College · Private nonprofit · Wenham, MA · Rural
Gordon College
Wenham, MA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate69%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,278
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 69% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1265 · ACT 27.
If you get in
1,278 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $42k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$170k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$100k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$70k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $30.7k
- Room & board
- $13.3k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants21%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr69%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$46k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,278
- Location
- Wenham, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White60%
- Hispanic11%
- International9%
- Unknown8%
- Black5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian3%
First-gen students17%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$83k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 51
What you can study.