by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Bentley University was awarded 404 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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College Factual ranked Bentley as #32 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bentley held the #56 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Bentley is ranked at #3.
Bentley University has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Bentley.
About 27% of students accepted to Bentley submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 690. Math scores were between 630 and 723.
At Bentley, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bentley University is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 91% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Bentley University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Bentley for first-time, full-time students is 85%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,061 undergraduates at Bentley with 4,008 being full-time and 53 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,297 | $27,303 | $31,754 | $40,226 | $50,161 |
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 Bentley, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bentley, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $9,381 a year. That adds up to $37,524 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bentley is 0.8%. 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.
Get more details about the location of Bentley University.
Contact details for Bentley are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452-4705 |
| Phone: | 781-891-2000 |
| Website: | www.bentley.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/bentleyuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/bentleyu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & Financial Management | 257 | $63,442 |
| Accounting | 178 | $64,753 |
| Business Administration & Management | 140 | $60,797 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 122 | $63,532 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 120 | $62,629 |
| Marketing | 113 | $53,367 |
| General English Literature | 93 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 60 | $71,445 |
| Computer Information Systems | 41 | $70,949 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 28 | $58,138 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,539 students took at least one online class at Bentley University. This is a decrease from the 5,177 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,539 | 152 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,177 | 78 |
| 2018-2019 | 88 | 88 |
| 2017-2018 | 53 | 53 |
| 2016-2017 | 58 | 58 |
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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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