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
2008 Entering Full-Time First-Time Freshman
Fall 2008 Entering Full and Part-Time
Transfer Students
Current Students
Total Enrollment For Fall 2008
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 2002)
Resident Student Expenses
Estimate of
Undergraduate Expenses For Resident Students
Alumni
Class Size
Faculty
Fall 2008 Full-Time Faculty By Rank and Tenure Status
Fall 2008 Part-Time Instructors (Unduplicated
Headcount)
Fall 2008 Faculty Full-Time Equivalent
Fall 2008 Undergraduate Student To Faculty Ratio
Highest Degree Held By
Fall 2008 Faculty
Finance
Incoming
Students
Fall 2008 Entering Full-Time
First-Time Freshman
|
Full-Time,
First-Time Freshman |
|
|
Total Applications |
6,838 |
|
Total Accepted |
3,080 |
|
Acceptance Rate |
45% |
|
Total Matriculated |
634 |
|
Women |
384 |
|
Men |
250 |
|
Yield Rate |
21% |
|
Average SAT Math |
600 |
|
Average SAT Verbal/CR |
600 |
|
Average SAT Composite |
1200 |
|
High School Class Rank |
12% |
Fall
2008 Entering Full and Part-Time Transfer Students
|
Transfer
Students |
|
|
Total Applications |
188 |
|
Total Accepted |
120 |
|
Total Matriculated |
45 |
|
Women |
28 |
|
Men |
17 |
Current Students
Total Enrollment For Fall 2008
|
Degree
-Seeking Students |
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|
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
|
Women |
1,424 |
29 |
1,453 |
|
|
Men |
938 |
17 |
955 |
|
|
Degree-Seeking
Total |
2,362 |
46 |
2,408 |
|
|
Non-Degree
Seeking Students |
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|
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
|
Women |
0 |
12 |
12 |
|
|
Men |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Non-Degree
Seeking Total |
1 |
17 |
18 |
|
|
Total
Enrollment |
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|
|
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
|
Women |
1,424 |
41 |
1,465 |
|
|
Men |
939 |
22 |
961 |
|
|
Total Enrollment |
2,363 |
63 |
2,426 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student
Full-Time Equivalent* |
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|
Total |
2,384 |
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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 |
88% |
|
Commuter |
12% |
|
|
|
|
Home
State |
|
|
Massachusetts |
53% |
|
Other New England |
28% |
|
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 |
46 |
|
Psychology |
9 |
Communication |
11 |
|
Education |
7 |
Health Care Admin |
7 |
|
Biology |
7 |
Psychology |
7 |
|
Communication |
6 |
Criminology |
4 |
* 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 |
7% |
|
Junior-Senior |
2% |
|
Average (Full-Time Students) |
7% |
Graduating
Students
Graduation Rates (For Cohort Entering Fall
2002)
|
Graduation
Rates |
|
|
4-Year |
79% (448 of 566) |
|
6-Year |
82% (463 of 566) |
|
Degrees
Awarded |
|
|
Certificate |
2 |
|
Bachelor’s |
588 |
|
Master of Science in Accounting |
7 |
|
|
|
|
Bachelor
Degrees (By Type) |
|
|
AB (Bachelor of Arts) |
70% |
|
BS (Bachelor of Science) |
8% |
|
BSBA (Bachelor of Business Admin) |
22% |
|
|
|
|
Bachelor
Degrees (By Carnegie Classification) |
|
|
Liberal Arts |
59% |
|
Sciences |
8% |
|
Pre-Professional |
33% |
Resident Student Expenses
Estimate of Undergraduate Expenses For Resident Students &
Residence Hall Capacity
|
Estimated
Expenses: Academic Year 2008 - 2009 |
|
|
Tuition, Fees, Room and Board |
|
|
Tuition |
$30,150 |
|
Fees |
$0 |
|
Room and Board |
$11,830 |
|
Total |
$ 41,980 |
|
|
|
|
Other Expenses (Estimated for Resident
Students) |
|
|
Books |
$1,200 |
|
Personal |
$810 |
|
Transportation |
$180 |
|
Other |
$72 |
|
Total |
$2,262 |
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Expenses |
$44,242 |
|
|
|
|
Residence
Hall Capacity |
|
|
Total |
1,891 |
Alumni
|
Alumni |
|
|
Total Graduates |
21,397 |
|
Total Alumni |
21,508 |
|
Total Addressable Alumni |
19,836 |
|
Percent of Addressable Alumni |
95% |
|
Alumni Giving Rate |
21% |
Class Size
|
Percentages
of Classes By Size |
|
|
Less than 10 |
9.5% |
|
10 – 19 |
33.6% |
|
20 – 29 |
49.1% |
|
30 – 39 |
7.1% |
|
40 + |
.8% |
|
Total Sections |
536 |
|
Average Class Size |
20.2 |
Faculty
Fall 2008 Full-Time Faculty By Rank and Tenure Status
|
Full-Time
Faculty By Rank |
||
|
Rank |
Count |
% |
|
Professor |
34 |
23 |
|
Associate Professor |
52 |
36 |
|
Assistant Professor |
51 |
34 |
|
Instructor/Fellow |
11 |
7 |
|
Total |
148 |
100 |
|
|
||
|
Full-Time
Faculty By Tenure Status |
||
|
Tenure Status |
Count |
% |
|
Tenured |
80 |
54 |
|
Tenure Track |
29 |
20 |
|
Non-Tenure Track |
39 |
26 |
|
Total |
148 |
100 |
Fall 2008 Part-Time Instructors (Unduplicated Headcount)
|
Part-Time
Instructors |
||
|
Part-Time Faculty |
Administrators* |
Total |
|
85 |
9 |
94 |
* Administrators include all
Full-time employees of the College who are not counted
as Full-time Faculty.
Fall 2008 Faculty Full-Time Equivalent*
|
Faculty
Full-Time Equivalent |
|
|
Full-Time Faculty FTE |
148 |
|
Part-Time Faculty FTE |
31 |
|
Total FTE |
179 |
Fall 2008 Undergraduate Student To Faculty Ratio**
|
Student
To Faculty Ratio |
|
13.3 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 2008 Faculty
|
Highest
Degree Held By Faculty |
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|
Degree Type |
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Total |
|
Doctorate, First
Professional, Terminal |
122 |
38 |
160 |
|
Master’s |
22 |
50 |
72 |
|
Bachelor’s |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
Total |
148 |
94 |
242 |
Finance
Endowment Market Value, Fiscal Year 2007 – 2008
|
Endowment
Market Value |
|
$149,674,677 |