Mitchell College
New London, CT
Mitchell College is a private college in New London, Connecticut, a small city, with 377 undergraduates. Kinesiology and communication are its signature fields: together they make up 32% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times their share across the colleges we cover. 42% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $39,115 ten years after starting.
Mitchell College admitted 950 of 1,295 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (73.4%).
- Acceptance rate
- 73.4%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $40,490
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $30,260
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Mitchell College is known for
Measured by the 110 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Kinesiology
17.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: about seven times the 2.6% share across the colleges we cover.
Communication
14.5%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 4.5% share across the colleges we cover.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness1917.3% of degrees$45,446−17% vs $54,562 nationally
- Communication and Media Studies1614.5% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods1513.6% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences1311.8% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology109.1% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Criminal Justice and Corrections109.1% of degrees$50,035−10% vs $55,378 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
New London, CT
Undergraduates
377
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Baccalaureate college, diverse fields
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
11 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
0%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Mitchell College
Three things Mitchell College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Mitchell College reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The admit rate fell from 83% to 73% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
Families paid $30,260 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
73.4%
950 admitted of 1,295 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Mitchell College?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Mitchell College costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $40,490, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $55,621. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $30,260 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$40,490
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$55,621
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$30,260
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $55,621 full cost.
- Under $30k$26,485Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$27,972Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$29,970Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$29,559Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$35,675Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
42%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
59%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$39,115
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$25,150
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate fell from 83% to 73%.
What Mitchell College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scores
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: you would write all 2.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
Verified July 17, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Connecticut
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Sacred Heart University67.7%
- Central Connecticut State University79.3%
- University of Saint Joseph79.6%
- Eastern Connecticut State University80.5%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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