Babson College

Babson Park, MA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
22.4%
1,700 admitted
SAT · 50th
1430
Range 1370–1480
6-yr grad
93.0%
Retention 95.0%
Undergrads
2,761
16:1 S-F
Admissions
22.4%
1,700 admitted
from 7,607 apps
Applications7,607
Overall admit rate22.4%
Enrolled656 · 38.6% yield
Admitted from waitlist0 of 2,699
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Class rank, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Test scores
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1430
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1370–1480 · 32.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W660690730
Math690750780
Comp137014301480
ACT
255075
Comp303133
Cost & aid
$56,032
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$56,032
Fees$0
Room & board$19,732
Books$1,292
Avg need-based grant$42,635
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$39,255
Academics
16 : 1
student-faculty ratio
95.0% retention
Student-faculty16 : 1
Retention95.0%
4-year graduation83.8%
6-year graduation93.0%
Enrollment
2,761
undergraduates
76.0% out-of-state · 174 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates2,761
First-year625
Transfer55
Full-time99%
Female44%
Out-of-state76.0%
International (freshmen)174
Rankings
#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Business Specialties: Entrepreneurship
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Entrepreneurship#126
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#226
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship#326
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#1526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#3726
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#4226
NicheBest Colleges in America#9326
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Tribal College
Carnegie Classification
1 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationTribal College1
Athletic conferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/2 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/1 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/2
Early action11/1 → 1/1 · restrictive
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttps://www.babson.edu/undergraduate/adm…
Admissions emailugradadmission@babson.edu
Admissions phone(781) 239-5522
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Bentley University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Bentley University MA · Private (nonprofit)45.0%13404K
Northeastern University MA · Private (nonprofit)5.6%148022K
Boston University MA · Proprietary12.8%147018K
Lehigh University PA · Private (nonprofit)29.0%1430
Wake Forest University NC · Private (nonprofit)21.6%14505K
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
Georgetown University DC · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14807K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Babson College

5 years of Babson College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.