Quick Facts provide a reference to commonly asked questions about
institutional data for the current academic year including basic
information on the entering class, student body, and faculty.
Incoming
Students
Fall
2009 Entering Full-Time First-Time Freshman
Fall 2009 Entering Full and Part-Time
Transfer Students
Current Students
Total Enrollment For Fall 2009
Residency
and Geographic Distribution of Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Top 5
Undergraduate Majors By % of Enrollment
Graduating
Students
Graduation Rates (For
Cohort Entering Fall 2003)
Resident Student Expenses
Estimate of
Undergraduate Expenses For Resident Students
Alumni
Class Size
Faculty
Fall 2009 Full-Time Faculty By Rank and Tenure Status
Fall 2009 Part-Time Instructors (Unduplicated
Headcount)
Fall 2009 Faculty Full-Time Equivalent
Fall 2009 Undergraduate Student To Faculty Ratio
Highest Degree Held By
Fall 2009 Faculty
Finance
Incoming
Students
Fall 2009 Entering Full-Time
First-Time Freshman
|
Full-Time,
First-Time Freshman |
|
|
Total Applications |
5,871 |
|
Total Accepted |
3,313 |
|
Acceptance Rate |
56% |
|
Total Matriculated |
683 |
|
Women |
397 |
|
Men |
286 |
|
Yield Rate |
21% |
|
Average SAT Math |
610 |
|
Average SAT Verbal/CR |
600 |
|
Average SAT Composite |
1210 |
|
High School Class Rank |
13% |
Fall
2009 Entering Full and Part-Time Transfer Students
|
Transfer
Students |
|
|
Total Applications |
138 |
|
Total Accepted |
74 |
|
Total Matriculated |
23 |
|
Women |
13 |
|
Men |
10 |
Current Students
Total Enrollment For Fall 2009
|
Degree
-Seeking Students |
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|
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
|
Women |
1,453 |
20 |
1,473 |
|
|
Men |
964 |
11 |
975 |
|
|
Degree-Seeking
Total |
2,417 |
31 |
2,448 |
|
|
Non-Degree
Seeking Students |
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|
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
|
Women |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Men |
2 |
9 |
11 |
|
|
Non-Degree
Seeking Total |
3 |
17 |
20 |
|
|
Total
Enrollment |
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|
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
|
Women |
1,454 |
28 |
1,482 |
|
|
Men |
966 |
20 |
986 |
|
|
Total Enrollment |
2,420 |
48 |
2,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student
Full-Time Equivalent* |
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|
Total |
2,436 |
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* Full-Time
Student=1; Part-Time Student=1/3
Residency & Geographic Distribution
of Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
|
Resident
vs. Commuter |
|
|
Resident |
89% |
|
Commuter |
11% |
|
|
|
|
Home
State |
|
|
Massachusetts |
53% |
|
Other New England |
29% |
|
Mid-Atlantic |
16% |
|
Other U.S. |
3% |
|
International |
0.4% |
Top 5 Declared Undergraduate
Majors By % of Enrollment*
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
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|
Major |
% |
Major |
% |
|
Business |
25 |
Business |
35 |
|
Biology |
8 |
Psychology |
13 |
|
Psychology |
8 |
Criminology |
10 |
|
Education |
8 |
Communication |
7 |
|
Communication |
6 |
Health Care Admin |
7 |
* Percentages based on all
degree-seeking students in each category. Undeclared BSBA students are
included in the Business percentage.
Undeclared AB students represent 8% of the total in the
Full-Time category and
0% in the Part-Time Category.
|
Attrition
Rates |
|
|
Freshman-Sophomore |
11% |
|
Sophomore-Junior |
4% |
|
Junior-Senior |
1% |
|
Average (Full-Time Students) |
6% |
Graduating
Students
Graduation Rates (For Cohort Entering Fall
2003)
|
Graduation
Rates |
|
|
4-Year |
80% (451 of 565) |
|
6-Year |
82% (464 of 565) |
|
Degrees
Awarded |
|
|
Bachelor’s |
569 |
|
Master of Science in Accounting |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Bachelor
Degrees (By Type) |
|
|
AB (Bachelor of Arts) |
68% |
|
BS (Bachelor of Science) |
8% |
|
BSBA (Bachelor of Business Admin) |
24% |
|
|
|
|
Bachelor
Degrees (By Carnegie Classification) |
|
|
Liberal Arts |
57% |
|
Sciences |
8% |
|
Pre-Professional |
35% |
Resident Student Expenses
Estimate of Undergraduate Expenses For Resident Students &
Residence Hall Capacity
|
Estimated
Expenses: Academic Year 2009 - 2010 |
|
|
Tuition, Fees, Room and Board |
|
|
Tuition |
$31,210 |
|
Fees |
$0 |
|
Room and Board |
$12,240 |
|
Total |
$ 43,450 |
|
|
|
|
Other Expenses (Estimated for Resident
Students) |
|
|
Books |
$1,200 |
|
Personal |
$810 |
|
Transportation |
$180 |
|
Other |
$26 |
|
Total |
$2,216 |
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Expenses |
$45,666 |
|
|
|
|
Residence
Hall Capacity |
|
|
Total |
1,945 |
Alumni
|
Alumni |
|
|
Total Graduates |
21,944 |
|
Total Alumni |
22,058 |
|
Total Addressable Alumni |
20,258 |
|
Percent of Addressable Alumni |
95% |
|
Alumni Giving Rate |
20% |
Class Size
|
Percentages
of Classes By Size |
|
|
Less than 10 |
10.6% |
|
10 – 19 |
31.8% |
|
20 – 29 |
50.5% |
|
30 – 39 |
6% |
|
40 + |
1.1% |
|
Total Sections |
554 |
|
Average Class Size |
20.1 |
Faculty
Fall 2009 Full-Time Faculty By Rank and Tenure Status
|
Full-Time
Faculty By Rank |
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|
Rank |
Count |
% |
|
Professor |
35 |
23 |
|
Associate Professor |
51 |
33 |
|
Assistant Professor |
53 |
35 |
|
Instructor/Fellow |
13 |
9 |
|
Total |
152 |
100 |
|
|
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|
Full-Time
Faculty By Tenure Status |
||
|
Tenure Status |
Count |
% |
|
Tenured |
80 |
53 |
|
Tenure Track |
29 |
19 |
|
Non-Tenure Track |
43 |
28 |
|
Total |
152 |
100 |
Fall 2009 Part-Time Instructors (Unduplicated Headcount)
|
Part-Time
Instructors |
||
|
Part-Time Faculty |
Administrators* |
Total |
|
91 |
12 |
103 |
* Administrators include all
Full-time employees of the College who are not counted
as Full-time Faculty.
Fall 2009 Faculty Full-Time Equivalent*
|
Faculty
Full-Time Equivalent |
|
|
Full-Time Faculty FTE |
152 |
|
Part-Time Faculty FTE |
34 |
|
Total FTE |
186 |
Fall 2009 Undergraduate Student To Faculty Ratio**
|
Student
To Faculty Ratio |
|
13.1 to 1 |
* Full-Time Faculty=1; Part-Time
Faculty=1/3
** Student to Faculty Ratio is calculated by
dividing the Student FTE by the Faculty FTE.
Highest Degree Held By Fall 2009 Faculty
|
Highest
Degree Held By Faculty |
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|
Degree Type |
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
Doctorate, First
Professional, Terminal |
125 |
41 |
166 |
|
Master’s |
23 |
57 |
80 |
|
Bachelor’s |
4 |
5 |
9 |
|
Total |
152 |
103 |
255 |
Finance
Endowment Market Value, Fiscal Year 2008 – 2009
|
Endowment
Market Value |
|
$116,193,082 |