Gordon College

What it reported doing in 2024

Higher education: our largest program service is providing education and instruction to individuals giving them an opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or graduate certificate. The college welcomes dual-enrollment students and learners pursuing professional development after college. Gordon college is the only nondenominational christian liberal arts college in new england. It offers 35 majors and confers 3 distinct undergraduate degrees: bachelor of arts, bachelor of science and bachelor of music. Undergraduate enrollment of 1,501 students (degree seeking and non-degree seeking) is drawn from 43 states and 38 countries. Graduate enrollment in 2024-25 was 544 students. (continued in schedule o). (continuation) in 2024-2025, gordon college issued 317 undergraduate degrees (with a six-year graduation rate of 71%). Gordon had a faculty to student ratio of 11 to 1 with 63% of the students from outside Massachusetts. Of the 91 full-time faculty, 76% have earned a doctorate or other terminal degree. Gordon college students can take advantage of a wide variety of off-campus programs, both domestic and abroad. During 2024-25, 100 students participated in off-campus programs and short-term international seminars.form 990, part v, line 2a: employee breakout: staff - 758 student - 787 total - 1545

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93.4%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited
• Public monitoring controls: Limited
• Public policy transparency: Limited
• Public financial transparency: Limited
• Impact reporting controls: Limited
• Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 90.5%; rating input score 90; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
• Public governance controls: Limited
• Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Operating reserve ratio: 2.35; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings