Goodwin University

East Hartford, CT · Private · 2,693 undergrads · website ↗

Open admission
$50 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

of students transfer to a four-year institution

Completed after transferring: 6.8%
Still enrolled after transferring: 1.8%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$28,205
$30,000 – $48,000	$29,159
$48,000 – $75,000	$29,804
$75,000 – $110,000	$33,401
Over $110,000	$30,550
All incomes (average)	$29,249

Sticker tuition and fees: $21,198 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Goodwin University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$14,804
Books and supplies	$1,200
Other expenses, off campus	$12,700

Outcomes

Completion rate: 58%
Students with Pell grants: 54%
Earnings @ 10yr: $43,596
Median debt: $33,500

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 13 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 32%

What students study

Health & Nursing65%

Business2%

Criminal Justice1%

Environmental Studies0%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (7)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	186	$78,939	$94,738national $80,813	$40,220
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	78	$44,833	$53,171national $48,027	$37,764
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	32	$41,263	$44,721national $42,269	$24,750
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	22	$38,084	$67,154national $52,962	$33,967
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	18	$74,978	$73,765national $61,982	$36,250
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	7	$72,450	$80,466national $65,389	—
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	—	$54,574	—national $57,472	—

Undergraduate certificates (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	98	$50,703	$57,332national $57,294	$6,311
Health and Medical Administrative Services	18	$38,574	$50,098national $35,447	$19,000
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	—	—	$49,189national $38,675	—

Bachelor's degrees (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	74	$92,971	$99,458national $88,910	$36,123
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	16	$46,917	$56,618national $68,245	$42,669
Business/Commerce, General	13	—	$69,592national $68,407	—
Human Services, General	8	—	$66,583national $48,597	—
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	—	—	$45,132national $48,568	—

Master's degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	22	$58,715	—national $103,485	$24,895
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	21	—	—national $120,193	$52,045

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 36 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 2 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: One Riverside Drive, East Hartford, CT 06118
Phone: (860) 528-4111
Institutional accreditor: New England Commission on Higher Education

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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