Connecticut has 20 private and 11 public 4-year colleges that enroll 20,686 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $24,846 for in-state students and $41,782 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Connecticut charge around $51,618 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Connecticut provided $4.2 million in financial aid to 1,430 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $335.1 million in grants and scholarships to 16,860 students.

Connecticut receives 1.1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 6,019 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $30.1 million in pell grant ($4,920 per student on average), and 10,698 students received a total amount of $59.9 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,934 per student on average).