Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Overview

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Boston, Massachusetts. The location of BFIT is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Known For?

• Students at BFIT may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at BFIT is the bachelor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 52% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from BFIT makes roughly $50,886 a year. This is 25% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology?

Contact details for BFIT are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	41 Berkeley St, Boston, MA 02116
Phone:	617-423-4630
Website:	www.bfit.edu

How Do I Get Into BFIT?

You can apply to BFIT online at: www.bfit.edu/admissions-and-aid/apply-to-bfit/

Since Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology?

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 BFIT, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,242 a year. That adds up to $24,968 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BFIT is 5.7%. 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.

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 476 undergraduate students at BFIT, with 300 being full-time and 176 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 300 full-time undergraduates at BFIT, 83% are male and 17% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	21
Black or African American	108
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	55
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at BFIT. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Taiwan, Vietnam, and Serbia.

Online Learning at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

In 2020-2021, 457 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.