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Fisher College

Boston, Massachusetts·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·fisher.edu
6-yr Graduation
28%
-15.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
1,652
peer median 707
Avg net price
$25,702
-$4.8k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
3,527
3,527 candidates competed
Admitted
2,493
70.7% acceptance rate
Enrolled
153
6.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
28%-15.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
16%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
25%
Full-time retention
55%

Pell equity

0.0pp gap
Pell recipients
27%
Non-Pell
27%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 55 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 45 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
55
Passing
9
16.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.8% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.8%
+1.2pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

55programs
  • Passing9 · 16.4%
  • No Data45 · 81.8%
  • Failing1 · 1.8%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
7
No data
45

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

10
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
-8.1%
$36,272 vs $39,449
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+5.6%
$41,644 vs $39,449
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+24.0%
$48,902 vs $39,449
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+28.1%
$50,535 vs $39,449
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+35.4%
$90,584 vs $66,899
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+60.1%
$63,147 vs $39,449
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+61.0%
$63,505 vs $39,449
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+76.4%
$69,576 vs $39,449

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
65%
$27,000 debt · $41,644 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
56%
$35,500 debt · $63,505 earn
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
54%
$27,088 debt · $50,535 earn
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
45%
$22,177 debt · $48,902 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
39%
$27,000 debt · $69,576 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
32%
$27,000 debt · $85,199 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
31%
$25,125 debt · $80,136 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
27%
$16,821 debt · $63,147 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 1970Next review Dec 2030

Action history · 2

  1. Nov 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education
  2. Nov 2010Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$23,879
$30–48k$24,290
$48–75k$25,874
$75–110k$26,290
$110k+$31,032

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$25,702
-$4,808vs Baccalaureate median $30,511
Federal loans
62.9%
In-state tuition
$35,013
Out-of-state
$35,013

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 759 students received $4.2M in Pell grants, alongside $7.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
759
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.2M
$4,176,579 total
Direct Loans
$7.4M
1,653 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.4M
714 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.5M
752 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.2M
90 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.3M
91 loan awards
Grad PLUS$52K
6 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 613 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (1.9%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.9%
-0.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
613
Defaulted
12
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
12.7%
2017
10.3%
2018
8.5%
2019
1.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Fisher College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs28
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

315 total completions
01Business
11436.2%
02Psychology
4714.9%
03Security/Protective
319.8%
04Public Admin
268.3%
05Health Professions
257.9%
06Education
216.7%
07Computer Sciences
175.4%
08Biological Sciences
144.4%
09Liberal Arts
103.2%
10Parks/Recreation
103.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,652
12-mo unduplicated
2,875
Undergraduate
2,700
Graduate
175

Gender split

Men
28%798
Women
72%2,077

Race / ethnicity composition

Unknown
31.8%
White
21.5%
Hispanic
18.9%
Non-resident
12.2%
Black
9.5%
Two or more
3.1%
Asian
2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
167
120 M · 47 W
Women athletes
28.1%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$1.5M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$11K
$11K
Head-coach salaries
$20K
$15K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 6

Baseball
51 M ·
$318K
Soccer
31 M · 17 W
$244K
Basketball
28 M · 13 W
$316K
Volleyball
16 M · 13 W
$176K
Softball
· 16 W
$105K
Cross Country
3 M · 3 W
$46K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
3.52
5 offenses · 1,421 students

3-year trend

2.822 yrs ago4.391 yr ago3.52Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
15
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
15
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
3

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
4
Rape
1

By location

5total
  • On campus5

Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

2
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor023

Residence-hall fires

  • Dormitory 1311 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99

Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
35

Fisher College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Fisher College selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectFisher College
28%1,652$25,702Baccalaureate
Dean College
46%73.7%1,092$30,236Baccalaureate
Montserrat College of Art
53%227$34,725Baccalaureate
Colby-Sawyer College
54%80.1%972$25,857Baccalaureate
Mitchell College
41%94.7%442$30,841Baccalaureate
Sterling College
32%66.7%57$30,785Baccalaureate
Peer group median44%76.9%707$30,511

Frequently asked questions about Fisher College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Fisher College.

What is the graduation rate at Fisher College?

Fisher College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 28% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Fisher College?

Fisher College reports a total enrollment of 1,652 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Fisher College?

The average net price at Fisher College is $25,702 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Fisher College?

Fisher College's yield rate is 6.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Fisher College located?

Fisher College is located in Boston, Massachusetts 02116.

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