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Mitchell College

New London, Connecticut · Small city

94.7%
Admit rate
$30,260
Avg net price
42%
Graduation rate
$39,115
Median earnings

Mitchell College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in New London, Connecticut (small city setting), enrolling 377 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 377 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 95% admitNCAA Division III without footballCold wintersNear the coast

About New London, Connecticut

New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the outlet of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, which empties into Long Island Sound. John Winthrop, Jr. founded the first English settlement here in 1646, making it about the 13th town settled in Connecticut. Inhabitants referred to it informally as Nameaug or as Pequot after the tribe. Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) lived in New London and wrote several plays in the city. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
43 miles to Hartford, CT
To the ocean
< 1 mile
Nearest airport
15 miles to Westerly State (WST)

How Mitchell College compares

Selectivity94.7%

More selective than 14% · #22 most selective of 24 in Connecticut

Graduation rate42%

Higher than 26% · #24 of 26 in Connecticut

First-year retention59%

Higher than 12%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,115

Higher than 12% · #23 of 25 in Connecticut

Average net price$30,260

Cheaper than 15% · #17 cheapest of 26 in Connecticut

Median debt at graduation$25,150

Lower than 30%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 68%

Undergraduate enrollment377

Larger than 18%

Percentiles compare Mitchell College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Connecticut.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

377undergrads
  • Women16444%
  • Men21356%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White55%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic19%
  • Asian1.6%
  • Other or multiracial11%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
377
Student–faculty ratio
11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
38%
First-generation students
35%
Students over 25
9%
Median family income
$55,060
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$67,599
Endowment
$9,384,025

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 83 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Connecticut60%
  • Other U.S. states39%
  • International1.2%

A regional draw: about 60% of first-years come from Connecticut, the rest from elsewhere.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
94.7%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$40,490
Room & board
$16,160
Books & supplies
$1,200
Total cost of attendance
$55,621
Average net price
$30,260

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
42%
Graduated on time (4 years)
31%
First-year retention
59%
Transferred to another college
37%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,330
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,115
Median debt at graduation
$25,150
Students with federal loans
59%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
53%

About 12% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
31%
Low-income (Pell)
44%
First-generation
40%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
535
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
100%+
Housing charge (year)
$8,490
Meal plan (year)
$7,050
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NCAA Division III without football
Varsity athletes
179 (105 men · 74 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (8)

Baseball39
Soccer39
Basketball29
Lacrosse28
Softball14
Volleyball13
Cross Country10
Golf7

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
3.8 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
5
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (442 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.7reported offenses a year
1.7 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
1.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$26,485
$30–48k
$27,972
$48–75k
$29,970
$75–110k
$29,559
$110k+
$35,675

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$132,264

$29,970/year × about 4.4 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

98%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$18,181
average award, among those who get one

Mitchell College discounts heavily: 98% of freshmen are awarded a grant straight from the school, averaging $18,181. For many families the real price lands well below sticker.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 99 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$39,115
Typical debt at graduation
$25,150
Debt vs. one year's pay
64%
Out-earn a HS grad
43%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$36,732
Men
$41,464

Men out-earn women by $4,732 (13%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
80°F
Winter low
23°F
Annual rain
39.3″
Annual snow
24.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.93.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Groton New London AP, CT US station (2.4 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.