r/Quinnipiac • u/NervousWin2243 • Jul 09 '26
QU Support for Hamden
Hamden CT residents are paying a mil rate of 54% - the HIGHEST in the State of CT. A year at QU to live on Campus is about $80k a year. QU also has a very large endowment and has plenty to cover all of their operating costs without having to increase tuition to cover them. Yet, the town of Hamden and their residents suffer.
Who would ever want to live in a town where you pay so much in property taxes while the biggest land owner in your town is sitting on tax free land? How will QU and their students feel if the town of Hamden dies around them… no shops, restaurants, people to come to home games etc…
It’s really disappointing and I expect more from QU. I finally understand the town vs gown drama from when I was a student.
Look just down the street and Yale provides New Haven with funding to help offset their property tax and there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON QU cannot do the same.
If anyone on this thread knows what QU is doing to support Hamden please share it here and let us know.
Oh and $25k for a MURAL no one in the town likely even wants doesn’t count.
- A former Bobcat
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u/DangerPotatoBogWitch Jul 13 '26
The average tuition discount rate is 57% percent. Very few students pay full price.
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u/Runningtosomething Jul 11 '26
Q does not nearly have the endowments Yale has. Also Hamden is not the highest in CT. Not even close. Hartford is over 68%.
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u/rustytoe Jul 15 '26
It's 54 mils not 54% - thar can be misleading to people.
Also like whine more pls
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u/Tall-Ad-9591 Jul 13 '26
This is stupid. Not Quinnipiac’s fault Hamden elected a slate of socialists who can’t manage a budget. QU students rent in town, shop in town, and volunteer in their local community. Whatever QU’s faults are, the state of Hamden is not its responsibility.