Bentley University
Waltham, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit
At a glance
- Admission rate
- 45%
- Total (middle 50%)
- 1280–1430
- Undergraduates
- 4,474
- Setting
- City: Small
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Test policy
Test optional Applicants may choose whether to send a score.
IPEDS (Fall 2024 admissions, reported 2024-25): Test scores not required for admission, but considered if submitted (test optional). Policies change; confirm on the school's admissions website.
Policy source: nces.ed.gov
SAT scores
- Total (middle 50%)
- 1280–1430
- Reading and Writing
- 630–700
- Math
- 650–730
- Average total
- 1352
- ACT composite (middle 50%)
- 28–31
The middle 50%: a quarter of admitted students who sent scores scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. The total adds up the two sections' ranges, so it's approximate.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Admissions
- Phone
- (781) 891-2000
Cost
- Tuition
- $63,390per year
- Average net price
- $38,969What students who get federal aid pay on average after grants and scholarships, per year.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 88%
- First-year retention
- 93%
- Median earnings 10 years after entry
- $126,427
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Degrees and programs
Degree levels: undergraduate certificate, bachelor, post-baccalaureate certificate, master, doctoral, first professional, graduate certificate
Show all 42 programs
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research · bachelor
- Communication and Media Studies · bachelor
- Computer and Information Sciences, General · bachelor, master, graduate certificate
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management · bachelor
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · bachelor
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · bachelor
- Non-Professional Legal Studies · bachelor
- English Language and Literature, General · bachelor
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · bachelor, master
- Mathematics · bachelor
- Applied Mathematics · bachelor, master, graduate certificate
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General · bachelor
- International/Globalization Studies · bachelor
- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies · bachelor
- Human Computer Interaction · undergraduate certificate, master
- Sustainability Studies · bachelor
- Data Analytics · graduate certificate
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · bachelor
- Philosophy · bachelor, graduate certificate
- Psychology, General · bachelor
- Security Science and Technology · graduate certificate
- Public Policy Analysis · bachelor
- Economics · bachelor
- Political Science and Government · bachelor
- Sociology · bachelor
- Design and Applied Arts · bachelor
- Public Health · bachelor
- Business Administration, Management and Operations · bachelor, post-baccalaureate certificate, master, doctoral, first professional, graduate certificate
- Accounting and Related Services · bachelor, master, doctoral, graduate certificate
- Business/Corporate Communications · bachelor
- Business/Managerial Economics · bachelor, master
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations · bachelor, graduate certificate
- Finance and Financial Management Services · bachelor, master, graduate certificate
- Human Resources Management and Services · bachelor
- International Business · bachelor
- Management Information Systems and Services · bachelor
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · bachelor, master, graduate certificate
- Marketing · bachelor, master, graduate certificate
- Taxation · master, graduate certificate
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations · bachelor
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other · bachelor
- History · bachelor
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study
Sources
Numbers on this page come from these sources, as of the year shown. Schools change policies and deadlines - check the school's own website before you apply.
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data Data released 2026-11-02; admissions, SAT/ACT, enrollment and test policy: Fall 2024 (IPEDS 2024-25); tuition: 2025-26; net price: 2024-25; graduation rate: 150% completion for the Fall 2019 cohort; retention: Fall 2023 cohort; median earnings 10 years after entry: measured 2022-2023 (2024 dollars)
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study Released 2026-10-15; programs (CIP 2020, 4-digit) by credential level as reported to IPEDS completions for award years 2022-23 and 2023-24
- NCES IPEDS Institutional Characteristics - Directory information (HD2024) - phone and admissions URL — as of 2024-25 collection
- NCES College Navigator profile — as of IPEDS
Page updated: