University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut is a public institution that was founded in 1881. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 19,241, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 4,109 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Connecticut's ranking in the 2019 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 63. Its in-state tuition and fees are $15,730 (2018-19); out-of-state tuition and fees are $38,098.

The University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, was originally known as the Storrs Agricultural School ­— a fitting name for an institution surrounded by farmland. Storrs is a sleepy town about a 30-minute drive from Hartford; 60 minutes from Providence, R.I.; and 90 minutes from Boston.