Connecticut Colleges Ranked: Yale Among Nation's Best For 2025

Your kid wants to stay in Connecticut for college, Yale, Wesleyan, or Trinity? If your Valedictorian is in the enviable position to choose, which would you go for?

A new study by WalletHub.com has just been released which ranks the top colleges and universities in America for 2025, and all three that I've mentioned have made the Top 100. In order to calculate their rankings WalletHub compared over 791 colleges and universities across the US across seven key dimensions: Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing, Faculty Resources, Campus Safety, Campus Experience, Educational Outcomes, and Career Outcomes.

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Those dimensions were further evaluated using 30 relevant metrics: Admission Rate, Share of Freshmen in Top 10% of High School Graduating Class, Net Cost, Student Loan Debt, Student-Faculty Ratio, On-Campus Crime & Arrests, Share of International Students, Gender & Racial Diversity, Graduation Rate, Post-Attendance Median Salary, and Share of Former Students Outearning High School Graduates among the 30.

The Top 10 Colleges & Universities in Connecticut for 2025 According to WalletHub

Yale
Wesleyan
Trinity
UConn
Connecticut College
Fairfield
Quinnipiac
Central
Western
Hartford

In the overall rankings from WalletHub Yale was ranked at #3, Wesleyan at #57, Trinity at #88, UConn at #106, and Connecticut College at #110.

At the top of the rankings for 2025 - #1 Princeton, #2 Harvard, #3 Yale, #4 Dartmouth, and #5 MIT. An East Coast/New England trouncing of all of the competition. California Institute of Technology ranked in at #6, the first representative from the West Coast. At the very bottom of the rankings were a wide array of schools in the American South and Southwest. Stay North in America, you'll do fine students.

Dudleytown, CT: The Ghost Town That Guards Its Secrets

What you’re about to read is a journey — my journey — into the mysteries of Dudleytown, the so-called “Village of the Damned.”

You’ll get the history, the legends, the frustrating investigations, and the eerie encounters. This isn’t just a ghost story. It’s about land ownership, mysterious incidents, government secrecy, and a community reluctant to talk. It’s curiosity pushing against walls of silence. So, buckle up — Dudleytown’s story is far stranger than you might expect.

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The Four Best Gyros That I've Recently Inhaled in Connecticut

Sliced, spiced lamb meat, roasted on a vertical grill, layered on a pita, slathered in Tzatziki sauce, tomatoes, and onion. A simple, traditional Greek gyro is a delicious treat. Some use lamb meat, while others use pork, beef, or even chicken. Here's the five best gyros that I've recently tried in Connecticut

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Have a Look Inside the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame

Did you know that Mohegan Sun is home to the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame? I didn't, and I quite literally strolled right into it this past weekend. Mohegan Sun has played a huge role in keeping the sport alive by hosting numerous events over the past few decades, it's a perfect place to honor the best boxers to ever come from Connecticut.

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