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Babson College Data & Information Overview

15 awards Ranking Badges
22% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Babson College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Babson College Ranked?

General Business Administration and Management Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Babson College was awarded 15 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.

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Overall Quality

Babson College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Babson College?

22% Acceptance Rate
48% Of Accepted Are Women
32% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 22%, Babson College is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.

Average Test Scores

About 32% of students accepted to Babson College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 730. Math scores were between 690 and 780.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Babson College  ( 660 to 730 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Babson College  ( 690 to 780 )
200
800
Babson College received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 30 and 33.

ACT Composite Scores for Babson College  ( 30 to 33 )
1
36

Learn more about Babson College admissions.

Babson College Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Babson College is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Babson College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Babson College

95% Freshmen Retention
92% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Babson College has a freshmen retention rate of 95%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  95 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Babson College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 92%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  92 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Babson College.

Babson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,457 Full-Time Undergraduates
32.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
44.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,457 full-time undergraduates at Babson College.

How Much Does Babson College Cost?

$34,994 Net Price
30% Take Out Loans
$36,548 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Babson College is $34,994. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Babson College

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$18,765$15,344$20,854$28,556$55,303

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Babson College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Babson College, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $9,137 a year. That adds up to $36,548 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Babson College Graduates Make?

$123,938 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Babson College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $123,938 in their early years. This is good news for future Babson College graduates since it is 152% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Babson College make the most money.

Location of Babson College

Massachusetts State
2,457 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Babson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Wellesley is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for Babson College are given below.

Contact Details
Address:231 Forest Street, Wellesley, MA 02457-0310
Phone:781-235-1200
Website:www.babson.edu/

Babson College Majors

3 Majors With Completions
2,230 Undergraduate Degrees
2,230 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 3 majors graduated from Babson College. Of these students, 2,230 received undergraduate degrees and 2,230 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management1,054$69,970
Applied Mathematics33NA
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods28NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Babson College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Babson College

23% Take At Least One Class Online
10% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 919 students took at least one online class at Babson College. This is a decrease from the 1,582 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-2023919404
2021-20221,582218
2020-20212,652263
2018-2019503

Learn more about online learning at Babson College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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