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Quick Facts
Enrollment, Fall 2016
Undergraduate: 4,337
Graduate: 1,640
Total: 5,977
Degrees Awarded, AY2016
Bachelor's: 969
Master's: 495
New Student Enrollment, Fall 2016
Freshman: 749
Transfers: 379
Student to Faculty Ratio, Fall 2016
14:1
Day Division Faculty, Fall 2016
Full-time faculty: 176
Part-time faculty: 135
Six Year Baccalaureate Graduation Rate
Fall 10-16 = 55%
Fall 09-15 = 56%
Fall 08-14 = 51%
Fall 07-13 = 51%
Fall 06-12 = 52%
Fall to Fall First-Time, Full-Time Retention Rate:
Fall 15-16: 74%
Location:
Framingham, Massachusetts (20 miles west of Boston)
Founded:
1839
Status:
Public, four-year coeducational (undergraduate and graduate)
Campus:
143 acres, traditional New England campus
President:
Dr. F. Javier Cevallos
Accreditation:
Accreditations/Reaccreditations Successfully Completed: 8 total (6 national; 2 regional)
- International
- IACBE – International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education
- National
- NASAD: NEW: National Association of Schools of Art and Design (Art & Music, Comm Arts, Fashion)
- NCATE: NEW: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- Transitioning to CAEP -Council of the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
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- CCNE: Reaccreditation: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- ADA: Reaccreditation: American Dietetic Association’s Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
- ACS: Reaccreditation: American Chemical Society
- NAEYC: Reaccreditation: National Association for the Education of Young Children (Fall 2016)
- Regional
- NEASC: Reaffirmation: New England Association for Schools and Colleges
- Commonwealth Honors Program: Reaccreditation in 2017/2018
New Accreditations In Progress
- IACBE: NEW, date of visit fall 2016: International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education; Self-Study to be Submitted
- ABET: NEW, date TBD, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
- ASBMB: NEW, 2016-17, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in plan for new stand-alone Biochemistry major. Self-study to be submitted in Fall 2016.
Individuals seeking additional information on accreditation or licensing should contact the Office of Academic Affairs at 508 626-4582.