By the Numbers
By Jarret Bencks
Photography by Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse
August 28, 2023
The Class of 2027 has officially arrived.
The newest Brandeisians filled their residence halls and said goodbye to their families on Move-In Day, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.
As they get to know each other, get to know about them with these facts and figures.
Total expected enrollment
![Student sitting on campus](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2023/august/images/numbers-1.jpg)
- The Class of 2027 has an expected enrollment of 873.
- They join an undergraduate student body comprised of 3,591 students in all.
Academics and admissions
![Overhead of students seated at tables working on computers](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2023/august/images/numbers-2.jpg)
- 3.9 is the average high school GPA.
- 1410-1510 is SAT middle 50%.
- 35% is the overall acceptance rate.
Who they are
![Students walk up the Rabb steps, their images blurred](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2023/august/images/numbers-3.jpg)
- 20% are from countries outside of the U.S.
- Representing 40 states and 33 countries.
- 18% are first-generation college students.
On campus
![Students walk on campus toward an academic building entrance](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2023/august/images/numbers-4.jpg)
- 3,591 estimated undergraduate enrollment
- 1,470 estimated full-time graduate students
- 35% students of color
- 398 full-time faculty
- 10:1 student-faculty ratio