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Academics

11:1 student-to-faculty ratio as of Fall 2024
404 full-time faculty members as of Fall 2024
92% of full-time faculty have a Ph.D. or other terminal degree as of Fall 2024
9,377 of undergraduate and graduate students as of Fall 2024 (including 6,280 bachelor's, 1,650 master's, and 133 doctor's degree students)
180 undergraduate majors and minors as of Academic Year 2024-25
105 graduate degree programs as of Academic Year 2024-25
$14.5 million institutional grants and scholarship amounts for the Academic Year 2023-24
$16.2 million external funding by faculty and staff for the Academic Year 2022-23
1,764,395 Buley Library's collection of print and media volumes, electronic books, and periodical journals as of Fall 2024
40 countries from around the world are represented in the student body as of Fall 2024
87% of alumni find jobs within six months of graduation (classes of 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023)
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Campus

7 new buildings opened since 2010
9 residence halls on campus as of Fall 2023
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  
135,000+ population of Southern's home city, New Haven
1,989 students live on campus as of Fall 2024

Athletics

19 highly competitive NCAA Division II athletic teams
10 National NCAA Division II team titles
81 individual championships won by Southern athletes

Costs

$13,438 total tuition and fees (Academic Year 2024-2025) for a full-time, in-state, resident undergraduate student

Other Facts

  • Our campus is located three miles from downtown New Haven.
  • 1,747 students graduated in Spring and Summer 2024
  • Southern students head to over 100 destinations worldwide through our International Education programs.
  • The SCSU Foundation manages over 300 scholarships as of Fall 2024
  • The top five majors of the entering first-year class in Fall 2024 were Healthcare Studies, Nursing, Psychology, Computer Science, and Biology.
  • Southern is the only public university in the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 conference.
  • Southern's ranking in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities North, #66. Southern is one of the Top Public Schools (#24), Best Value Schools (#42), Best Colleges for Veterans (#29), and Top Performers on Social Mobility (#93)

Additional Consumer Information is compiled and frequently updated by the Office of Institutional Research.

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