by our College Data Analytics TeamA lot of students will not be asked to pay the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The price tag of going to Babson College can appear tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students obtain some kind of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does Babson College provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep scrolling to discover what amount of financial assistance could be accessible to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. The information provided on this page can help you determine how much aid you may receive from Babson College.
Through a mix of loans, grants, work-study and scholarships, schools bring down the effective cost so more students can attend. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
At Babson College, 45% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid approximately 282 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 39% | $48,173 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 39% | $45,336 |
| Federal Pell grants | 15% | $6,064 |
| State/local grants | 6% | $2,961 |
| Federal student loans | 24% | $3,929 |
Unlike loans, grants and scholarships are gift aid that does not need to be paid back, making them the most desirable form of assistance. At Babson College, approximately 42% of undergrads got grants or scholarships worth on average $45,847 (covering around 1164 undergraduates).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 42% | $45,847 |
| Federal Pell grants | 16% | $5,936 |
| Federal student loans | 27% | $4,981 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $39,678.
The figures below show the average net price — cost after all grant and scholarship aid — broken out by family income.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $18,176 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $18,756 |
| Over $75,000 | $53,719 |
The numbers above are post-aid net prices, so they already account for grants and scholarships.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $40,514 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $38,876 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see Babson College’s NPC: npc.collegeboard.org/app/babson.
The median student at Babson College graduates with $19,000 of federal borrowing.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $19,000 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $20,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $212.03/mo |
At a typical 10-year repayment schedule, the median graduate would pay about the monthly figure above.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Babson College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $7,250 |
| 25th percentile | $15,853 |
| 75th percentile | $27,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $31,000 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $16,250 |
| Middle income | $19,000 |
| High income | $19,250 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $19,000 |
| Continuing-generation students | $19,000 |
These indicators are derived from the underlying debt data and summarize the overall picture at Babson College.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at Babson College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 4932 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $110,470,914 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 26 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $646,932 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $24,882 |
Active-duty Tuition Assistance recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 0 |
| Total DoD amount | $0 |
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