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Bentley University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Waltham, MA
Population 3,800,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,288
Men / Women 61% / 39%
White 49%
International 15%
Hispanic 13%
Asian 8%
Black 4%
Mixed 3%
Native American 0%
From State 40%
From Region 26%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 92%
Computer Science 5%
Humanities & Social Sciences 3%

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 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 47%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #343
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #358
Life & Natural Sciences $2M #434
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Humanities & Social Sciences 0 #575
Life & Natural Sciences 0 #576

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 21%
SAT Range 1310 – 1400
SAT Math Range 650 – 730
SAT RW Range 630 – 700
ACT Range 28 – 31

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Bentley University 921 59% / 41% 13% $103,112 96%
Computer Science 36 61% / 39% 6% $116,980 98 98%
Cybersecurity 11 82% / 18% 27% $119,634 99 100%
Accounting 64 58% / 42% 6% $99,268 94 97%
Accounting and Finance 48 65% / 35% 12% $99,268 94 97%
Actuarial Science 11 45% / 55% 27% $104,011 96 97%
Business Administration 120 46% / 54% 8% $94,417 91 92%
Business Statistics 39 49% / 51% 15% $104,011 96 97%
Business Studies 104 77% / 23% 10% $109,800 97 96%
Economics 13 69% / 31% 54% $95,103 92
Finance 284 73% / 27% 15% $110,594 97 97%
Health Administration 3 0% / 100% 0% $87,145 86
Managerial Economics 23 48% / 52% 22% $95,081 92 95%
Marketing 123 36% / 64% 11% $93,454 91 98%
Selling Skills and Sales Operations 11 64% / 36% 18% $96,911 93
Chinese $77,539 76
Corporate Communications 22 23% / 77% 9% $87,208 86 100%
Cultural Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $73,984 70
History 1 100% / 0% 0% $76,929 75
International Studies 2 0% / 100% 0% $108,759 97 97%
Public Policy 3 33% / 67% 0% $86,296 85
Spanish 1 0% / 100% 0% $97,030 93 96%
Sustainability Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $74,877 72