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Bentley University named #8 in U.S. for Return on Investment

April 17, 2025
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…

Jerry M. Jacobs Jr. of Delaware North and the Boston Bruins and Mass. Sec. of Economic Development Yvonne Hao to Deliver Commencement Addresses

April 2, 2025
Jeremy “Jerry” M. Jacobs Jr., P ’20, chief executive officer of Delaware North and an alternate governor for the Boston Bruins, will deliver the keynote address at Bentley University’s 106th undergraduate commencement ceremony in May. Yvonne Hao, secretary of…

99% of Bentley Class of 2024 is Employed or Attending Graduate School

March 21, 2025
Ninety-nine percent of Bentley University’s undergraduate Class of 2024 graduates are employed, attending or planning to attend graduate school, according to data reported six months after their graduation. Graduates also report an impressive $72,000 median…

How Saudi Arabia is Diversifying Its Economy

March 13, 2025
Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa and is one of the largest oil producers in the world. On Feb. 26, the Bentley University community got an inside look at how the country is diversifying its economy to reduce its…

Bentley Students Champion Local High Schoolers at Celtics Career Day

March 12, 2025
Just hours before the Boston Celtics took on Cleveland at TD Garden, 35 Boston-area high school students gathered at the Celtics headquarters for a different kind of pre-game huddle. As part of Celtics Career Day presented by Bentley University on February 28…

Bentley to Transform Adamian Academic Center and Boost Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus

March 5, 2025
For more than a century, Bentley has been reinventing business education to meet the needs of an ever-changing global marketplace. Recognizing that technological innovation is a business imperative, the university began providing laptops to all students in…

Justice in Action: Collective Voices Unite at Bentley MLK Event

February 4, 2025
Can art empower marginalized voices? Why was the iconic 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead” so groundbreaking for Black actors? What does it mean to be Jewish in today’s world and how can we stand together against anti-Semitism? How are communities of color…

Bentley Earns Top Diversity Honor for Second Straight Year

December 12, 2024
For the second year in a row, Bentley University has won the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for its outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. The national honor was given by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and…

Bentley Partners with City of Waltham to Establish Social Innovation Incubator

December 5, 2024
Bentley University has partnered with the City of Waltham to launch the Bentley Social Innovation Incubator, an accelerator program for small business owners and entrepreneurs in the Greater Waltham community who seek to leverage the power of business to…

Bentley on Track to be the First Fair Trade-Certified U.S. Business University

November 22, 2024
Bentley is on track to be the first business university in the country to become a certified Fair Trade University. The news comes after students from the Bentley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center (BSLCE) made a pitch for Bentley to pursue the…