Undergraduate
CLASS OF 2012
Applications
Applied: 3,618
Accepted: 2,489
Enrolled Students Fall 2008: 552
Secondary School Class Rank
Top 10%: 25%
Top 20%: 44%
Top 25%: 55%
Top 50%: 86%
Unranked: 20%
Average SAT Scores
Applicants (558V/564M/563W): 1685
Accepted (578V/582M/583W): 1743
Middle 50% Accepted: 1600-1890
Average ACT Scores
Applicants: 24
Accepted: 25
High Schools Represented
Public: 65%
Catholic: 22%
Independent: 13%
Financial Aid
(Fall 2008 Incoming Class)
Number of first-year students receiving some form of need-based aid: 58%
Average first-year student need-based grant/scholarship: $11,110
Average first-year student work study: $1,600
Average first-year federal loans: $4,557
Average first-year financial aid package: $18,480
Merit scholarships are available: valued between $5,000 to full tuition over 4 years
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
Enrollment Figures
Full-time students: 2,000
47% men / 53% women
Average class size: 19
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12:1
Classes with less than 10 students: 17%
Classes with 10 to 19 students: 40%
Classes with 20 to 29 students: 31%
Classes with 30 to 39 students: 10%
Classes with more than 40 students: 2%
Percent of tenured/tenure track faculty with terminal degree: 94%
Students returning after their first-year: 91%
Geographic Characteristics
37 states and 13 countries represented
Out-of-state/In-state: 80%/20%
Largest number of students (in descending order):
- Massachusetts: 32%
- Vermont: 20%
- New York: 12%
- New Hampshire: 10%
- Connecticut: 9%
- Maine: 5%
- New Jersey: 3%
- Other: 9%
Ethnic Breakdown
Caucasian: 94%
Other ethnicities: 6%
Overlap Institutions
- Fairfield University
- Holy Cross
- Providence College
- St. Lawrence University
- Stonehill College
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- University of New Hampshire
- University of Vermont
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