Fairfield achieved a top five percent national ranking overall.
Fairfield University is proud to announce its placement at No. 50 among the nation’s top colleges according to College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges rankings. This prestigious ranking positions Fairfield in the top 5 percent of colleges nationwide.
College Factual analyzed 2,152 institutions across the U.S., taking into consideration more than 20 objective factors including graduation rates, post-graduate earnings, and average expenditure per student.
On the online ranking site's 2025 Best Colleges in the New England Region list, Fairfield was ranked No. 14 out of 154 institutions. This ranking is based on objective criteria including freshman retention rates, graduation rates, student-to-faculty ratios, and post-graduate earnings, among other metrics.
In the Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges category, Fairfield ranked No. 51 out of 1,398 schools, also among the top 5 percent in the nation.
In addition to Charles F. Dolan School of Business programs in marketing, management, accounting, and finance, and Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies programs, Fairfield’s College of Arts & Sciences was recognized by College Factual at the national level for its excellent programs in English, public relations, communication, journalism, media studies, political science, psychology, social sciences, mathematics, economics, and biology.
