Babson College

Babson Accelerator
All students are invited to apply to the Accelerator Program which provides students with professional and semi-private workspace as well as access to world class faculty, executives in residence, serial entrepreneurs, and a network of professional service providers.

There is no cost to participate in the program but all student businesses are invited to contribute a percentage of their equity position to Babson through its Founder’s Fund. This fund was created by alumni as a “venture capital fund” used to support Babson’s mission of providing entrepreneurial education.

E-Tower
E-Tower is a living community for undergraduate student entrepreneurs who are actively developing business plans and running companies. Living together unites and immerses them in an innovative, high energy environment that promotes creation, evolution, and implementation of new venture ideas.

Babson Entrepreneurship Competitions and Events:

The Creative Thinking Contest is an undergraduate competition designed to honor all forms of the creative process as they intersect with entrepreneurial thinking.

Rocket Pitch is an event that provides students with three minutes to quickly and succinctly deliver the critical differentiating elements of their business ideas.

The Business Plan Competition was the first of its kind in higher education. Finalists are selected by more than 400 alumni around the world who evaluate and provide feedback to the students virtually. Monetary and in-kind prizes are awarded to the top three finalists.

Student of the Year Award is bestowed by Babson alumni to honor an undergraduate student who is running a successful business while in school.

The Babson Entrepreneurial Energy Expo is a forum that welcomes students to join leading professionals and companies to discus how clean energy innovation will drive a new era of energy, economics and policy.

Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship

All first-year undergraduate students jump into entrepreneurial thought and action with Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME), a required practicum in new venture creation. With funding provided by the College, student teams plan and develop a for-profit venture, then launch, manage, and liquidate it, selecting a local social service agency to receive its profits.

Off-Shore Courses at Babson

Babson believes that entrepreneurship is a tool for creating both economic and social value and so, they educate their students to build and grow ventures for a better world. Babson students have many opportunities to practice globally responsible leadership. Some recent activities include:

Culture, Society and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: South Africa

A trip to the Western Cape region of South Africa where students from Babson and Stellenbosch University partnered to deliver developmental entrepreneurship courses to high school students living in disadvantaged circumstances in townships left from the apartheid era.

Culture, Society and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: Ghana

A mission during Babson’s winter break in which students taught entrepreneurship and business to high school students and adult learners in Ghana, Africa.

Babson does not offer majors in any discipline, entrepreneurial thought and action underlies and is integrated into their entire curriculum. While their academic programs are designed to cultivate a broad entrepreneurial skill set, they also provide highly customized paths in specific areas called concentrations. These include corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, family enterprising, new venture creation, social entrepreneurship, sustainable growth, technology entrepreneurship, and women’s leadership. With the largest faculty dedicated to entrepreneurship, Babson is able to provide more courses and support to its students than any other institution.

Concentrations of study may be found at http://www.babson.edu/concentrations

#1 in Entrepreneurship U.S. News and World Report (each of the 13 years the ranking has taken place)

#1 in Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Magazine

2008 Hottest College for Business Newsweek and Kaplan

#25 Business Program and #23 for International Business U.S. News and World Report

A+ for Teaching, A+ for student services and facilities, and #23 Business Program BusinessWeek

Babson’s flagship undergraduate course, Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship, was recognized by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) as the most innovative entrepreneurship course in the country.

The College received the Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for its “Reinvention of Undergraduate Business Education.”

School Type: Four year, Private, Founded: 1919

Affiliation: None

Website: http://www3.babson.edu/

Student Profile:

Number of undergraduate, full-time students:
1898

Percentage of undergraduate, full-time male students, full-time Female students:
57% Male, 43% Female

Number of states represented by student body:
41

Number of countries represented by student body:
66

Percentage of international students:
23%

Percentage of minority students:
27%

Number of students participating in entrepreneurship:
All Students

Faculty Profile:

Number of full-time faculty:
159

Student/Faculty ratio:
14:1

Athletics:

Athletics division, conference, and number of varsity sports:
NCAA Division III, NEWMACS ECAC East Conference, US Collegiate Ski Association, 22 varsity sports

Financial:

Cost of tuition:
$37,824 (Tuition plus room and board)

Percentage of students who receive some financial aid:
51%

Babson College
231 Forest Street
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781-235-1200

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