by our College Data Analytics Team
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Springfield College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.
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College Factual ranked Springfield College as #395 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Springfield College held the #815 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Springfield College is ranked at #20.
Springfield College has an acceptance rate of 76%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 16% of students accepted to Springfield College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 640. Math scores were between 550 and 660.
At Springfield College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Springfield College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Springfield College has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Springfield College for first-time, full-time students is 68%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,188 undergraduates at Springfield College with 2,156 being full-time and 32 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,057 | $18,834 | $22,056 | $27,472 | $31,385 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Springfield College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Springfield College, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,690 a year. That adds up to $30,760 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Springfield College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 263 Alden St, Springfield, MA 01109-3797 |
| Phone: | 413-748-3000 |
| Website: | www.springfield.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 169 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 111 | $34,191 |
| Social Work | 108 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 87 | $28,487 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 45 | $11,874 |
| General Education | 40 | $45,906 |
| General Psychology | 39 | $33,197 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 32 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 29 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 25 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 153 students took at least one online class at Springfield College. This is an increase from the 100 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 153 | 7 |
| 2021-2022 | 100 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 102 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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