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Dean At A Glance
Dean College is a private, residential, not-for-profit institution that is fully accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). Learn more about Dean College by browsing through the drop down menu below.
Dean By The Numbers
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Dean College students are talented, hard-working and driven.
- Close to 1,200 full-time students
- 51% of Dean students are from outside Massachusetts
- 13 countries and 36 states represented
- 3% of Dean students are International
- 93% of Dean students are enrolled in bachelor's degree programs
- 7% of Dean students are enrolled in associate degree programs
- 87% of Dean students live on campus
Dean College is fully accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
- Average class size: 18
- 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- 95% of students receive some form of financial assistance
- Merit-based aid awarded by Dean College to students: $25 million
- 98% of our associate degree students are accepted as transfer students in their bachelor’s degree program of choice
- 96% of our bachelor’s degree recipients are employed or enrolled in graduate school within one year of graduation.
- 100% of our bachelor’s degree students participate in at least one internship before graduation.
Financial viability is an important consideration when selecting a college. At Dean College, our fiscal strength and careful approach has helped the college thrive and continually grow.
Financial highlights include:
- $64M endowment
- Financial surplus 11 consecutive and 25 of the past 26 years
- Dean consistently scores at the very top end of the Department of Education’s Financial Responsibility Composite Score.
- Dorothy and Glendon Horne '31 Hall
- Green Family Library Learning Commons
- Athletic field updates (press box, scoreboards, dugouts)
- Grant Field renovation
- Rooney Shaw Center for Innovation in Teaching
- Theodore and Cynthia Berenson Center for Writing, Mathematics and Presentation Excellence
- Pieri Gymnasium renovation
We are here to inspire and educate our students to achieve unimagined heights.
The Dean Difference isn't one thing, it's everything. It's the way our community cares for and commits to each other. It's how we meet our students where they are, inspire them and tirelessly work to support and help them achieve unimagined heights.
Dean College continues to be honored with a growing number of awards at the national, state and local levels.
Best Regional Colleges - North
Dean College ranked 29th in the 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report for Best Regional Colleges - North category. This is the 12th consecutive year that Dean College has received the Best College honor.
Best Undergraduate Teaching Programs
Dean College ranked 2nd in the 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report for Best Undergraduate Teaching in the Best Regional Colleges - North category.
College of Distinction
Dean College earned national recognition in 2023-24 as a College of Distinction based on four distinctions - engaged students, great teaching, vibrant community and successful outcomes. This is the eighth consecutive year that Dean College has received this honor. Additionally, the College earned recognition in the following categories: Massachusetts Colleges of Distinction, Business Colleges of Distinction (seventh consecutive year) and Career Development Colleges of Distinction (fifth consecutive year), and Affordable Colleges of Distinction (second consecutive year).
Leading Colleges
Dean College has earned national recognition for its commitment to student success by being named a founding member of the Leading Colleges organization, which creates a meaningful lens for school and independent counselors to identify student-centered colleges.
