College · Private nonprofit · Longmeadow, MA · Suburb
Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
Hispanic-servingWomen-only
Admit rate85%
6-yr median pay$52k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size1,108
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $52k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 85% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1120.
If you get in
1,108 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
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 $47k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$189k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$57k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$132k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $38.3k
- Room & board
- $13.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants64%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans78%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention71%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr44%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$52k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$55k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out40%
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
- 1,108
- Location
- Longmeadow, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Hispanic-servingWomen-only
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White47%
- Hispanic27%
- Black13%
- Unknown11%
- Asian2%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students50%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time26%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 25
What you can study.