Babson College Fall Preview Day 9-12-23

A Message from the Dean

We are thrilled for you to join us for our Preview Day! Today, you’ll experience Babson firsthand and get to know the supportive, creative community we call home. You will meet people from around the world. And you will see what it really means to be a student here.

At Babson, you’ll gain a top-ranked business education with an entrepreneurial lens. You’ll experience an innovative curriculum that blends business fundamentals with the liberal arts and sciences. And, through real-world instruction, hands-on experiences, and diverse and global perspectives, you’ll develop insight into your own unique values and entrepreneurial leadership qualities.

This event is a starting point for your Babson journey. It’s a chance to ask questions about student life, the admission process, and our academics and discover parts of Babson you didn’t even know existed. Extend your visit experience after you leave campus by taking an official tour of campus, checking out our webinar series, following us on social, or attending our information sessions.

Babson is a place for you to discover your passions and develop the skills and support you need to accomplish them. We can’t wait to meet you.

ENJOY THE DAY!

Jaime Robitaille Dean of Undergraduate Admission

Entrepreneurial Leadership for Every Ambition.

Our community believes entrepreneurship is core to humanity and is the most powerful driver of positive change. And our mission is to create compassionate, empathetic entrepreneurial leaders who can identify problems and find solutions that benefit individuals, communities, and the world.

And through an entrepreneurial spirit, iterative, real-world instruction, and diverse, global perspectives, we’re building those leaders, ready to head up tomorrow’s workforce. When you come to Babson, you develop the entrepreneurial leadership skills and spirit that will guide your life’s pursuits and passions. Regardless of aspiration, the mindset and skills you develop today will shape the way we all work tomorrow.

Forge connections and exchange ideas with a diverse, global community.

Here at Babson, you experience a warm, welcoming community of students from more than 80 countries. People from all over the world, and with varied backgrounds and interests, come together to share their journey, inspire each other, and create the lasting change of tomorrow.

It is a safe and inclusive environment, where our diverse cultures and perspectives are valued and celebrated.

We embrace our differences: how we live, who we love, where we’ve come from, and what we strive for are essential to our success. All of us, together, are One Babson.

#1for Entrepreneurship

- U.S. News & World Report, 26 consecutive times

Best Value Business School

- PayScale, 2021

Best College for Business Majors

- Money, 2022

Just ranked 10th Best College in America by The Wall Street Journal, 2023

Babson College

AT A GLANCE

2,532 Undergraduate Student Population of classes are taught by professors

100%

Class of 2026

U.S. students of color international students

17%

56% 27% women 44% first-generation students

34 50 states represented citizenships represented countries represented

100% Demonstrated financial need met in your first year (and we’ll commit to the level of grants for your four years)

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43 global study opportunities available

Babson Is Test Optional!

Apply to Babson with or without standardized test scores—the choice is yours. Whether or not you submit test scores, your application will:

Be considered in a contextual and holistic manner

Be considered for merit scholarships

Non-native English speakers will still be required to submit English language exam scores or request a waiver.

Don’t Just Take It From Us

The fact that Babson is a liberal arts and a business school is really something that fascinates me. It gives people like me an opportunity to explore what interests them and what they love. Knowing that I’ll be able to try so many things, and at the end of the day, choosing what interests me the most—that’s something that I really find great about Babson.

I was initially drawn to Babson for their commitment to setting up their students for success in the workplace. My current goals academically are to spend time discovering what I like and want to focus on and expanding my horizons to question my established worldview. Personally, I hope to try out theater and expand my knowledge of other performing arts. At Babson, I hope to gain practical experience to help me figure out where I want to go in business.

I chose Babson for its prominence in entrepreneurship, while also being such a great overall business school. But, I also know that entrepreneurship is not just about starting a business. Babson is going to help further my leadership skills and prepare me for a variety of career paths after college. I’m looking forward to getting hands-on experience in a variety of settings.

The thing that really sold me was just being around that community and seeing how diverse it was. I want to learn from others. Different cultures have different perspectives. One of the biggest things I saw in Babson is the connections. People from Babson are from all over. That’s important to me. I want to travel all over the world. I heard a Babson student saying he had a couch all over the world to sleep on, and I thought, I want to be that guy.

– Lydia Sammy ’25 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya

– Julia Marcelis ’27 Hometown: Fremont, California

– Matthew Johnson ’24 Hometown: Miami, Florida

– Oliver Bustos ’24 Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas

Our students share what sealed the deal when making their college decision

See your future at BABSON

From your course schedule to your social schedule to your future schedule, we want you to know what’s in store

Are you ready to grow your network and your perspective as part of our diverse community? Come join the No. 1 entrepreneurship college and tap into a one-of-a-kind education that sets you up for unmatched professional success. At Babson, we roll up our sleeves and learn by doing, all over our vibrant New England campus.

Undergraduate Academics

Curriculum Planning Guide

Campus Deep Dive

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Post-Graduation Career Outcomes

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Ways to Explore Babson

A Business Education With an Entrepreneurial Lens

Our undergraduate curriculum, a combination of business and liberal arts and sciences classes, is designed for the entrepreneurial leaders of tomorrow.

At Babson, you learn so much more than business. You learn a new way of thinking. And doing. We call this entrepreneurial leadership, and it’s in everything we do.

And entrepreneurial thinkers don’t just start businesses. With our handson curriculum, you acquire core management and critical-thinking skills and develop new perspectives and insights, all while becoming a culturally aware thinker and communicator. Whether you’re innovating within a large corporation, solving global issues, or taking the startup world by storm, you have what it takes to pursue your passions and create your own path to success. Our students leave campus career-ready (and in demand!).

“Babson offers an innovative curriculum where students can learn and grow with a focus on what they’re hoping to learn going forward. They take part in unique experiences that can help them craft their own story, develop their own path, and cultivate their growth as entrepreneurial leaders.”

– WENDY MURPHY Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor of Management

ugradadmission@babson.edu

781-239-5522

1-800-488-3696

babson.edu/whybabson

“Every great idea stems from some sort of entrepreneurial leadership. The ability to solve a problem in a way that includes a team ... the ability to lead a team to accomplish that idea—I think that’s what drives the world forward.”

– MICHAEL AGARD ’24

A Balanced Curriculum, Geared Toward Success

Our core curriculum contains three elements that, through experiential learning, empower you to create lasting value for yourself, your communities, and the world.

FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (FME)

You start your journey with Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME)— an award-winning core first-year course that teaches you entrepreneurial leadership from the startup perspective. During your first year, you create and run a venture. Along the way, you learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurial leadership supported by two faculty members and two student mentors. While immersed in this thought-provoking environment, you examine your personal and professional identity. Learn more about this course on page 12.

SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

As you dive into your Socio-Ecological Systems requirement, you learn about cultural, ecological, and economic systems, social responsibility, and concepts to address sustainability challenges. And, by developing the problem-solving skills you need to be an effective leader and to produce sustainable solutions to real-world problems, you better understand your place in the world and have the skills and knowledge to create lasting change.

Courses include: Urban Development, Feeding the Modern United States, and Natural Disasters

ADVANCED EXPERIENTIAL

Before you graduate, you tie your college experience together with your Advanced Experiential requirement, which is a semester-long project with a company or nonprofit where you hone your interests and foster professional relationships. As a result, you leave Babson as an in-demand global citizen, ready and able to forge your path to success!

Courses include: Design Thinking and Problem Solving for Business Impact, International Consulting Experience, Management Consulting Field Experience (MCFE), Babson College Fund, Sales in Action, and Scaling Lean Ventures

Learn Through Firsthand Experience (In

Your First Year!)

Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME) is your first adventure in entrepreneurial leadership and collaboration.

LEARN BUSINESS BY DOING BUSINESS

You may think introductory courses have nothing to do with your professional interests. Not at Babson. When you get to campus, you dive right into entrepreneurship as you develop, launch, and manage a new venture in FME. In this yearlong course, required of all first-year students, you learn to communicate, lead, work in a team, manage obstacles, and see a plan through to completion. It’s not only a chance to immediately start learning in an authentic environment, but it’s also a safe space to make friends, figure out what parts of entrepreneurship speak to you, and grow your confidence at the beginning of college.

100%

of profits are donated to the team’s service organization.

Since 1999, FME businesses have donated more than $538,000 to local service organizations.

“It puts everything into this crazy course on entrepreneurship. It introduces you to what business and Babson are all about.”

– SOPHIA PANTOS ’24

HOW IT WORKS

With guidance from two dedicated faculty members, who offer deep expertise in the fields of entrepreneurship and management as industry professionals, you gain the skills necessary to be successful in whatever path you chart. That includes entrepreneurship, marketing, organizational behavior, and operations, all while emphasizing the integrated role these functions have in an organization.

Classes of up to 40 students break into teams to use the concepts and tools of Entrepreneurial Thought & Action®, the method of turning ideas into action, to explore a creative opportunity that solves a problem and creates value. Once you determine your idea is feasible, you create a launch plan and must qualify for a loan of up to $3,000 from the College as startup money for your business.

FORMING PARTNERSHIPS

Our FME teams establish a partnership with a local social services agency, emphasizing the importance of corporate social responsibility. Collectively, each team donates 80 hours of community service, plus profits from their business, to that organization. Students have supported a variety of organizations, including Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Cradles to Crayons, Boys and Girls Club, and the Greater Boston Food Bank. The only question is: How much will your team contribute?

WHAT YOU GAIN

The experience is more than just learning how to launch a startup. It’s about recognizing career options. It’s about problem solving strategically, identifying and creating opportunities, understanding your goals, developing the mindset of an entrepreneurial leader, managing team dynamics, and communicating effectively. Above all, it’s about turning ideas into action.

These skills are essential to your personal and professional development, and you will constantly use them throughout your four years—and throughout your future career.

“FME is one of the things that truly separates the Babson learning experience from the rest. Most schools rely on textbooks and case studies, while the FME experience puts theory into practice, exposing you to many aspects of business you can’t learn in a classroom such as team dynamics and real-time decision making. When it comes to entrepreneurship, there is nothing more valuable than real world experience and FME delivers Babson students with exactly that.”

EXAMPLES OF RECENT FME BUSINESSES

Physical workstations for people working or going to school remotely.

G & C KIT

Eco-friendly shower kits.

BOSTON HAT COMPANY

Boston-themed hats designed by Boston-area artists.

BABOGRAMS

Custom-made birthday boxes filled with treats and party favors.

CANINE VOICE

Portable Bluetooth speaker systems with access to a large downloadable message library tailored toward service dogs.

– DAVE HEATH ’05, Co-Founder and CEO, Bombas

Envision Your Academic Life

No two paths at Babson are the same. Our course requirements in business and the liberal arts and sciences serve as the foundation to your overall education. The rest of your Babson journey is up to you.

Take a short-term elective abroad led by Babson faculty

Apply to be in the Honors Program, where you can take advantage of specially designed honors courses, cocurricular activities, and a yearlong capstone project

Cross register to take classes at F.W. Olin College of Engineering, Wellesley College, Brandeis University, and more

Take on your own semester-long independent research project

Teach your own senior-led seminar on a subject you’re passionate about

Foundation

REQUIRED COURSES Keep Exploring Outside our Curriculum

Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME 1000)

Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME 1001)

Financial Accounting (ACC 1000)

Foundations of Business Analytics (AQM 1000)

Writing Across Contexts (WRT 1001)

Foundations of Critical Inquiry (FCI 1000)

Natural Science and Technology (NST 10XX)

Business Law and Ethics (LAW 1000)

Intermediate

Research Writing (WRT 2000)

History and Society (HSS 20XX)

Literature and the Arts (LTA 20XX)

Culture Studies and Philosophy (CSP 20XX)

Socio-Ecological Systems (SES 2000)

Predictive Business Analytics (AQM 2000)

Managerial Accounting (ACC 2002)

Technology Operations Management (OIM 2001)

Digital Technologies for Entrepreneurs (OIM 2000)

Principles of Marketing (MKT 2000)

Principles of Finance (FIN 2000)

Principles of Microeconomics (ECN 2002)

Principles of Macroeconomics (ECN 2000)

Advanced

Strategic Problem Solving (STR 3000)

Advanced Liberal Arts Course (46XX)

Advanced Experiential Course

3 Advanced Liberal Arts Electives (12 Credits)

5 Electives (20 Credits)

Our curriculum is dynamic. And there’s not just one way to tackle it.

SAMPLE COURSE SCHEDULE

CONCENTRATIONS

Focus your learning on a specific subject area that interests you when you choose from these 24 concentrations:

Escape the Classroom Into a Vibrant Community

Here, you join a group of peers whose stories might be different, but whose goals—and drive to make them a reality—resemble your own. You’ll find your fit with a wide variety of clubs, events, and communities on campus. And together, we all create tomorrow.

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Black Student Union (BSU)

The Babson College Black Student Union (BSU) is a student organization that empowers the next generation of Black business and entrepreneurial leaders to make lasting economic and social change in the world. BSU is also a part of the Black Affinity Network.

At Babson, community is at our core. And what makes ours great is what every individual contributes to it.

PRIDE

Pride is the Babson student organization which promotes awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and issues. Pride also serves as a support group for members of the queer community and their allies.

Babson FirstGen Club

This student-led club strengthens the first-generation student identity on campus by tackling the issues that many first-generation college students face. By supporting members personally and professionally, they create an environment where all students can thrive.

Origins of Necessary Equality

Origins of Necessary Equality (ONE) is a special interest academic community where individuals from various origins can come together and share experiences and embark on a journey together to create new memories through living and learning while giving back.

AMAN (South Asian Student Organization)

AMAN brings together diverse people, languages, and cultures. The organization represents five South Asian countries and their cultures—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal— creating a home away from home for all South Asians at Babson.

Babson Dance Ensemble

The Babson Dance Ensemble is the largest student-run organization on campus, hosting over 60 members annually to perform in three show-stopping performances each semester. Their members are inspired by music, passionate about dance, and supportive of a strong community.

Discover an Awe-Inspiring Campus Designed for Inspiration

You will quickly learn our campus is tight-knit, creative, and beautiful, especially during a picturesque New England fall.

Park Manor Quad

One hundred percent of first-year Babson students live on campus, and the Park Manor quad is home to four of our six first-year residence halls. The Quad’s location in the heart of campus makes it a popular destination for interaction, collaboration, and fun. Spend an afternoon on the quad to do anything from lounge on an *Adirondack* chair after class, play Frisbee with friends, or attend a campus event, such as our clubs and organizations fair.

Sorenson Center for the Arts

The Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts is the main facility where BabsonARTS programs and events are held. The Sorenson Center includes the Carling-Sorenson Theater, a beautiful 441-seat proscenium theater and the Sandra L. Sorenson Rehearsal Studio that is used for rehearsals and performances. There are also galleries where professional and student artists display their work and a band room where musicians regularly rehearse and perform.

Babson Commons

Babson Commons at Horn Library is our new home to technology-enabled classrooms, the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance, and a wealth of academic resources. At the center of it all is the beautiful Bala Iyer Garden, a four-season garden for students to gather, enjoy a cup of coffee from our Centennial Café, and maybe take a photo for Instagram.

The Weissman Foundry

The Weissman Foundry is an open-door, collaborative design studio on campus where students from Babson and neighboring schools Olin College of Engineering and Wellesley College can meet and collaborate. The Foundry’s shops, including a woodshop, a digital fabrication studio, and a textile and electronics studio, enable the creation of prototypes. It’s a space to not only find the physical tools you need to iterate your next idea, but the supportive environment you need to take your next risk.

LGRAC

All are welcome at the Len Green Recreation and Athletics Complex, or LGRAC, our state-of-the-art fitness-recreation facility. You can take advantage of three indoor courts, two floors of exercise spaces, and multipurpose studios. Students are welcome to take part in a club or intramural sports such as basketball, indoor soccer, dodgeball, and more. The space includes a 5,000-square-foot weight training floor and a 5,000-square-foot cardio floor.

Cutler Center

The Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance provides programs and resources, such as a finance lab, mentorship, workshops, and competitions, designed to advance education and help our students develop marketable professional skills. The center is committed to furthering Babson’s innovative, practical approach to education and encourages collaboration between students, industry practitioners, and faculty.

A Post-Grad Experience Like No Other

Your career choices are infinite, but there is one guarantee: you will emerge from Babson with skills that allow you to create a positive impact anywhere.

GRADUATES BY FUNCTION

GRADUATES BY INDUSTRY

AVERAGE SALARIES

SIZE

Average annual starting salary for graduates of the class of 2022*

$ 71,385 of the class of 2022 were employed or continuing their education within six months of graduation*

SAMPLING OF EMPLOYERS

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bank of America

BNY Mellon

Boston Partners Global Investors

Bradesco BAC Florida

Capital One

Citibank

Citizens Bank

Concord Health Partners

Credit Suisse

Deutsche Bank

Fidelity Investments

First Republic Bank

Florida Financial Advisors

Goldman Sachs

Gravis

Guardian Life Insurance Company

JPMorgan

Loomis Sayles & Company

Morgan Stanley

OP Crypto

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Piper Sandler

Prudential Financial

Raymond James State Street

Stifel

UBS

Wellington Management

Wells Fargo

TECHNOLOGY/INFORMATION SERVICES

Accenture

Amazon

Dassault Systemes

Dell edX

Google IBM

Meta

Microsoft

Motorola Mobility

Oracle

Pinterest

SimpliSafe

Snap Inc.

Wayfair

ZoomInfo

ACCOUNTING

BDO USA, LLP

EY

KPMG

PwC

98.7% #1 Private Business College for Salary Potential – PayScale, 2021

CONSULTING/MARKET RESEARCH

AT Kearney

Boston Consulting Group

Capgemini

Charles River Associates

ConsumerRating.org

Deloitte

Kearney

McKinsey & Company

Positive Insights LLC

Publicis Sapient

MARKETING/ADVERTISING/PR

AdDaptive Intelligence

Boost Brand Accelerator

Hill Holliday

MediaCom

Mediahub Worldwide

Oxford House PrecisionEffect TechTarget

REAL ESTATE

Acadia Realty Trust

Berkshire Hathaway Commonwealth Real Estate

Cushman and Wakefield

Fortune international

JLL

RETAIL/APPAREL/FASHION

David Yurman

Dick’s Sporting Goods

Forum Brands

L.L.Bean

Target

TJX Companies

HEALTHCARE/BIOTECH/PHARMA

Boston Scientific

CVS Health

Emergent

Praxis Precision Medicines

Thermo Fisher Scientific

SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA

Activision Blizzard

Boston Red Sox

Disney

Universal Music Latin Entertainment

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

Avient Corporation

Burt’s Bees

Cognex

Guangzhou Yonghong Watch Industry

Whirlpool

CPG/FOOD AND BEVERAGE

AB InBev

Conagra Brands

HelloFresh

L’Oreal

NON-PROFIT/EDUCATION/GOVERNMENT/ CIVIC & SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Babson College

Climbing for Change

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

Western National Parks Association

STAFFING/RECRUITING

ALKU

Barton Associates

UTILITIES/OIL/ENERGY

Essar Oil UK

General Electric Power

Tricon Energy

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE

BAE Systems Inc

Raytheon Technologies

LEGAL SERVICES

Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, LLP

Riemer & Braunstein, LLP

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

ANCORE

Beia Beauty

Colgate-Palmolive

ENGINEERING/CONSTRUCTION

MANUFACTURING

A&B Construction

CBT Architects

RePro Products

HOSPITALITY

Issonas LLC

Westmoor Club

LOGISTICS/TRANSPORTATION/ SUPPLY CHAIN

Fuse-Mobility

Total Quality Logistics

AGRICULTURE

Indigo Agriculture

SAMPLING OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS

Babson College

Columbia University

Cornell University

Emory University

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology

IE University

Johns Hopkins University

Le Cordon Bleu

London School of Economics

New York University

Niagara University

School of Visual Arts

St. John’s University School of Law

Suffolk University

University of Florida

University of Miami

University of New Hampshire

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

Vanderbilt University Law School

Washington University in St. Louis

How We Support Your Success

Take a look at how financial aid breaks down for our students

At Babson, we are dedicated to making your education affordable, so you can take advantage of all of the opportunities available to you during your undergraduate experience and beyond.

THE BABSON COMMITMENT

Because your time here should be spent learning, not losing sleep over potential changes in financial aid, here is our promise to you:

1. We will meet 100 percent of your demonstrated need in your first year.

2. We commit to the same Babson Grant amount for all four years.*

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Babson is need-blind for all U.S. and Canadian applicants, and we award $54 million in undergraduate aid ($48 million comes directly from Babson grants and scholarships).

View our merit-based awards and scholarships at babson.edu/ugradmerit

View our need-based grants and scholarships at babson.edu/ugradneed

Need- and merit-based scholarships also are available to international students. Learn more at babson.edu/ugradinternationalaid

2023–2024

TOTAL ESTIMATED YEARLY COSTS

Tuition* $56,032

Housing (median) $13,714

Food/Meal Plan (average) $7,072

Books and Supplies (average) $1,292

* Provided your family has no change in the number of children in college, no change in housing preference (on campus vs. commuter or remote), or no major change in financial circumstances.

Personal Expense s (average) $2,082

Federal Direct Loan Fees (average) ........... $50

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF ATTENDANCE ................... $80,242

“Of all the schools I applied to, Babson ended up being the most affordable, and my parents and I were overjoyed when we realized how affordable it was going to be for me to go here.”

– JULIA TAORMINA ’20

AND WE ARE WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

ESTIMATE YOUR BABSON COSTS

Answer six basic financial questions and receive a personalized estimate in just three minutes at babson.edu/myintuition. Want a more detailed estimate? Visit babson.edu/ugradaid to use our Net Price Calculator.

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