Fairfield University

Fairfield University is a private institution that was founded in 1942. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,873, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 200 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Fairfield University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (North), 3. Its tuition and fees are $43,770 (2014-15).

Fairfield University is a Jesuit school located on the shoreline of Connecticut, about 60 miles from New York City. At Fairfield, students can choose from more than 40 undergraduate majors and dozens of advanced degrees, including those in the Dolan School of Business or the nursing school. Fairfield encourages students to explore the arts by bringing numerous performers to campus each year. In Fairfield's various venues and theaters, students can see dance troupes, musical acts, magic shows, acrobatics, live radio dramas and traveling art exhibits.

Students can also explore about 80 campus organizations or jump on a train for an hour to New York. Fairfield also has many club and intramural sports and 20 Stags varsity teams, which mainly compete in the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Notable alumni include Carmen Wong Ulrich, former host of the CNBC show "On the Money," and actor Paul Marcarelli, famed for asking, “Can you hear me now?” in numerous Verizon Wireless commercials.