Enrollment Trends at Babson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,512 where 3,932 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

71.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 652 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 223 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.74 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Babson than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Babson College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,057	2,141	1,105	1,036	916	604	312
2016-17	3,165 108	2,283 142	1,198 93	1,085 49	882 -34	584 -20	298 -14
2017-18	3,329 164	2,342 59	1,210 12	1,132 47	987 105	611 27	376 78
2018-19	3,357 28	2,361 19	1,220 10	1,141 9	996 9	599 -12	397 21
2019-20	3,325 -32	2,386 25	1,274 54	1,112 -29	939 -57	581 -18	358 -39
2020-21	3,340 15	2,457 71	1,360 86	1,097 -15	883 -56	507 -74	376 18
2021-22	3,684 344	2,576 119	1,465 105	1,111 14	1,108 225	644 137	464 88
2022-23	3,989 305	2,761 185	1,599 134	1,162 51	1,228 120	700 56	528 64
2023-24	3,943 -46	2,752 -9	1,572 -27	1,180 18	1,191 -37	695 -5	496 -32
2024-25	3,932 -11	2,793 41	1,560 -12	1,233 53	1,139 -52	694 -1	445 -51
Average	3,512	2,485	1,356	1,129	1,027	622	405

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,485 where 2,793 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Babson College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,141	2,141	1,105	1,036	0	0	0
2016-17	2,283	2,283	1,198	1,085	0	0	0
2017-18	2,342	2,342	1,210	1,132	0	0	0
2018-19	2,361	2,361	1,220	1,141	0	0	0
2019-20	2,386	2,386	1,274	1,112	0	0	0
2020-21	2,457	2,457	1,360	1,097	0	0	0
2021-22	2,576	2,551	1,454	1,097	25	11	14
2022-23	2,761	2,737	1,592	1,145	24	7	17
2023-24	2,752	2,720	1,555	1,165	32	17	15
2024-25	2,793	2,734	1,537	1,197	59	23	36
Average	2,485	2,485	1,351	1,121	2,485	6	8

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,027 where 1,139 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Babson College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	916	427	284	143	489	320	169
2016-17	882	404	280	124	478	304	174
2017-18	987	441	296	145	546	315	231
2018-19	996	544	349	195	452	250	202
2019-20	939	459	310	149	480	271	209
2020-21	883	345	219	126	538	288	250
2021-22	1,108	561	347	214	547	297	250
2022-23	1,228	668	403	265	560	297	263
2023-24	1,191	662	412	250	529	283	246
2024-25	1,139	630	413	217	509	281	228
Average	1,027	1,027	331	183	1,027	291	222

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.67% and the percentage of black students is 4.68% at Babson College. 10.27% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.96% to 27.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.24% to 10.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.12% to 4.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.37% to 13.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8921 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8286 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Babson College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	3	313	126	256	2	1,191	64
2016-17	4	326	149	264	3	1,206	61
2017-18	3	338	150	304	2	1,231	63
2018-19	2	339	138	330	4	1,219	67
2019-20	2	305	135	358	2	1,128	69
2020-21	1	362	141	394	3	1,273	72
2021-22	3	401	154	406	3	1,238	75
2022-23	5	427	144	481	1	1,223	85
2023-24	2	421	157	511	0	1,164	83
2024-25	2	404	184	529	0	1,088	85
Average	3	364	148	383	2	1,196	72