Sacred Heart University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Sacred Heart University is a private doctoral/professional university in Fairfield, CT (suburb setting), with 6,960 undergraduates (63% women), affiliated with the Roman Catholic. It admitted 68% of 14,284 applicants — upper half for selectivity among Division I schools (scores not considered). Cost of attendance is $70,760 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $46,165 on average after grants (bottom quarter for affordability in its division). 74% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, health professions & nursing, biological sciences. The campus reported 1 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — lower half for safety among Division I schools.
Against Division I schools
Percentile among 366 Division I institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Sacred Heart University ranks
2 top-ten finishes among Division I schools, across 63 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores not considered
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 74%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $48,460
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 2 burglaries · 28 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 1 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Sacred Heart University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Sacred Heart University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | Metro Conference | 37 | 9 over | 3 | $1.2M | $33,621 | 986 | |
| Baseball | Metro Conference | 39 | 5 over | 4 | $997k | $25,570 | 984 | |
| Men's Basketball | Metro Conference | 16 | 1 over | 5 | $2.2M | $137,136 | 954 | |
| Women's Basketball | Metro Conference | 14 | room 1 | 5 | $2M | $143,823 | 995 | |
| Men's Cross Country | Metro Conference | — | — | 2 | — | — | 987 | |
| Women's Cross Country | Metro Conference | — | — | 2 | — | — | 993 | |
| Field Hockey | Northeast Conference | 26 | room 1 | 2 | $853k | $32,795 | 1000 | |
| Football | Coastal Athletic Association | 154 | 49 over | 1 | $5.4M | $35,152 | 954 | |
| Men's Golf | Metro Conference | 15 | 6 over | 2 | $384k | $25,628 | 998 | |
| Women's Golf | Metro Conference | 9 | at cap | 2 | $432k | $48,031 | 992 | |
| Men's Ice Hockey | Atlantic Hockey America (Men's) | 31 | 5 over | 4 | $3.1M | $101,121 | 991 | |
| Women's Ice Hockey | New England Women's Hockey Alliance | 35 | 9 over | 3 | $1.3M | $37,369 | 1000 | |
| Men's Lacrosse | Metro Conference | 60 | 12 over | 4 | $1.4M | $23,440 | 983 | |
| Women's Lacrosse | Metro Conference | 30 | room 8 | 3 | $865k | $28,849 | 991 | |
| Women's Rowing | Metro Conference | 68 | at cap | 1 | $676k | $9,942 | 993 | |
| Men's Soccer | Metro Conference | 32 | 4 over | 4 | $824k | $25,754 | 980 | |
| Softball | Metro Conference | 25 | at cap | 3 | $1M | $41,356 | 1000 | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Metro Conference | 30 | at cap | 3 | $779k | $25,956 | 993 | |
| Men's Tennis | Metro Conference | 13 | 3 over | 4 | $243k | $18,669 | 994 | |
| Women's Tennis | Metro Conference | 12 | 2 over | 4 | $532k | $44,352 | 999 | |
| Men's Track & Field | Metro Conference | 232 | 187 over | 1 | $695k | $2,996 | 986 | |
| Women's Track & Field | Metro Conference | 269 | 224 over | 1 | $1.2M | $4,578 | 987 | |
| Men's Volleyball | Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association | 23 | 5 over | 2 | $487k | $21,178 | 985 | |
| Women's Volleyball | Metro Conference | 22 | 4 over | 2 | $1.2M | $56,409 | 989 | |
| Men's Wrestling | Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association | 58 | 28 over | 2 | $550k | $9,476 | 993 | |
| Women's Wrestling | Independent | 30 | at cap | 2 | $460k | $15,343 | — |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.