Babson College
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 9 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 6 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 33.3%
- No Data6 · 66.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Apr 2022Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Mar 2012Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 502 students received $3.2M in Pell grants, alongside $9.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 420 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.2%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Babson College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 13
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus19
Includes 12 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Keith Hall1 fireSmoking materialsDamage $0-$99
- Woodside Housing2 firesA pile of paper was found that had been set on fire.Damage $0-$99
- Woodside Housing2 firesSmoking materialsDamage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Babson College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Babson College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBabson College | 93% | — | 3,932 | $40,514 | — |
| 67% | 60.5% | 2,008 | $45,447 | — | |
| 63% | 64.5% | 2,409 | $27,232 | — | |
| — | — | 908 | — | — | |
| 38% | 67.5% | 1,004 | $22,143 | — | |
| — | — | 5,514 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 65% | 64.5% | 2,209 | $33,873 |
Institutions like Babson College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Babson College's comparison group.
- Massachusetts
Hult International Business School
Grad rate67%Admit rate60.5%Enrollment2,008Net price$45,447View data - Michigan
Northwood University
Grad rate63%Admit rate64.5%Enrollment2,409Net price$27,232View data - Michigan
Walsh College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment908Net price—View data - Michigan
Cleary University
Grad rate38%Admit rate67.5%Enrollment1,004Net price$22,143View data - Pennsylvania
American College of Financial Services
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,514Net price—View data
Babson College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Borbala MahrInstitutional Research Analyst
Common Data Set
Babson College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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