by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bay Path University was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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Bay Path is ranked #719 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bay Path held the #723 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Bay Path is also ranked #40 out of 63 schools in Massachusetts.
When it comes to admittance, Bay Path University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 76%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 9% of students accepted to Bay Path submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 590. Math scores were between 500 and 550.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Bay Path it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bay Path University is 15%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Bay Path University is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Bay Path for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,795 undergraduates at Bay Path with 1,092 being full-time and 703 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,460 | $14,988 | $17,214 | $26,134 | $25,585 |
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 Bay Path, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bay Path, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,142 a year. That adds up to $28,568 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Bay Path are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 588 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, MA 01106 |
| Phone: | 413-565-1000 |
| Website: | www.baypath.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 156 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 150 | $54,260 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 114 | NA |
| General Education | 62 | NA |
| General Psychology | 52 | $38,960 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 43 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 41 | $23,898 |
| Educational Administration | 34 | NA |
| General Biology | 33 | $40,964 |
| Allied Health Professions | 28 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,911 students took at least one online class at Bay Path University. This is a decrease from the 2,004 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,911 | 1,664 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,004 | 1,626 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,224 | 1,441 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,168 | 1,501 |
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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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