Facts About Bentley

Campus and Location

  • Set on 163 acres in Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Minutes west of Boston
  • Free daily shuttle from campus to Harvard Square in Cambridge

Enrollment

  • Undergraduate students: 4,157 full time; 135 part time
  • Average undergraduate class size: 24
  • Approximately 81 percent of full-time undergraduates live on campus
  • Graduate students: 1,399
  • Average graduate class size: 21
  • PhD students: 34
  • International students represent 12 percent of the undergraduate student population, 24 percent of the graduate students including PhD enrollment

Faculty

  • More than 290 full and 181 part-time faculty members, who teach at both undergraduate and graduate levels
  • 82 percent hold doctoral degrees
  • Professors are accessible, committed to excellent teaching and advising as well as to pursuing research and scholarship in their field
  • Many have significant experience in the business world
  • Faculty-student ratio is 1 to 12

Curriculum

  • As a business university, Bentley distinctively integrates business and the liberal arts and provides international leadership in business education and research.
  • Bentley is a leader in promoting ethical and socially responsible enterprise and the critical role of information and communication technology in achieving sustainable high performance.
  • Bachelor of science degrees in 11 business fields; bachelor of arts degrees in five arts and sciences disciplines
  • The graduate school emphasizes the impact of technology on business practice and offers PhD programs in Business and Accountancy, an MBA with 8 areas of concentration, an integrated MS+MBA, seven Master of Science degrees, and custom executive education programs.

Tuition and Fees for 2011-2012

  • Undergraduate: Tuition is $36,840. Room and board (double room, meal plan) is $12,520. The mobile computing fee is $1,200; the activity fee is $288.
  • Graduate: Tuition for each three-credit MBA and Master of Science course is $3,654.

Careers

  • Within six months of graduation, more than 95 percent of Bentley students find professional employment or enroll in graduate school
  • Recruiting programs bring more than 1,200 job opportunities to students each year
  • Over 90 percent of students take on at least one professional internship while at Bentley
  • Workshops, individualized advising, and resource materials help students fine-tune career goals
  • Many of Bentley's 44,500 alumni serve as contacts and resources for students, through panel discussions, informational interviews, Mentor Program