Fast Facts and Rankings

ABOUT BABSON

• Founded in 1919 by financier and entrepreneur Roger W. Babson
• Located on 370 acres in Wellesley, MA (14 miles west of Boston)
• Offers Undergraduate, Graduate, and Executive Education programs
• Accredited by AACSB, The International Association for Management Education,  the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)

RECOGNITION FOR BABSON 

• Ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship by U.S.News & World Report’s 2010 “Best Colleges in America” for the 13th consecutive time
• Ranked #23 for International Business and #25 Best Business Program by U.S.News & World Report’s 2010 “Best Colleges in America”
• Ranked #23 Business Program by BusinessWeek
• Among BusinessWeek’s 2008 specialty rankings … #3 for Macro- and Micro-economics; #3 for Corporate Strategy; #6 for Financial Management; #7 for Marketing ; #10 for Accounting
• Ranked Great School for Marketing and Sales Majors, for Accounting Majors and for Business/Finance Majors by Princeton Review
• Ranked Hottest School for Business by Kaplan/Newsweek’s 2008 “How to Get Into College” Guide
• Black Enterprise Magazine ranked Babson #23 in its 2006 list of the Top 50 Colleges for African Americans
• Received a Theodore M. Hesburgh award for the College’s “Reinvention of the Undergraduate Business Education”
• Ranked #2 for Entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur magazine

ADMISSION 

• For the Class of 2012, Babson received more than 4,300 applications
• 35 percent of the applicants were admitted to reach a target enrollment of 460 first-year students
• The middle 50 percent of admitted students scored between a 1810 and 2090 on the SAT.
• Applications are reviewed for academic performance, level of course work, performance on standardized tests, writing ability, involvement in activities and/or work experience, leadership, and creativity.

OUR STUDENTS

• 1,851 undergraduate students from 44 states and 64 countries
• 42 percent women; 58 percent men; 26 percent multicultural; 20 percent international
• More than 30 languages spoken on campus
• View a PDF of more student population statistics

ACADEMICS 

• Leader in management education and entrepreneurial leadership
• Every undergraduate student graduates with a Bachelor of Science
• Liberal arts comprises at least 50 percent of a student’s course work
• 26 concentrations available; nine of which are in the liberal arts
• Average class size: 29
• Student to Faculty Ratio: 16:1
• Ranked #12 for Academic Quality by BusinessWeek, among U.S. undergraduate business programs

FACULTY 

• 91 percent hold doctoral degrees or equivalent
• 235 faculty members
• A+ in teaching quality in BusinessWeek student survey
• Academic expertise, corporate and real-world connections brought to students in the classroom

STUDENT LIFE

• 22 varsity NCAA Division III teams
• More than 90 annual theater productions and events
• More than 21,000 student volunteer hours in ’07–08
• More than 75 student-run clubs and organizations
• 14 residence halls; 83 percent of students live on campus
• On-campus housing is guaranteed for all four years
• A+ in BusinessWeek magazine for student services and facilities

LIFE AFTER BABSON 

• Within six months of graduation, 95 percent of the Class of 2008 respondents to the employment survey had jobs or were in graduate school
• More than 1,300 on-campus recruiting opportunities offered
• Average starting salary is $51,058
• Ranked #12 for Internships by BusinessWeek

TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID 

• For 2008–2009, undergraduate tuition is $36,096. The average price of room and board is $12,020. ($48,116 total)
• 50 percent of Babson students receive some form of financial aid
• Current students receive more than $24 million in financial aid, $18.5 million from Babson funds
• Named to Princeton Review's Top 50 "Best Value Private Colleges" 2009 list
• #25 for Return on Investment among Private Colleges by BusinessWeek