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  • In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.

  • In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall
A+
Matriculation A+
Academics A+
Extracurriculars A+
Community A
Reviews A+
Deerfield Academy, a coeducational college-preparatory boarding school founded in 1797, is known for its high academic standards and cohesive school spirit. Deerfield nurtures its 630 students’ intellectual curiosity and encourages responsible citizenship through a rigorous curriculum. The outstanding faculty prepares students for competitive colleges and universities, challenging students in an academic program that includes Honors and Advanced Placement courses in nineteen subject areas, an extensive spring term elective program, and domestic and foreign off-campus study. Deerfield also provides over 120 varied athletic and extracurricular offerings. The 280-acre campus provides extraordinary facilities including an arts center and the Boyden Library, housing a broad-based collection of more than 75,000 items. The 80,000 square-foot Koch Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology houses 30 state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratory spaces, dedicated spaces for independent research, and a planetarium. Students, 35% supported by over $6.6 million in financial aid, are selected on the basis of academic promise, leadership potential, diversity of background, and the willingness to contribute to the school community.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$68230
Enrollment
653
International Students
11%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
70%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:5
Endowment
$532 millions
AP
8
Average SAT Score
1382
Average ACT Score
31
Class Size
12
Boarding %
89

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2017-2021)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 20 +
#2 Columbia University 30 +
#2 Harvard College 20 +
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3 +
#5 Yale University 10 +
LAC #1 Williams College 10 +
#6 Stanford University 3 +
#6 University of Chicago 20 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 20 +
#9 Duke University 10 +
#9 Johns Hopkins University 3 +
#9 Northwestern University 3 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 10 +
#13 Dartmouth College 10 +
#14 Brown University 30 +
#14 Vanderbilt University 3 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 3 +
LAC #3 Swarthmore College 3 +
#17 Cornell University 30 +
#19 University of Notre Dame 3 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 3 +
#22 University of California: Berkeley 3 +
#23 Georgetown University 30 +
#23 University of Michigan 3 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 3 +
#25 University of Virginia 30 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 3 +
#27 University of Southern California 10 +
#28 New York University 10 +
#28 Tufts University 10 +
#28 Wake Forest University 3 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 10 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 3 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 3 +
#36 Boston College 10 +
#40 College of William and Mary 3 +
#42 Boston University 10 +
LAC #9 Carleton College 3 +
LAC #9 Middlebury College 20 +
#49 Northeastern University 10 +
#55 Rhodes College 3 +
#55 Santa Clara University 3 +
LAC #11 United States Military Academy 3 +
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 3 +
#57 Penn State University Park 3 +
#63 George Washington University 3 +
LAC #13 Hamilton College 10 +
#68 Fordham University 3 +
#68 Southern Methodist University 10 +
#68 St. Lawrence University 3 +
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 3 +
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 3 +
#83 Howard University 3 +
LAC #17 Colby College 10 +
LAC #17 Colgate University 10 +
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 10 +
#117 University of Vermont 3 +
LAC #25 Bates College 3 +
LAC #26 Colorado College 3 +
LAC #30 Kenyon College 3 +
LAC #35 College of the Holy Cross 10 +
LAC #38 Bucknell University 3 +
LAC #38 Skidmore College 3 +
LAC #42 Denison University 3 +
LAC #42 Occidental College 3 +
LAC #46 Trinity College 10 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 3 +
LAC #50 Dickinson College 3 +
Endicott College 3 +
McGill University 3 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2021 2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 374 48 47 48 393
#1 Princeton University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 + 33
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#3 Stanford University 1 1 + 1 + 10 + 13
#3 Harvard College 20 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 + 43
#5 Yale University 20 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 33
#6 University of Pennsylvania 20 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 33
#7 Duke University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 + 33
#9 Northwestern University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 16
#9 Johns Hopkins University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 16
#9 Brown University 30 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 30 + 63
#12 Cornell University 20 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 30 + 53
#12 Columbia University 20 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 30 + 53
#12 University of Chicago 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 + 33
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#15 University of California: Berkeley 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#17 Rice University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#18 Dartmouth College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#20 University of Notre Dame 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#21 University of Michigan 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#22 Georgetown University 30 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 30 + 63
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 1 + 1 + 3
#24 University of Virginia 30 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 30 + 63
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 + 3 5
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#28 University of Florida 1 + 1
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 1 + 1 + 3
#28 University of Southern California 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#35 New York University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 1 + 2
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 1 + 2
#39 Boston College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#40 Tufts University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 16
#43 Boston University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#47 University of Rochester 1 1 + 1 + 3
#47 Lehigh University 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#47 Wake Forest University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 16
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1
#53 College of William and Mary 1 + 1 + 3 5
#53 Northeastern University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#58 University of Connecticut 1 + 1
#60 Brandeis University 1 + 1
#60 Santa Clara University 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 13
#67 Syracuse University 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#67 Villanova University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#67 George Washington University 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#67 University of Miami 1 + 1
#73 Tulane University 1 + 3 4
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1
#82 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 + 1
#89 Southern Methodist University 10 + 1 + 1 + 3 15
#89 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 6
#89 Temple University 1 + 1
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#105 San Diego State University 1 + 1
#115 Howard University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#124 University of Denver 1 3 4
#133 University of Vermont 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#142 Clark University 1 + 1
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 1 1 + 2
#209 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1
#216 Springfield College 1 + 1
#260 Central Michigan University 1 + 1
Penn State University Park 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2021 2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 92 28 23 32 149
#1 Williams College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 + 33
#2 Amherst College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#4 Pomona College 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#4 Wellesley College 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#4 Swarthmore College 1 3 4
#9 Bowdoin College 10 + 1 + 1 + 20 + 32
#9 Carleton College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#11 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1
#11 Grinnell College 1 + 1
#11 Wesleyan University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#11 Middlebury College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#16 Davidson College 3 3
#16 Smith College 1 + 1
#16 Hamilton College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 16
#21 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 + 3 5
#21 Colgate University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#24 Bates College 1 1 + 3 5
#25 University of Richmond 1 1 + 3 5
#25 Colby College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 16
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1
#30 Lafayette College 3 3
#30 Bucknell University 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#33 Colorado College 1 1 + 3 5
#34 Mount Holyoke College 3 3
#35 Occidental College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1
#38 Skidmore College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#39 Trinity College 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 23
#39 Spelman College 1 + 1
#39 Kenyon College 1 + 1 + 2
#39 Denison University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#45 Union College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#46 Furman University 1 + 1
#46 Connecticut College 1 1 + 1 + 10 + 13
#46 Dickinson College 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#56 Rhodes College 1 + 1
#56 Wheaton College 1 + 1
#59 St. Lawrence University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#63 Gettysburg College 1 + 1
#70 Muhlenberg College 1 + 1
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#86 Stonehill College 1 + 1
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 3 3
#100 Morehouse College 1 1 + 1 + 3
United States Military Academy 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2021 2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 2 2 2 1 3
#1 University of Toronto 1 1 + 2
#3 McGill University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 7
#16 Queen's University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2021 2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 2 2 0 0 0
#3 University College London 1 1 + 2
#33 University of St. Andrews 1 1 + 2

AP Scores

(2023)
Number of students took AP test
294
Number of tests taken
680
33%
27%
33%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(8)
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Statistics
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Studio Art: 3-D Design
Studio Art: Drawing
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Statistics
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Studio Art: 3-D Design
Studio Art: Drawing
Art History
Seminar
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Sports

(21)
Baseball
Golf
Lacrosse
Rowing
Softball
Tennis
Baseball
Golf
Lacrosse
Rowing
Softball
Tennis
Water Polo
Alpine Skiing
American Football
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Ice Hockey
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
Ultimate Frisbee
Diving
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(25)
Acting and Theater Club，2K Club
e (ASA)
Cheerleaders
Christian Fellowship
Deerfield Black Student Alliance (DBSA)
Deerfield Diversity Alliance
Acting and Theater Club，2K Club
e (ASA)
Cheerleaders
Christian Fellowship
Deerfield Black Student Alliance (DBSA)
Deerfield Diversity Alliance
Deerfield Environmental Action Group (DEAG) Deerfield Multiracial Alliance (DMA)
Food Committee
Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA)
Green Key IDEA
International Student Alliance (ISA)
Investment Club
Jewish Student Alliance (JSA)
Latin American Student Alliance (LASA)
Meat Club
Mellow-D’s
Native American Cultural Alliance (NACA)
Statistics Club Sustainable Development Club
Swivel
The Majorette Squad
The Radicle Lab
Ukulele and Bongo Orchestra
Weightlifting Club
Yearbook
Young Democrats
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Arts

(16)
Acting
Band
Dance
Directing
Jazz
Music
Acting
Band
Dance
Directing
Jazz
Music
Vocal
Art History
Drawing
Film Studies
Photography
Studio Art
Studio Production
Video
Architecture
Design
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Contact Info

http://www.deerfield.edu
7 Boyden Lane, Deerfield, MA 01342
413-774-1400
admission@deerfield.edu
Massachusetts

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1797
Campus Size: 280 acres
Boarding Rate: 89%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,ISEE,TOEFL,SAT,PSAT
School Code:
TOEFL: 9577
SSAT: 2770
ISEE: 220685

Frequently Ask Questions about Deerfield Academy

Tell me a bit about Deerfield Academy.
Deerfield Academy is Co-ed private boarding school located in Massachusetts, US. It was founded 1797 , and currently has about 653 students, 11.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.deerfield.edu.
Does Deerfield Academy have rigorous academic requirements?
Deerfield Academy is offering 8 AP courses.

In recent years, 27 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Deerfield Academy also have 70% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Deerfield Academy students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 16.76% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 20.43% go to top 25, and about 21.59% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Deerfield Academy?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Deerfield Academy’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Deerfield Academy’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Deerfield Academy in 2024 is $68,230 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admission@deerfield.edu .
Where is Deerfield Academy located?
Deerfield Academy is located in the State of Massachusetts of USA.
How popular is Deerfield Academy on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Deerfield Academy is among the most popular schools, within top 15 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Deerfield Academy has been favorited by 1039 users.
How to start with an application with Deerfield Academy?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Deerfield Academy. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Deerfield Academy’s official site: http://www.deerfield.edu or call them at 413-774-1400.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Deerfield Academy?
Yes, here are few: The Bement School, Eaglebrook School and Stoneleigh-Burnham School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for Deerfield Academy?
The overall rating for Deerfield Academy is A+.

The section ratings of Deerfield Academy are:
A+ for Matriculation
A+ for Academics
A+ for Extracurriculum
A for Community
A+ for Students and Parents reviews

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