Psychology, Biology, and English. The current freshman retention rate is 90%, and the four year graduation rate among the most recent graduating class was 83%.
In the fall of 2017, the faculty to student ratio was 12:1. The average class size was 22 students and 80% of classes had under 30 students in them. There were 270 full-time and 319 part-time faculty members. Of the full-time faculty, 90% had a doctorate, 3% had a terminal master's, and 7% had a master's.
=== Rankings ===
Ranked tied for 132rd overall for 2025 among "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report, 45th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", second for "Most Innovative", and 131st for "Best Value" in the National category.
For 2021, Washington Monthly ranked Fairfield University 122nd among 614 Master's universities in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance places Fairfield 41st in its 2019 ranking of the 177 best value …
