Babson College
What Babson College's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.
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Babson College's ED number is inflated.
25% of Early Decision applicants get in, but that pool includes recruited athletes and legacies, admitted at far higher rates. Without them, our estimate is about 22%. Everyone else: 15%.
Getting into Babson College is 1.6× harder than in 2019.
The admit rate fell from 26% (2019-20) to 16% (2025-26).
At most 28% of Babson College's first-years sent an SAT or ACT.
24% sent an SAT and 4% an ACT (some sent both), so most enrolled without a score. SAT middle 50% among those who sent: 1410–1510.
Applications to Babson College are up 66%.
From 6,362 in 2019-20 to 10,552 in 2025-26.
Babson College meets 100% of need.
The average need-based grant is $50,696 a year, against tuition of $60,288.
49% of Babson College's class is filled in Early Decision.
That leaves about 352 seats for 9,213 applicants outside ED.
9 more things the data says PRO
- The admit rate has moved down steadily, from 26.4% in 2019-20 to 16.2% in 2025-26. If the trend holds, expect about 14.3% in 2026-27.
- Early Decision filled about 49% of the 2025-26 first-year class, less than most similar colleges.
- The share of international students in the first-year class has fallen from 29% to 25% since 2019-20, about 0.5 points a year.
- ED applicants were admitted at 25%, against 14.8% for everyone else: 1.7 times the rate.
- Only 24% of enrolled first-years sent an SAT score, so its SAT range describes a minority of the class.
- After ED, 352 of 692 seats were left for 9,213 other applicants: about one seat for every 26.
- It reports meeting 100% of financial need for first-years who have need.
- 1,599 students stayed on the waitlist and 163 were admitted from it (10.2%).
- Applications rose 66% from 2019-20 to 2025-26 (6,362 to 10,552), faster than 76% of colleges here.
What students say PRO
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- Most admits had started or run a real venture, like a startup, online store, nonprofit, coding program or financial literacy club.
- Most admits who posted scores had strong ones, roughly 1400+ SAT or 29+ ACT, with several above 1500.
- Of admits who named a round, 9 of 12 applied Early Action; the rest applied Regular Decision.
- Many admits had internships or research, such as federal research, legislative or law office internships, startup or marketing roles, or published work.
- Many admits held leadership roles like student council president, team captain or national business competition leader.
- Students report Early Action often ends in a deferral, even for strong applicants, and some deferred applicants later move to the waitlist.
- Students report Early Action results may come anywhere from mid-December to January 15, and the website timing is vague.
- Students report Presidential-style merit scholarships of about 30k and some full rides, and that merit awards are not based on the CSS Profile.
- Students report Babson is expensive and aid is uneven, with one Early Decision admit receiving no grants, so cost is a concern before applying Early Decision.
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