — — —
Art 15 — 20% 87% 0% 0% 7% 7% $59,941 95 +1.40 33 94% — — — —
Music Performance 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,758 79 +0.65 16 — — — — —
Theater 6 +3 33% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,504 91 +1.13 13 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Computer Science and Engineering 43 77% 63% 0% 12% 12% 7% $84,583 83 -0.85 81 92%
Computer Engineering 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,625 3 -1.11 88 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 4 +1 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $93,322 2 -1.12 88 — — — — —
Computer Science 10 — 60% 60% 0% 10% 20% 10% $81,267 5 -1.28 78 92% — — — —
Cybersecurity 15 — 73% 73% 0% 0% 7% 7% $85,089 31 -0.45 82 — — — — —
Information Technology 11 — 82% 55% 0% 36% 0% 9% $81,267 17 -0.83 78 92% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $53,932
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 68%
6-Year Graduation Rate 74%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 33.1% 542 11% 79% 2% 2% 12% 0% $89,580 87 +1.06 86 98% 5.8%
Business & Economics 28.6% 468 63% 79% 1% 3% 11% 2% $86,645 65 +0.04 83 98% —
Social Sciences 17.7% 289 22% 79% 1% 2% 13% 1% $63,404 68 +0.17 43 97% 11.0%
Humanities 6.7% 109 28% 79% 2% 4% 10% 3% $61,308 79 +0.50 37 94% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.0% 82 26% 76% 2% 2% 12% 0% $79,927 94 +1.44 76 97% 7.9%
Arts 2.8% 45 13% 84% 2% 0% 9% 2% $62,619 89 +0.94 41 94% —
Computer Science 2.5% 41 76% 63% 0% 12% 10% 10% $81,669 7 -0.75 78 92% —
Professional 2.3% 38 53% 76% 0% 5% 16% 0% $65,078 44 +0.71 47 96% 8.3%
Physical Sciences & Math 0.7% 11 45% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,202 53 -0.04 78 — —
Engineering 0.4% 7 100% 57% 0% 0% 29% 0% $93,452 13 -1.11 88 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.2% 4 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,622 47 +0.53 32 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.7M #266 28% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $1.6M #177 0% $0 10 #131 — —
Education $0.7M #267 72% $0.0M 16 #251 — —
Health Sciences $0.6M #276 14% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #455 58% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.3M #302 16% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #494 0% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #397 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $5.6M #375 24% $0.0M 26 #351 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 232 $695K $695K $0
Football 154 $5.4M $5.4M $0
Lacrosse 60 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Wrestling 58 $549K $549K $0
Baseball 39 $997K $997K $0
Soccer 32 $824K $824K $0
Ice Hockey 31 $3.1M $3.1M $0
Fencing 26 $149K $149K $0
Volleyball 23 $487K $487K $0
Basketball 16 $2.2M $2.2M $0
Golf 15 $384K $384K $0
Tennis 13 $242K $242K $0
Total 563 $16.5M $16.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 269 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Rowing 68 $676K $676K $0
Equestrian 39 $963K $963K $0
Soccer 37 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Ice Hockey 35 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Other Sports 35 $731K $731K $0
Lacrosse 30 $865K $865K $0
Swimming & Diving 30 $778K $778K $0
Wrestling 30 $460K $460K $0
Field Hockey 26 $852K $852K $0
Softball 25 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Volleyball 22 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Bowling 17 $636K $636K $0
Basketball 14 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Fencing 12 $236K $236K $0
Tennis 12 $532K $532K $0
Golf 9 $432K $432K $0
Total 554 $15.2M $15.2M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 501 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Football 154 $5.4M $5.4M $0
Lacrosse 90 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Wrestling 88 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Soccer 69 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Rowing 68 $676K $676K $0
Ice Hockey 66 $4.4M $4.4M $0
Volleyball 45 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Baseball 39 $997K $997K $0
Equestrian 39 $963K $963K $0
Fencing 38 $385K $385K $0
Other Sports 35 $731K $731K $0
Basketball 30 $4.2M $4.2M $0
Swimming & Diving 30 $778K $778K $0
Field Hockey 26 $852K $852K $0
Softball 25 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Tennis 25 $774K $774K $0
Golf 24 $816K $816K $0
Bowling 17 $636K $636K $0
Total 1,117 $43.9M $43.9M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 66%
Yield (non-ED) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 66% 66% 66%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional