unitid 164739 · Waltham, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Bentley University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,454
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
45%
17th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
4,474
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
16%
undergrads on Pell grants
13th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
87%
finish within 150% time
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$79,548
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$37,930
after aid, aided students
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$120,959
after entry, Title IV students
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,023
62nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $21,196 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k13%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $106,566
- First-generation students
- 16%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $61,000
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 256 | $110,594 | $26,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 210 | $143,471 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 180 | $99,268 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 108 | $94,417 | $25,000 |
| Marketing. | 108 | $93,454 | $26,000 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other. | 106 | $109,800 | $26,000 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 103 | $116,933 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 90 | $143,094 | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 69 | $104,011 | $25,000 |
| Human Computer Interaction. | 58 | $180,058 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 40 | $116,980 | $26,000 |
| Applied Mathematics. | 39 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.