Gordon College Overview

Gordon College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Wenham, Massachusetts. Wenham is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Gordon College Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Gordon College is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at Gordon College.
• For the <nil> academic year, 47% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Gordon College makes roughly $54,542 a year. This is 34% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Gordon College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Gordon College?

Contact details for Gordon College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	255 Grapevine Rd, Wenham, MA 01984
Phone:	866-464-6736
Website:	www.gordon.edu

How Do I Get Into Gordon College?

You can apply to Gordon College online at: www.gordon.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Gordon College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Gordon College?

Gordon College has an acceptance rate of 77%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to Gordon College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 588 and 700. Math scores were between 565 and 670.

Gordon College received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 23 and 28. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford Gordon College?

The overall average net price of Gordon College is $31,546. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Gordon College, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,524 a year. That adds up to $34,096 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Gordon College is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Gordon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,368 undergraduate students at Gordon College, with 1,300 being full-time and 68 being part-time.

There are also 436 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,300 full-time undergraduates at Gordon College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Gordon College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	51
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	158
White	855
International Students	110
Other Races/Ethnicities	53

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Gordon College. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at Gordon College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Gordon College

In 2020-2021, 690 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Gordon College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Gordon College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Gordon College was 346.8%. This is the #199 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Gordon College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By daderot under License

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