Admissions & selectivity
Babson College Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Babson College?
Babson College’s reported acceptance rate is 17.1%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 17.1%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Babson College Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Babson College admits 17.1% of applicants, well below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,379 applicants and 1,603 admitted students, with 625 enrolling.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Babson College students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Babson College reported that 22% of its entering class submitted SAT scores. The middle half of those SAT submitters scored from 1410 to 1500.
Among the 3% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 31 to 34.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Babson College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
22% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1410
- Median
- 1460
- 75th percentile
- 1500
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
3% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 31
- Median
- 32
- 75th percentile
- 34
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Babson College Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Babson College?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16.3%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 9.7%
- First-year retention
- 94.6%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
16.3% of undergraduates at Babson College receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 9.7% arrive as transfers or part-time students. The undergraduate population numbers 2,728.
Most students enter as first-years, with transfers forming a smaller portion of the class. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,379 first-year applicants, 1,603 admitted, and 625 enrolled.
Transfer applicants numbered 543, with 126 admitted and 55 enrolled. Pell-eligible applicants should run their numbers through the cost calculator before deciding.
Of full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, 94.6% return for a second year, above the peer median of 83.4% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 93.1%, also above the peer median of 68.8%.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a six-year graduation rate of 93.0% for the first-time, full-time fall 2018 entering class. The federal data for the first-time full-time cohort shows Pell recipients completing at 92.1%, 1.0 percentage points below the overall rate.
Enrolled students can expect a campus where nearly everyone who starts full-time finishes.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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