Coaching staff
- Jake JayworthHead Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach
- Andrea CondieAssistant Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach
Campus and facilities
The university offers 43 majors and 19 minors for undergraduate students, as well as 41 different graduate programs. Among undergraduates, the most popular majors ranked in order of popularity are Nursing, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Communication, Psychology, Biology, and English. The faculty to student ratio is currently 12:1. The average class size is 22 students, and 80% of classes have under 30 students in them.
- Established
- 1942
- Website
- fairfield.edu
Facilities
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at FU
Fields of study
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Admissions and graduation
- Graduated within six years
- 85%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2019. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2025–26
- In-state and out-of-state
- $60,810 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $60,810 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2024–25
- $80,799 USD
- Average net price, 2024–25
- $49,906 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $30,752 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $35,919 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $37,768 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $42,341 USD
- Over $110,000
- $53,583 USD