Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational university where students engage in an educational experience that’s both personal and challenging from faculty who care deeply about student outcomes. We offer a diverse range of programs and courses, including our industry-leading dual-degree programs, to approximately 6,500 undergraduate and 2,900 graduate, law and medical students.
Quinnipiac has 6,557 undergraduates, 2,867 graduate, doctoral, law and medical students enrolled (Fall 2024).
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Small class sizes mean professors are able to get to know their students well — and offer one-on-one guidance.
President Judy Olian is widely recognized as an innovative leader in higher education. She became Quinnipiac University’s 9th president in July 2018.
In addition to the president, the mission, strategy and operations of Quinnipiac University are led by the president’s leadership council, academic deans and the Board of Trustees.
Our mission at Quinnipiac is to build the University of the Future with a strategy propelling us from our storied past toward an ambitious, inclusive and innovative future. We exist to prepare graduates as enlightened global citizens equipped for the challenges and opportunities of 21st-century careers.
Quinnipiac continues to enjoy strong growth. Throughout 2024, the university welcomed more than 4,000 new students, including the largest graduate class in our history, and the second-largest, first-year undergraduate class in our history this fall. This past May, the university conferred degrees to 2,891 graduates, including 1,674 undergraduates.
Our undergraduate, graduate, dual-degree, law and medicine programs are offered across 8 professional schools and our College of Arts and Sciences. Our academic centers and institutes pair our students and faculty together to transform in-class academic theory into real-world solutions.
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At Quinnipiac, you’ll do more than earn a degree. You'll become a part of our vibrant community where students rally around common interests, passions and causes.
You’ll see this collective passion come to life through our 146 student-run organizations, while volunteering in the local community or through service-learning opportunities available around the world.
Between the impressive performances of our 2023 NCAA National Championship ice hockey team, three-time defending national champion women’s rugby team, and our women’s basketball team’s trip to the Sweet 16 — not to mention multiple conference titles for many of our teams — it’s never been a better time to be a member of #BobcatNation.
Our university consists of three campuses in Hamden and North Haven, Connecticut. You'll be surrounded by the seasonal beauty of New England, all while enjoying easy access to New York City, Boston and other cities.
Our mission at Quinnipiac is to build the University of the Future with a strategy propelling us from our storied past toward an ambitious, inclusive and innovative future. We prepare graduates as enlightened global citizens equipped for the challenges and opportunities of current and future careers. We are a community that embraces positive change, inclusive excellence, kindness and generosity of spirit, with a commitment to lift the communities in which we live. Our students, faculty and staff are bold and curious, innovators and explorers. We partner with employers to understand and prepare graduates who meet their talent and technological needs, we embrace lifelong learning, and we pursue learning and scholarship that asks and addresses significant societal and scientific questions.
Our strategic plan describes our ideals, and articulates the present and future goals for academic programs, approaches to enriching equity and inclusivity, lifelong learning opportunities, ties to the communities we serve, alumni outreach, and capital programs that advance these goals. The plan is enabled through the nimble and forward-thinking nature of Quinnipiac as we work to become the University of the Future.
The plan rests on four pillars:
