Babson College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Babson College

Babson College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,728 students of which 3,272 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Babson College is categorized as “29” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 17.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,457 and an ACT midpoint of 32. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $40,514, with published in-state tuition of $57,152 and a Pell grant recipient share of 16.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 92.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 94.6%. Graduates earn a median of $123,938 ten years after enrolling, compared with $91,354 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 47000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 91.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.