Student Body and Admissions Statistics

Undergraduate Enrollment, Fall 2019

22,726 undergraduate enrollment
77% in-state
23% out-of-state

2019 Entering Undergraduate Class

First-Year Profile
- 42,085 freshman applications
- 64% admit rate
- 5,731 students
- 32.8% ALANA (African-American, Latino, Asian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Native American)
- 4,309 in-state students
- 978 out-of-state students
- 444 international students
- Average GPA* - 3.90 (4.0 scale)
- GPA middle 50% - 3.70 to 4.20
- Average SAT - 1292 (Evidence Based Reading & Writing/Math)
- SAT middle 50% - 1220 to 1380
- Average ACT - 28.8
- ACT middle 50% - 26 to 31
- *GPA is based on academic courses only and weighted for Honors and College level courses per the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Transfer Profile
- Average GPA - 3.40
- Joint Admissions/MassTransfer - 375
- 1,085 students
- 3141 transfer applications
Academic Offerings
- 10 academic colleges
- 109 bachelor's degree programs
- 5 associate's degree programs
- Average class size: 36
- 81% of classes have fewer than 40 students
Faculty
- More than 1,400 full-time instructional faculty
- 94% hold the highest degree in their fields
- 17:1 student/faculty ratio
First-year Retention Rate
- 91% for latest cohort
Graduation Rates
- 6-year graduation rate: 82.1% for latest cohort
- 5-year graduation rate: 81.1% for latest cohort
- 4-year graduation rate: 77.1% for latest cohort