Yale is considered the best value for a college education in Connecticut. It took that top spot from UConn in a study released today.
SmartAsset’s second annual Best Value Colleges study shows Yale leads for Connecticut this year, after the list was topped by UConn in 2015. Schools were ranked as a result of their performance in categories including scholarships provided, starting salary, tuition, living costs and retention rate.
Yale had an overall education value index of 80.64, according to SmartAsset, a financial technology company that provides advice on personal finance decisions.
SmartAsset gave 25 percent weighting to starting salary, tuition, and living costs; and 12.5 percent weighting to scholarships and grants and student retention rate to come up with a ranking of schools. It used that ranking to create an index where the No. 1 school nationally was assigned 100.
UConn had a score of 64.67. The remaining Top 10 schools in Connecticut and their scores were: Trinity College, 54.21; Fairfield University, 51.28; Wesleyan University, 48.63; Central Connecticut State University, 44.8; Southern Connecticut State University, 44.56; Eastern Connecticut State University; 40.73; Quinnipiac, 40.65; and University of New Haven, 37.41.
