Wenham, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Rural area
Overview
Gordon College is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Wenham, Massachusetts. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 1,595 students in fall 2024, including 1,314 undergraduates and 281 graduate students. The school has a religious affiliation.
Gordon College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 91 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Experimental Psychology, and Early Childhood Education and Teaching. It awarded 420 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 32 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
84% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
Key figures
1,595
Students enrolled
84%
First-year retention
420
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
91
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMaster
Programs and majors offered 91
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
84%
First-year retention, part-time students
33%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
317
Master's degrees
78
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1
Post-master's certificates
24
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
1,595
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,314
Graduate students, fall 2024
281
Full-time, fall 2024
83%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,045
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,501
Graduate students, 2024-25
544
Full-time, 2024-25
69%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
64%
Men
36%
White
62%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
7%
Race or ethnicity unknown
13%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
32
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
17%
Students taking some online courses
32%
Campus and services
Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Interdenominational
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Conference of New England
President
Dr. Michael Hammond
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit