Academics
| 14:1 | student-to-faculty ratio |
| 420 | full-time faculty |
| 87 | percentage of full-time faculty with the Ph.D. or other terminal degree |
| 10,000 | number of undergraduate and graduate students |
| 181 | undergraduate majors, minors, and pre-professional programs |
| 47 | graduate degree programs |
| 2700+ | experiential and workforce preparation opportunities through internships and on-the-job training |
| 600,000+ | Buley Library's collection of print and media volumes, electronic books, and periodical journals |
| 36 | countries from around the world represented in the student body |
| 80 | percentage of alumni who find jobs within six months of graduation |
Athletics
| 17 | highly competitive NCAA Division II athletic teams |
| 10 | National NCAA Division II team titles |
| 80 | individual championships won by Southern athletes |
Campus
| 3 | new buildings opened since 2010 |
| 9 | residence halls on campus |
| 78 | miles from campus to New York City |
| 136 | miles from campus to Boston |
| 172 | acre campus on the western side of New Haven, Connecticut |
| 6.4 | approximate number of miles from campus to Long Island Sound in West Haven |
| 130,000+ | population of Southern's home city, New Haven |
| 2,600 | students live on campus |
Costs
| $23,436 | estimated yearly cost for a full-time, in-state, resident undergraduate student, including tuition, housing, food, and fees |
Other Facts
Our campus is located two miles from downtown New Haven.
Over 1700 members of the undergraduate class of 2018 graduated in May 2018.
The University provides a range of educational support services to over 700 students with disabilities, one of the largest such populations at any Connecticut campus.
Southern students head to over 100 destinations worldwide through our International Education programs.
The SCSU Foundation manages over 300 scholarships that are available to both undergraduate and graduate students.
The top five majors of the entering first-year class in fall 2018 were Nursing, Undeclared, Business, Education and Psychology.
Southern is the only public university in the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 conference.
Annually since 2014, Princeton Review’s Guide to the 332 Greenest Colleges has listed Southern as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada.