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Bentley University

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Waltham, MA
Population 3,800,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,288
Men / Women 61% / 39%
White 49%
International 15%
Hispanic 13%
Asian 8%
Black 4%
Mixed 3%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 92%
Engineering, Computing & Math 4%
Humanities & Social Sciences 3%
Professional 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $61,000
Est. Cost of Attendance $79,548
10-Year ROI $312,000
ROI Percentile 98th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%
4-Year Graduation Rate 81%
6-Year Graduation Rate 87%
Transfer-Out Rate 10%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 45%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Early Decision Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #347
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #364
Life & Natural Sciences $2M #443
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #264
Humanities & Social Sciences 0 #605
Life & Natural Sciences 0 #612

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 21%
SAT Range 1,280 – 1,430
ACT Range 28 – 31

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Bentley University 921 59% / 41% 13% $106,732
Computer Science 36 61% / 39% 6% $108,315
Accounting 64 58% / 42% 6% $103,536
Accounting and Finance 48 65% / 35% 12% $103,536
Actuarial Science 11 45% / 55% 27% $102,289
Business Administration 120 46% / 54% 8% $110,133
Business Statistics 39 49% / 51% 15% $102,289
Business Studies 104 77% / 23% 10% $101,667
Economics 13 69% / 31% 54%
Finance 284 73% / 27% 15% $116,381
Health Administration 3 0% / 100% 0%
Managerial Economics 23 48% / 52% 22% $88,038
Marketing 123 36% / 64% 11% $97,819
Selling Skills and Sales Operations 11 64% / 36% 18%
Chinese
Corporate Communications 22 23% / 77% 9% $80,748
Cultural Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
History 1 100% / 0% 0%
International Studies 2 0% / 100% 0%
Public Policy 3 33% / 67% 0%
Spanish 1 0% / 100% 0%
Sustainability Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Cybersecurity 11 82% / 18% 27%