Bentley University named #8 in U.S. for Return on Investment
When it comes to return on investment, Bentley University is ranked no. 8 in the country ahead of Harvard, Yale, Duke and Georgetown, according to a new U.S. News and World Report ranking.
The value of a bachelor's degree from Bentley is $312,000 per student 10 years after graduation and $3,830,000 after 40 years post-graduation.
The ranking highlights Bentley’s emphasis on successful outcomes for its students. For more than 20 years, 97–99% have been employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation. The Pulsifer Career Development Center has been ranked #1 in the country by Princeton Review for the last two years and has been among the top five for Best Career Services since 2014.
The U.S. News ranking is based on data from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, which analyzed the return on investment for 4,600 colleges. The return on investment was calculated by comparing the cost of attending a college to a student’s earnings over their career.
Successful Outcomes for Bentley Graduates
The no. 8 ranking from U.S. News and World Report follows new data from Bentley's top-ranked Pulsifier Career Development Center, which recently published a report about Bentley's undergraduate class of 2024.
Findings show the class of 2024 has a 99% placement rate, meaning nearly all of last year's graduates are either employed or attending graduate school within six months after graduation. This figure was a one-percent improvement from the class of 2023, which had a 98% placement rate.
Members of the 2024 class were hired by 285 employers across an array of key sectors including technology, financial services and healthcare. Among the companies where former Bentley students now find themselves employed:
- Amazon
- Boeing
- CVS Health
- Dell Technologies
- Delloite
- Goldman Sachs
- KPMG
- PwC
- Salesforce