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#7 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#8 Best Value Schools
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#50 Business Programs
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#19 Accounting
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#16 Entrepreneurship
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#24 Finance
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#3 Most Innovative Schools
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#144 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#21 Co-ops/Internships
Bentley University is ranked #2 in Regional Universities North. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
97
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
2
Graduation and retention rank
1
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
90%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
144
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
84%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
33
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
5
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
83.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
85%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
21.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
1
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1240-1410
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
86%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
7
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
71
Average alumni giving rate
6.4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
