No. 1 by the U.S. News & World Report for entrepreneurship for several consecutive decades.
In 2025, Babson ranked No. 2 on The Wall Street Journal's best colleges in the U.S. list. It is the No. 1 business school on Forbes' list of colleges with the highest earning graduates. Babson is ranked the No. 1 business school for Return on Investment by PayScale's 2024 rankings. In that same ranking, Babson is ranked 28th nationally for Return on Investment. In 2022, a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce study placed Babson No. 9 overall for return on investment both 30 and 40 years after enrollment.
Because Babson only offers programs in business administration, many publications do not include the college in their overall rankings.
== Student life ==
Student publications include a literary magazine and the Babson Built Podcast. Babson College Radio was started in 1998.
In 2020, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ranked Babson among the 10 worst schools for free speech, alleging …
