Atlantic University Fact Sheet

Atlantic University is a 4-year public University located in the northern suburb of Boston, Salem,
Massachusetts. Atlantic is one of the largest state universities in the Commonwealth.
9,001: Total Student Enrollment (Fall 2016).
Undergraduate: 7,346
Graduate: 1,655
2,215: Degrees awarded during 2015-16.
Students come from 28 states and 63 countries (Students enrolled in credit courses).
91% of Atlantic Universitys 352 full-time faculty members held terminal degrees.
294 Doctorates
32 Masters Degrees
24 MFAs
Five campuses on 115 acres of land.
The Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is home to Atlantic
Universitys nationally award-winning theatre program and other artistic endeavors.
Firm Architecture Group: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Andrea Leers Lead Renovation Architect
LWA combines architecture, urban design, and infrastructure. Recognized
for inventiveness in dramatically complex commissions, have uncommon
design clarity, elegance, and refinement.
Widely recognized with over 90 national and regional awards, their work
has been published worldwide and exhibited nationwide.
In 2007, the American Institute of Architects honored LWA with the Firm
Award, the highest distinction the AIA bestows on an architecture
practice.
Bernard & Sophia Gordon donated $6.6 million.
$3 million for renovations
$3.6 million for structuring the theater, visual arts, dance, music, and
creative-writing programs.
Largest private donation made to a state college in Massachusetts.
Dr. Bernard Gordon is one the worlds preeminent engineers and
inventors.
Dr. Bernard Gordon gives naming rights to his wife, Sophia, for her
unconditional love and support of his career choices.
Both share a passion for the creative arts.

Atlantic University, just north of Boston, is one of the largest state universities in Massachusetts. Situated along the Atlantic
Ocean in historic Salem, Massachusetts, Atlantic University is vital to the North Shores economic and cultural life for its
surrounding communities. Atlantic University provides scholars the opportunity for a high-quality education that prepares them
for their future endeavors in the world.