Fairfield University

Located in Fairfield, CT; Fairfield University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.  Founded in 1942, by adjoining the two contiguous estates of the Brewster Jennings and Walter Lashar families, Fairfield sits on 200 acres of bucolic fields overlooking the Long Island Sound.  With only 3,300 undergrads and 1,300 grad students on campus, Fairfield’s tuition is higher than average at $41,000; but they do boast a low student to faculty ratio of 11:1.

Fairfield has acquired the nickname of J. Crew U; due to the disproportionate amount of disposable income the students tend to spend on clothing.  The typical Fairfield undergrad stereotype is white, upper middle class, spoiled and sheltered.

Students who applied to Fairfield University, also looked at Boston College, Connecticut College, and Sacred Heart University.

For more information on Fairfield University, visit  http://www.fairfield.edu/

Fairfield University is located at 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT  06824 (203) 254-4000