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WestConn Facts & Figures

Campuses
Western has two campuses in Danbury: a 34-acre main campus in downtown Danbury called Midtown, and a 364-acre campus, about three miles from the main campus, called Westside.

Schools
The Ancell School of Business
The Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences
The School of Professional Studies
The School of Visual and Performing Arts

Student Headcounts in Fall 2025

3,433 = Full-time 3,347 = Full-time Undergraduate7  86= Full-time Graduate
1,140 = Part-time 599 = Part-time Undergraduate  541= Part-time Graduate
4,573 = Total 3,946 = Undergraduate  627 = Graduate

Student Headcount Enrollment in Fall 2025

Undergraduate Enrollment by School
986 = Ancell School of Business
930 = Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences
1061 = School of Professional Studies
691 = School of Visual and Performing Arts
278 = Undergraduate Nondegree Students

Graduate Enrollment
569 = Graduate Students in Degree and Certificate Programs
58 = Graduate-level Nondegree Students

Undergraduate Admissions, Fall 2025
7,379 = New Applications for Full-time Enrollment (including 958 transfers)
6,756 = Accepted by the Admissions office (including 608 transfers)
1,115 = Enrolled as New Full-Time Students (including 310 transfers)

Profile of First-Time Full-Time Students Entering in Fall 2025 (as a percentage of 805)
Women comprise 46.8% of the entering class, and members of historically-underrepresented racial and ethnic groups comprise 59.9% of the entering class.
 

Geographic Origin of Undergraduates, Fall 2025 (as a percentage of 3,946 students)

18.8% = Danbury 6.3% = New Milford
6.1% = Bethel 5.5% = Brookfield
5.0% = New Fairfield 2.4% = Newtown
29.4% = Other Connecticut 19.4% = New York State
2.9% = Other States and Countries

Degrees Conferred from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025

7 = Doctorates 188 = Masters
734 = Bachelors 8 = Associates

Degree and Certificate Programs
Undergraduate programs = 44               Graduate programs = 23

Teaching Faculty, Fall 2025   (Source: Human Resources)
178 are Full-time
338 are Part-time (112.67 = full-time equivalent)
91% of full-time faculty have doctorates and other approved terminal degrees

Full-Time Teaching Faculty by School, Fall 2023
29 = Ancell School of Business
64 = Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences
49 = School of Professional Studies
38 = School of Visual and Performing Arts

Student to Faculty Ratio, Fall 2019
12.9 to 1 (Total Student FTE divided by Total Faculty FTE)

WestConn Tuition & Fees

* Note: The source of all student statistics is the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, unless otherwise specified.

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