Top Ranked Programs
Bentley University's program mix is heavily concentrated in applied business and finance fields — a signature consistent with its identity as a business-focused private university in the Boston metro. Business dominates the degree portfolio, with Business accounting for 85% of graduates and Social Sciences representing 32%. The largest program by cohort is Finance with 244 graduates, followed by Accounting (231 graduates), Business Administration (170 graduates), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (152 graduates), and Digital Marketing (122 graduates). Across 12 programs serving roughly 1,246 students annually, 11 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. The strongest ranks cluster in finance and accounting. Azimuth ranks Finance #15 among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning a median $113,795 four years after enrollment. Azimuth ranks Accounting #6 among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning a median $108,343. Azimuth ranks Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other #1 among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning a median $109,922, while Azimuth ranks Business/Managerial Economics #5 among nonprofit four-year institutions with median earnings of $108,886. These programs are overwhelmingly high-mobility, direct-to-workforce pathways. Graduates in finance, accounting, and data analytics enter national labor markets in financial services, consulting, and technology — sectors where Boston-area employers recruit heavily and where supply and demand for college graduates remains strong. The concentration of degree output in a narrow band of applied-business fields means that Bentley University's institutional earnings profile is tightly linked to outcomes in these specific career tracks rather than spread across a broad liberal-arts portfolio.