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Common Data Set 2024-2025

Bentley University

MA · Private (nonprofit) · ~4,500 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
45.0%

Bentley University's admit rate has held within a 15.1-point band over 4 reported cycles.

SAT · 50th
1340
Range 1290–1403
6-yr grad
86.8%
Retention 93.0%
Undergrads
4,526
12:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Bentley University's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set.
Bentley University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate45.0% SAT (50th)1,340 ACT (50th)30 Undergraduates4,526 6-yr graduation86.8% Retention93.0% Tuition (FT)$61,000 Student–faculty ratio12:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202545.0%1,05686.8%93.0%1,340
2023-202448.4%1,12088.0%93.0%1,330
2022-202357.9%1,14188.0%91.0%1,340
2021-202242.8%1,01988.0%91.0%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where Bentley University applicants also apply
Babson CollegeMA · 17.1% admit · SAT 1460 · 2,793 UG Bryant UniversityRI · 65.5% admit · SAT 1265 · 3,194 UG Quinnipiac UniversityCT · 77.0% admit · SAT 1200 · 6,248 UG University of Massachusetts-AmherstMA · 59.9% admit · SAT 1410 · 24,019 UG Providence CollegeRI · 50.9% admit · SAT 1346 · 4,494 UG Fairfield UniversityCT · 33.3% admit · SAT 1310 · 5,391 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
St Olaf CollegeMN · 43.4% admit · SAT 1380 · 3,114 UG Furman UniversitySC · 48.7% admit · SAT 1350 · 2,304 UG Stevens Institute of TechnologyNJ · 50.7% admit · SAT 1420 · 4,206 UG Brandeis UniversityMA · 45.4% admit · SAT 1430 · 3,358 UG Union CollegeNY · 43.9% admit · SAT 1390 · 2,478 UG

What the data says about Bentley University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 30 percentage points.

Bentley University's 86.8% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 30.5 pp.

02

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools Bentley University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 17.1% admit to 77.0% admit — a 59.9 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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