by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bay Path University was awarded 162 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Bay Path landed the #723 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bay Path held the #1,135 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Bay Path is ranked at #34.
The acceptance rate at Bay Path University is 75%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Bay Path is a good fit for you.
About 10% of students accepted to Bay Path submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 533 and 645. Math scores were between 485 and 560.
The student to faculty ratio at Bay Path is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bay Path University is 21%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Bay Path University is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Bay Path the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 50%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Bay Path University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,795 undergraduates at Bay Path with 1,092 being full-time and 703 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,589 | $17,828 | $24,041 | $29,217 | $30,421 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bay Path, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bay Path, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $6,198 a year. That adds up to $24,792 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bay Path is 4.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Bay Path University make the most money.
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Contact details for Bay Path are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 588 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, MA 01106 |
| Phone: | 413-565-1000 |
| Website: | www.baypath.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bay-Path-College/327652194837?ref=hl |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/Bay_Path |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 172 | $54,252 |
| General Psychology | 89 | $29,837 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 53 | $46,060 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 52 | $28,332 |
| General Biology | 42 | $28,041 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 39 | NA |
| Accounting | 28 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 22 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 16 | NA |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 16 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 2,004 students took at least one online class at Bay Path University. This is a decrease from the 3,224 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,004 | 1,626 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,224 | 1,441 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,057 | 1,393 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,168 | 1,501 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,845 | 1,185 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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