Becker College Overview

Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Becker College is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Worcester makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Becker College Known For?

• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Becker College.
• In 2017-2018, 24% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Becker College with a bachelor's degree make about $43,800 a year. That's 7% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Becker College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Becker College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Becker College has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#222	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Becker College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Most Popular Animal Services Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Most Popular Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Most Popular Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Most Popular Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#83	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#123	Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Becker College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Animal Training Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Animal Training Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#1	Best Value Colleges for Animal Training	College Factual
#102	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#104	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#247	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central

Where Is Becker College?

Contact details for Becker College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	61 Sever St, Worcester, MA 01609-2165
Phone:	877-523-2537
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Becker-College/14053065713?ref=ts
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/beckernews

How Do I Get Into Becker College?

You can apply to Becker College online at: www.becker.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Becker College

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Becker College?

With an acceptance rate of 83%, Becker College may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 76% of students accepted to Becker College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 580.

Becker College received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 30. Math scores were between 19 and 31. Composite scores were between 20 and 31.

Can I Afford Becker College?

The overall average net price of Becker College is $41,768. 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

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 Becker College, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $11,707 a year. That adds up to $46,828 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Becker College is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Becker College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,638 undergraduate students at Becker College, with 1,281 being full-time and 357 being part-time.

There are also 37 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,281 full-time undergraduates at Becker College, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	42
Black or African American	110
Hispanic or Latino	154
White	778
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	184

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Becker College. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at Becker College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Bermuda, and Sierra Leone.

Online Learning at Becker College

In 2019-2020, 1,675 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 49th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Becker College

The following table shows how Becker College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Legal Professions (Other)	#13	#13

Online Growth Rankings of Becker College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Becker College was 398.4%. This is the #198 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Becker College regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Becker College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	9%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Becker College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Homeland Security	#4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#22

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%.

Becker College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Graphic Communications	0	0	74	6	80
Nursing	0	40	34	0	74
Business Administration & Management	0	1	37	0	38
Computer Programming	0	0	34	0	34
General Psychology	0	0	20	0	20
Animal Services	0	13	5	0	18
Health & Physical Education	0	0	14	0	14
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	13	0	13
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	11	0	11
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	7	0	7
Other Psychology	0	0	7	0	7
General Biology	0	0	6	0	6
Human Resource Management	6	0	0	0	6
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	3	3	0	6
Marketing	0	0	3	0	3
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	1	2	3
Homeland Security	0	0	3	0	3
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	2	0	2
Computer Information Systems	0	0	2	0	2
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	1	0	1
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	1	0	1
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	1	0	1
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	1	0	1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0	0
Other Communication Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Support Services	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	57	280	8	351

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.