FAQs
Here are the basics, but just in case you have some additional questions you can check out the various sections; and, of course, you can always contact our office.
Fast Facts
| Location | Waltham, Massachusetts — just 10 miles from downtown Boston |
| Size | 4,000 full-time and 250 part-time undergraduate students, 1,390 graduate and PhD students |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Accreditation | AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) |
| Financial Assistance | Received by about 70 percent of Bentley students |
| Faculty to student ratio | 1:12 |
| Average class size | 25 per class with no courses enrolling more than 40 students |
| Student Activities | More than 100 clubs and organizations available |
| Athletics | Division II varsity programs offering 23 teams, Division I varsity ice hockey |
| Bentley Mascot | Falcon |
| Greek Life | 14 percent participation rate |
| Internships | Completed by nearly 100 percent of the student body |
| Job Placement Rate | Within six months of graduation, 94 percent of Bentley students are employed or enrolled in graduate school |
| Housing | Guaranteed for all four years |
National Rankings:
| U.S. News and World Report 2010 |
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| The Princeton Review (2010 edition) |
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| BusinessWeek Magazine (2010 edition) |
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