College · Private nonprofit · Wellesley, MA · Suburb
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
Admit rate17%
6-yr median pay$91k
Net price / yr$41k
Undergrad size2,728
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $41k/yr for a shot at a $91k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 17% means this is competitive but not impossible. Admitted students average SAT 1457 · ACT 32.
If you get in
2,728 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $80k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $41k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$321k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$162k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$159k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $57.2k
- Room & board
- $21.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,292
How students pay for it.
Pell grants16%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans27%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention94%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr93%
Most finish on time.
6-yr median pay$91k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$124k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,728
- Location
- Wellesley, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- International28%
- White27%
- Hispanic17%
- Asian13%
- Unknown7%
- Black5%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students15%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$91k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.