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• Founded 1881
• Main Campus: Storrs
• 5 Regional Campuses:
  • Avery Point, Greater Hartford, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury
    School of Law: Hartford
• School of Social Work: Greater Hartford Campus
• Health Center: Farmington
  • (Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine, graduate programs,
    medical & dental clinics & John Dempsey Hospital)
• Land Grant & Sea Grant College, & Space Grant consortium institution
• Storrs & Regionals = 4,104 acres; Health Center = 162 acres

As of October 2004:

• 78 major projects completed
• $1.037 billion in construction-related contracts issued
  • 88% of funds to Connecticut contractors
  • 24% of funds to set-aside contractors
• Over 8.1 million square feet of new and renovated space completed
• Bond Credit Ratings by Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s remain
  consistently strong

• 17 Schools & College
  • Agriculture & Natural Resources, Allied Health,
    Business, Continuing Studies, Dental Medicine,
    Neag Education, Engineering, Family Studies,
    Fine Arts, Graduate, Law, Liberal Arts & Sciences,
    Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Ratcliffe Hicks, Social Work
• 8 undergraduate degrees: 103 majors
• 14 graduate degrees: 87 fields of study
• 5 professional degree programs (J.D., LL.M, M.D., D.M.D., Pharm.D.)

• 35% were in top 10% of High School Class
• 79% were in top 25% of High School Class
• 38 valedictorians and 53 salutatorians
• 61% more freshmen than in Fall 95
• 77% more minority freshmen than in Fall 95

Since 1995: 567 valedictorians and salutatorians enrolled at all campuses

* 109 countries were represented in the 2004-05 international student population.
** 75% of undergraduates on Main Campus are Connecticut residents.

UConn’s Main Campus ranks 21 out of 58 public research universities in
graduation rate for all freshmen and 12 out of 58 public research universities
for minority freshmen. (Sources: U.S. News 2005 America’s Best Colleges & 2003 IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey)

MAIN CAMPUS & REGIONAL CAMPUSES

HEALTH CENTER

• Campaign UConn was successfully completed having raised a total of $471.1 million, exceeding its $300 million goal by 57 percent.
  • More than 115,000 friends of the University made 322,827 gifts during the Campaign; more than half were first-time donors.
  • A total of 415 new endowments to support students, faculty and programs were established during the Campaign.
• FY 04 was the most successful year of fund-raising in the University’s history. In addition to the $146.1 million in-kind gift, the University raised $75 million.
• In FY 04, the Annual Fund surpassed its $2.5 million goal.
• Alumni giving participation rate was 24 percent.
• At the close of FY 04, the total assets of the UConn Foundation reached $311 million, an increase of 18.7 percent over the prior year.
• In August 2004, the University received a $10 million gift from Carole and Ray Neag to name the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UConn Health Center.

• Approximately 166,000 total Alumni
• Over 96,000 Alumni live in Connecticut
• Among recent graduates:
  • 94% of recent graduates would recommend UConn to others
  • 92% of recent graduates are either employed or are in graduate/professional school
  • 73% of those working full-time are doing so in Connecticut

FY 04 external funding, sponsored activities: $190.8 million (est.)
(excluding financial aid):

• $92.0 million (48%) at Main & Regional Campuses
• $98.8 million (52%) at Health Center

Source for the $190.8 million (est.) in FY 04
Federal: 79.6% State: 6.5% Private/Other: 13.9%

• Main & Regional Campuses - http://www.uconn.edu
• Health Center - http://www.uchc.edu