Is Connecticut College test optional?

Yes. You can apply without a score. A common rule is to send it if it's at or above 1280 and hold it if it's under.

What is Connecticut College's acceptance rate?

37% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 2,945 of 7,950 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 53%, from 5,182 in 2015 to 7,950 in 2024, and Connecticut College's admit rate went from 40% to 37%.

What ACT score do you need for Connecticut College?

14% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 26–32, with a median of 29. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1160–1370 works out to about 23–30.

Does applying early decision help at Connecticut College?

41% of early decision applicants were admitted (222 of 546), against 37% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Connecticut College?

5 of the 471 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 1.1%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Connecticut College? (Middle 50%: 1160–1370)

First-year students at Connecticut College who sent an SAT scored 1160–1370, with a median of 1280 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Connecticut College admits 37% of applicants and is test optional.

Connecticut College · New London, CT

Where your score lands at Connecticut College

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1160–1370, median 1280

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Connecticut College by the numbers

Admit rate: 37%
Middle 50% SAT: 1160–1370
Median SAT: 1280
About on the ACT: 23–30
Sent an SAT: 52%

Test optional · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Connecticut College admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Connecticut College admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 53%, from 5,182 in 2015 to 7,950 in 2024, and Connecticut College's admit rate went from 40% to 37%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	7,950	2,945	37%
2023	9,397	3,597	38%
2022	8,744	3,533	40%
2021	7,682	3,146	41%
2020	6,882	2,596	38%
2019	6,784	2,538	37%
2018	6,433	2,429	38%
2017	5,434	2,063	38%
2016	5,879	2,065	35%
2015	5,182	2,071	40%

In fall 2024, 451 of the 2,945 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Connecticut College

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1110Far reachHold
1110–1150ReachHold
1160–1270TargetHold
1280 and upTargetSend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Connecticut College SAT sections and ACT

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	550	610	670
SAT Reading and Writing	610	660	710
SAT total	1160	1280	1370
ACT composite	26	29	32

Of enrolled first-year students, 52% sent an SAT and 14% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Connecticut College early decision and waitlist

Early decision

222 of 546 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision41%
All applicants37%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

1,269 applicants were offered a spot, 471 took it, and 5 were admitted from it.

1.1%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Connecticut College cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $36,175; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 82%
Median earnings: $75,001; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 2,032

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Connecticut College

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

More colleges in Connecticut

Every college for an SAT of1160 1280 1370

Sources

Connecticut College Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Connecticut College admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Connecticut College website
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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1160–1370, and the median was 1280. At 1280 or higher you're above half of them. Connecticut College admits 37% of applicants.

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