Babson College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,728 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $34,096per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 92%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $138,95010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Every Babson student takes Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship, where teams come up with a business idea and work out whether it's feasible.
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All undergraduates must complete an Advanced Experiential course featuring applied projects with companies or nonprofits during their junior or senior year.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 17%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1390–1530Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 31–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Babson College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 17%1,603 admitted of 9,381 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 28%305 admitted of 1,109. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 7%105 admitted of 1,458 who stayed on the wait list (3,579 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1410–150022% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 31–343% of first-years sent ACT scores
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- Character and personal qualities
Considered
- Interview
- A talent or ability
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Babson College Common Data Set. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $34,096full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $82,076sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $58,560Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 92%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 95%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $138,95010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,293federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,728Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 18%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 15%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA — admits 36%
- Brandeis University Waltham, MA — admits 41%
- Bentley University Waltham, MA — admits 45%
- Stonehill College Easton, MA — admits 66%
Also worth a look
- College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA — admits 18%
- University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA — admits 22%
- Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY — admits 21%
- Middlebury College Middlebury, VT — admits 11%
- Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY — admits 19%
- Smith College Northampton, MA — admits 21%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Babson College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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