Please follow the steps below to ensure that your submittal is complete:
Applicable to All Applicants
Complete this online application. After you are finished, click the SUBMIT button located on the left column of the application and follow the directions.
Mail the nonrefundable $50 application processing fee to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions at the address below. Make check or money order payable to Central Connecticut State University. Your cancelled check or money order is your receipt.
All materials requested should be sent directly to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions at CCSU by the high school or the college registrar's office. Unofficial or student copies will not be accepted.
The information furnished by you on your application for admission, together with all other information and materials received by the Office of Recruitment and Admissions from any source, will be kept completely confidential. It will not be disclosed to anyone, except that the director of recruitment and admissions may, for official purposes only, release information according to the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
Please complete every question. If you are unsure how to answer, kindly call the Office of Recruitment.
To apply as a first year student, please send the following to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions:
- An official copy of your high school transcript (including latest class rank) or official GED results*
- First quarter or midyear grades
- SAT I, ACT, or other standardized test results**
- Recommendations
- Final transcript must be submitted upon graduation
- Personal essay required
*If you did not graduate from high school, you must submit a copy of your General Equivalency Diploma (GED) test results or home school information. Applicants should also request that their former high school send a transcript. Please contact your State Department of Education for GED information. In Connecticut call (860) 638-4153.
**The university requires that only first year applicants submit scores from the Scholastic Assessment Tests administered by the College Entrance Examination Board. You should request that CEEB send the results to CCSU. All necessary information about the SAT I may be obtained from any high school guidance office.
To apply as a transfer, please send the following to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions:
- An official copy of your final high school transcript or official GED results
- Official transcript from all colleges and universities attended*
- Personal statement or work recommendation (optional)
- Resume (optional)
*Failure to list all colleges on the application or to provide said transcripts from each may be considered sufficient reason for refusal of admission or dismissal from the university.
International students
The Office of Recruitment and Admissions provides a separate application for international applicants. Please contact the office to obtain an application for international undergraduate admission. Deadlines for applying are April 1 for the fall (Aug-Dec) semester and November 1 for the spring (Jan-May) semester.
For those whose native language is not English, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required. Arrangements to take the TOEFL should be made by contacting TOEFL Programs and Services, Educational Testing Services, CN 6154, Princeton, NJ 08541-6154, USA.