Babson College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Babson College was established on September 3, 1919, and is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. The college was founded as the Babson Institute by Roger Babson. It received its present name in 1969. Babson College currently enrolls more than 1,000 graduate and over 1,5000 undergraduate students, representing over 75 countries and 48 states.

The college's campus spreads across an area of 370 acres. Babson College grants Bachelor of Science degrees through its undergraduate program. The college also confers custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.

Babson College has numerous clubs and organizations including the Babson Chess Club, Babson Emerging Markets Club, Babson Luxury and Fashion Association, and Babson Outdoors Association. The institute also hosts many international and minority student organizations. Theta Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Epsilon Pi are some of the fraternities and sororities of the college.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in business and management.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High male/female ratio.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Schools of business and management.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,439 in 2009-2010 (3,227 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 44% of enrolled students and graduate students are 56%.

Students under 25 years old represent 57% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Babson provides on-campus housing for 1,672 of its 3,227 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Babson offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,102 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations