Western Connecticut State University Business Programs

Western Connecticut State University is a public institution located in Danbury, Connecticut. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Western Connecticut State University?

Contact details for WestConn are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810-6826
Phone:	203-837-8200
Website:	www.wcsu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.wcsu.edu/facebook/
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/westconn

How Do I Get Into WestConn?

You can apply to WestConn online at: www.wcsu.edu/admissions/application/

Admission Requirements for WestConn

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into WestConn?

With an acceptance rate of 81%, WestConn may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Can I Afford Western Connecticut State University?

The overall average net price of WestConn is $36,263. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WestConn, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $6,777 a year. That adds up to $27,108 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WestConn is 6.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Western Connecticut State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,640 undergraduate students at WestConn, with 3,849 being full-time and 791 being part-time.

There are also 606 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,849 full-time undergraduates at WestConn, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Connecticut State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	183
Black or African American	341
Hispanic or Latino	873
White	2,211
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	240

Geographic Diversity

Connecticut students aren't the only ones who study at Western Connecticut State University. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at WestConn. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and France.

Online Learning at Western Connecticut State University

In 2019-2020, 4,997 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WestConn has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of WestConn

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Connecticut State University was 185.0%. This is the #246 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WestConn regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Western Connecticut State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	78	0	78
Accounting	64	0	64
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	56	0	56
Finance	33	0	33
General Management Information Systems	23	0	23
General Business/Commerce	0	14	14
General Economics	7	0	7
TOTAL	261	14	275

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Andrew Gusciora under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.