BABSON COLLEGE E-12

Babson Park, MA 02457-0310
Tel: (781)235-1200; 800-488-3696; Admissions: 800-488-3696; Fax: (781)239-5614; E-mail: ugradadmission@babson.edu; Web Site: http://www.babson.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1919. Setting: 370-acre suburban campus with easy access to Boston. Endowment: $150.6 million. Research spending 2002-03: $3.2 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $11,926 per student. Total enrollment: 3,342. Faculty: 223 (164 full-time, 59 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 2,991 applied, 37% were admitted. 50% from top 10% of their high school class, 85% from top quarter, 100% from top half. Full-time: 1,717 students, 40% women, 60% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 62 other countries, 55% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 3% black, 8% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 19% international, 1% 25 or older, 85% live on campus, 3% transferred in. Retention: 93% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, internships. Off campus study at Pine Manor College, Regis College (MA), Brandeis University, Wellesley College. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early decision, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: interview, SAT II: Writing Test, SAT II Subject Test in math. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 11/15 for early decision, 11/15 for early action. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision, 1/1 for early action.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $60. Comprehensive fee: $37,226 includes full-time tuition ($27,248) and college room and board ($9978). College room only: $6438. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 60 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 9% of eligible men and 9% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, Free Press, Dance Ensemble, Asian Pacific Student Association, college radio. Major annual events: Oktoberfest, Spring Weekend, Family Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 1,380 students; 1,399 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2001-02. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only housing available. Horn Library plus 1 other with 131,844 books, 346,868 microform titles, 680 serials, 4,472 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $1.9 million. 350 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Breadth distinguishes Babson from other undergraduate management programs. The focus of the Babson education blends professional (50%) and liberal arts (50%) courses with campus and field experiences in a small college setting where both halves of the faculty work together to help students perform well and to grow in response to change. Babson is located 30 minutes by car from Boston.