Babson College Overview

Located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Babson College is a private not-for-profit institution. Wellesley is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Babson College Known For?

• Students at Babson College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 0%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Babson College is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Babson College with a bachelor's degree make about $111,604 a year. That's 174% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average Babson College student 4.0 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Babson College?

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

How Do I Get Into Babson College?

You can apply to Babson College online at: www.babson.edu/undergraduate/admission/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for Babson College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Babson College?

With an acceptance rate of 25%, Babson College is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 51% of accepted students are men and 49% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 20%, and the acceptance rate for women is 36%.

Average Test Scores

About 34% 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 640 and 710. Math scores were between 690 and 770.

Babson College received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 29 and 33. Composite scores were between 30 and 33.

Can I Afford Babson College?

The overall average net price of Babson College is $57,305. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Babson College, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $9,585 a year. That adds up to $38,340 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Babson College is 0.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Babson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,576 undergraduate students at Babson College, with 2,551 being full-time and 25 being part-time.

There are also 1,108 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,551 full-time undergraduates at Babson College, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Babson College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	319
Black or African American	121
Hispanic or Latino	359
White	832
International Students	722
Other Races/Ethnicities	198

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Babson College. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 91 countries are represented at Babson College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Thailand.

Online Learning at Babson College

In 2020-2021, 1,582 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Babson College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 32nd most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Babson College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Babson College was 6,558.5%. This is the #20 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Babson College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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