The Survey Sample

THESE ARE THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INCLUDED IN THE 2024 NEW ENGLAND SURVEY

American International                  Our Lady of the Elms                      Lasell                                     Rivier                          

Assumption                                            Connecticut College                       Lesley                                   Sacred Heart    

Babson                                                      Curry                                                        Merrimack                        Saint Anselm    

Bates                                                          Emerson                                                 Middlebury                       Salve Regina    

Bay Path                                                   Emmanuel                                             Mt. Holyoke                      Springfield    

Bentley                                                      Endicott                                                 New England Coll.         St. Michaels    

Bryant                                                        Fairfield                                                  Norwich                              Stonehill   

Champlain                                               Gordon                                                    Providence                        Suffolk   

Clark                                                           Holy Cross                                             Quinnipiac                         Trinity   

Colby                                                          Husson                                                     RISD                                       U. New England    

Colby Sawyer                                        Johnson & Wales                                Roger Will'ms                   Wheaton

The Survey database includes 144 unique and derived pieces of information on each school, focusing on all the drivers that impact each schools financial health and well-being.  And here are some profile averages for the 44 schools that were included in the Survey analysis and reported statistics.  And below that are the 8 schools for which data were gathered initially,  but were excluded because of the size of their student bodies, their endowments, their research portfolios or any combination of these factors to ensure the homogeneity of  the Survey sample itself.  Bear in mind that these are averages for this group.  Since the sample is small and individual schools were excluded for different reasons, the variation around the means is more significant. All dollars are in millions ("mm") as illustrated only in the "Research" columns.   Note the similarities: Enrollment,   Modest "Operating Net" and almost identical "Comp %  of Total Expense"; and the marked differences:  Research, Cash, Endowment and Fixed Assets. 

But, most important, note the immediate impact the Survey schools have in terms of the number of students they teach, their annual economic impact on the region, and the number of faculty and staff that rely on them for their livelihoods and their professional contributions.