Gordon College Business Programs

Gordon College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Wenham, Massachusetts. The suburban atmosphere of Wenham makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

Gordon College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Gordon College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Gordon College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#15	Best Value Colleges for Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	College Factual
#18	Highest Paid Master’s Degree Organizational Leadership Graduates	College Factual
#30	Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	College Factual
#89	Highest Paid Finance Graduates	College Factual
#95	Highest Paid Finance & Financial Management Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Gordon College?

Contact details for Gordon College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	255 Grapevine Rd, Wenham, MA 01984
Phone:	866-464-6736
Website:	www.gordon.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/GordonCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/gordoncollege

How Do I Get Into Gordon College?

You can apply to Gordon College online at: www.gordon.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Gordon College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Gordon College?

Gordon College has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Average Test Scores

About 85% of students accepted to Gordon College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 660. Math scores were between 500 and 620.

Gordon College received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 31. Math scores were between 18 and 27. Composite scores were between 20 and 29.

Can I Afford Gordon College?

The overall average net price of Gordon College is $31,546. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Gordon College, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $7,518 a year. That adds up to $30,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Gordon College is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Gordon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,451 undergraduate students at Gordon College, with 1,390 being full-time and 61 being part-time.

There are also 365 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,390 full-time undergraduates at Gordon College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Gordon College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	64
Black or African American	75
Hispanic or Latino	151
White	940
International Students	103
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Gordon College. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at Gordon College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Gordon College

In 2019-2020, 1,101 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Gordon College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Gordon College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Gordon College was 346.8%. This is the #160 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Gordon College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Gordon College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	44	0	44
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	10	10
Finance	9	0	9
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	9	0	9
Organizational Leadership	0	6	6
Accounting	5	0	5
General Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	67	16	83

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.