Facts & Figures

• Close to 1,200 full-time students
• 51% of Dean students are from outside Massachusetts
• 17 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
• 90% of Dean students live on campus

• Average class size: 16
• 17:1 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 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.
• Dean College is currently enjoying our highest enrollment in school history
• Over $75M in campus improvements over the past 10 years, including:
  • 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

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. 

Best Regional Colleges - North 

Dean College ranked 29th in the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report for Best Regional Colleges - North category. This is the 13th consecutive year that Dean College has received the Best College honor. 

College of Distinction

Dean College earned national recognition in 2024-25 as a College of Distinction based on four distinctions - engaged students, great teaching, vibrant community and successful outcomes. This is the ninth consecutive year that Dean College has received this honor. Additionally, the College earned recognition in the following categories: Massachusetts Colleges of Distinction (second consecutive year), Business Colleges of Distinction (eighth consecutive year) and Career Development Colleges of Distinction (sixth consecutive year), and Affordable Colleges of Distinction (third 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.