How hard is Gordon College to get into?
Gordon College acceptance rate is 58.78% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 2,579 students applied and 1,516 were admitted to the school. It means that your chances of getting into Gordon is not low.
Gordon's acceptance rate places 20th out of 66 Massachusetts colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 1250 and the ACT score is 28 at Gordon. Gordon's SAT score ranks 21st out of 42 Massachusetts colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to Gordon, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit and recommendations is not required but considered. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of Gordon College is 58.78% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 21.57%. 1,020 men and 1,559 women applied to Gordon and 633 men and 883 women students were accepted.
Among them, 149 men and 178 women were enrolled in Gordon (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 60 students (18% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 21 students (6%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at Gordon.
The median SAT score is 1,250 with 635 SAT EBRW and 615 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 690 and the 25th percentile is 598. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 680 and 25th percentile is 570 .
The median ACT composite score is 28 with 75th percentile score of 32 and 25th percentile score of 26 at Gordon. The median ACT math score is 26 and the ACT English score is 30.
How competitive is Gordon's score?
The SAT and ACT scores at Gordon College are similar to the average score compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,283, ACT: 28 - private (not-for-profit) baccalaureate college - arts & sciences).
The institutional SAT code for Gordon is 3417 and 4-digt code ACT code is 1838.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 327 first-year students enrolled in Gordon. The proportion of full-time students is 98.17% and part-time students is 1.83%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 45.57% and women students is 54.43%.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at Gordon.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at Gordon. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Gordon College.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
Application fee is $75 for applying graduate schools. The following table provides general admission information for applying to Gordon.