Fast Facts

Facts About Andover

Students

Class Distribution

Grade 12: 296
Grade 11: 313
Grade 10: 287
Grade 9: 215

Average Class Size:

13

Student/Teacher Ratio:

 5 to 1

Student Demographics

States and Territories Represented: 46

*Countries Represented: 34
**Students of Color: 38%
***International Students: 8%

*Based on Residency
**Includes biracial and multiracial students.
***Based on Citizenship

Admission Statistics

Preliminary Applications: 3,203
Completed Applications: 2,784
Admitted: 455
Matriculated: 350
(From public schools: 47%, From private schools: 38%
From parochial or home schools: 15%)

Teaching Faculty

Highest Degree

Ph. D.: 37
Master's: 123
Bachelor's: 56
No degree: 4

Faculty of Color: 23.2%
(Black, 8.6%; Asian/Asian-American, 7.7%; Hispanic/Latino, 6.3%; Native American, .5 %)

Most Instructors live on campus and serve as dormitory counselors, academic advisors, and/or coaches.

Curriculum

300 available courses; three semesters of 10-12 week each.

Academic Departments

Art; Classical Studies; English; History & Social Science; Mathematics; Music; Natural Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics; Philosophy & Religious Studies; Psychology; Theatre & Dance; World Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish

College Matriculations

Over the past four years, numerous Andover students have matriculated at the following institutions: Harvard, 69; Yale, 54; Stanford, 45; UPenn, 45; Princeton, 38; Georgetown, 38; Columbia, 36; Duke, 35; Johns Hopkins, 27; Dartmouth, 26; MIT, 25; NYU, 25; University of Chicago, 22; Boston University, 21; Tufts, 21; Middlebury, 21. Class of 2009 SAT scores (mean) - Critical Reading, 686; Math, 690; Writing, 686.

Campus Resources

Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, fully automated, 120,000 vols.; Addison Gallery of American Art, 12,000 works; A-V Center & Polk-Lillard Center for video electronic imaging; R.S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Native American art & artifacts; Isham Health Center; Language Learning Center; Elson Art Center; Brace Center for Gender Studies; Gelb Science Center; music center; counseling center; theatre complex; minority counseling office; 500-acre campus.

Expenses

Tuition and Other Expenses

Boarding: $39,900
Day: $31,100

Estimated Additional Expenses: $2,000

Financial Assistance

Financial Aid

Recipients: 483 students (44%)

Student Scholarship Grants

Room, board and tuition: $14,538,000
Grants for travel, fees, and expenses: $1,080,000
Average Grant for returning students: $30,400

Total Financial Assistance: $15,618,000

Endowment

June 30, 2009: market value; approx.: $641,800,000

Athletic Complex

Facilities for 30 sports include 2 hockey rinks, 1 swimming pool, 1 diving pool, 8 squash courts, 2 basketball courts, 2 dance studios, fitness center and wrestling room, 2 fully staffed training rooms; outside track, 18 playing fields (including artificial turf inside Phelps Stadium), 18 tennis courts, nearby crew boathouse; indoor facilities for track, tennis and team practice.

Summer and Interim Year Opportunities Abroad

Exchange with China; School Year Abroad in France, Spain, China and Italy; community service programs in Andover and surrounding towns. To learn more, click here.

Summer Session

An intensive academic program and pre-college experience with courses in a variety of disciplines, an intensive music program and focused college counseling. 550 students, 100 teaching faculty, 27 teaching assistants. Serves rising 9th graders thru rising 12th graders. It offers the Lower School Institutes with interdisciplinary curricula for rising 8th grader. Program dates: June 30 - Aug. 5, 2009. Est. 1942. To learn more, click here.

Outreach Programs

Andover Bread Loaf Writing Workshop
Summer workshops and year-round networking and education for public school students and teachers to enhance literacy and improve the teaching of writing. National in reach, with Lawrence, Mass. as its base. Involves tutoring by PA community service students. Est. 1987.

Institute for Recruitment of Teachers
An intensive four-week summer program, plus year-long mentoring, that prepares rising college seniors and recent graduates from diverse communities for graduate school and teaching careers in schools and universities. 100 students. Est. 1990.

(MS)2: Math & Science for Minority Students
Mathematics and Science for Minority Students -- An intestive three-summer math and science enrichment program for talented and economically disadvantaged African American, Latino, and Native American public school students; 110 students. Est. 1977.

PALS Program
A two-year summer and winter program for Lawrence middle school students from the Leonard, Parthum, and South Lawrence East schools. Provides enrichment in math, language arts and sciences, with follow-up mentoring by members of PA and Andover High School community service programs. Est. 1988.