Bentley University

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Bentley University
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Former names
Bentley School of Accounting and Finance
(1917–1961)
Bentley College of Accounting and Finance
(1961–1971)
Bentley College
(1971–2008)
Type Private university
Established1917;107 years ago (1917)
Endowment $359 million (2021) [1]
President E. LaBrent Chrite [2]
Academic staff
484
Students5,602
Undergraduates 3,996 (Fall 2021)
Postgraduates 1,405
40
Location
Waltham, Massachusetts
,
U.S.

42°23′15″N71°13′14″W / 42.3876°N 71.2206°W / 42.3876; -71.2206
CampusSuburban, 163 acres (66 ha)
Colors       [3]
Nickname Falcons
Sporting affiliations
 NCAA Division II
NCAA Division I - Atlantic Hockey - NEISA
Mascot Flex the Falcon
Website www.bentley.edu
Bentley Wordmark Stacked.png

Bentley University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.

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Bentley has one undergraduate school which offers 17 business majors and 14 arts and sciences majors, as well as 39 minors. Its graduate school offers five master's degrees, an MBA with eight disciplines, and three PhD programs.

While Bentley's main campus hosts almost all of its services, the university also has another campus one mile north. The North Campus hosts four residential buildings.

History

Bentley University was founded in 1917 as the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance by Harry C. Bentley, who served as the school's president until 1953. In 1961, the college was accredited to confer four-year Bachelor of Science degrees under President Thomas Lincoln Morison, who moved the college from its Boylston Street address in Boston to its current-day location in Waltham, Massachusetts. Land for this move was purchased from the Lyman Estate in 1962, and the construction to develop the campus then lasted from 1963 to 1968. [4]

Gregory H. Adamian, a major driving force in the college's development, became the fourth president in 1970. Under his guidance, the college became accredited to confer four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1971 and graduate degrees in 1973. During this time, the school also changed its name to Bentley College. In 2002, Bentley College opened up a campus in the Middle Eastern country of Bahrain in partnership with the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance. The college was accredited to confer its first doctoral degrees in the fields of business and accountancy in 2005. [5] A main fixture of the campus, The Bentley Library, underwent a sweeping renovation in 2006 during which time the school's logo was changed to showcase the clock tower that sits atop the building. [6] One year later, Gloria Cordes Larson, a former state and federal government official and Boston-based lawyer, became the first female president of Bentley College. In 2008, under the leadership of provost Bob Galliers, the school changed its name to Bentley University after being authorized by the state board of higher education to do so. [7] Alison Davis-Blake, the former dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, became Bentley's eighth president in July 2018. She stepped down in June 2020 and was replaced by Interim President Paul Condrin, the chair of the board of trustees. [8] In March 2021, the board unanimously appointed E. LaBrent Chrite to serve as Bentley's ninth president. [2]

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report [9] [10] [11] [12]

Academic rankings
Master's
Washington Monthly [13] 60
Regional
U.S. News & World Report [14] 2
National
Forbes [15] 169
WSJ/College Pulse [16] 11

Princeton Review [17]

Bloomberg [18]

Undergraduate admissions

In 2024, Bentley University accepted 57.9% of undergraduate applicants, with admission standards considered very high and those admitted having an average 3.75 high school GPA. The university does not require submission of standardized test scores, Bentley being a test optional school. Those accepted that submitted test scores had an average 1258-1420 SAT score (27% submitting scores) or average 28-32 ACT score (5% submitting scores). [19]

Graduate programs

Bentley User Experience Degree (San Francisco)

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The LaCava center is home to Bentley's admissions offices

The Masters of Human Factors in Information Design program is offered on the West Coast.

Students take four of the required courses in California, five courses online, and the 10th course at Bentley's "User Experience Center".

The program was designed to accommodate the busy schedules of tech professionals and to draw students from a wide geographic area. Each course is delivered in an executive format: three class meetings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, followed by four weeks of faculty-monitored virtual teamwork, and closing with a Friday/Saturday meeting in the classroom. [20]

Student life

Academic organizations

Bentley is home to a number of academic organizations. Its Fed Challenge team won the College National Fed Challenge in 2010, [21] and won second place in 2012. [22] The university is also home to the Bentley Investment Group, a student-run organization charged with managing a portion of the university's endowment fund. [23] Bentley Investment Group started with $250,000 in 1997 with 24 original members, the assets managed by the club has grown substantially over the past few decades. [24] The technology sector of Bentley Investment Group is currently the largest sector. [25] Other notable academic organizations include Bentley Open Market Committee, Bentley Marketing Association, TAMID, and the Bentley Real Estate Group. [26]

Club sports

In addition to the intercollegiate and intramural programs, the university offers a number of club sports for students to take part in. These clubs are operated within the Student Activities department, and are financially supported by the student's activity fees. One of the most notable club sports is the Bentley Equestrian Team which was created by Bentley University because of the founder of Bentley University, Harry C. Bentley, [27] enjoyed horseback riding in his free time. [28]

Campus media

Athletics

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Bentley Falcons logo.
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Bentley University Basketball Gymnasium located in the Dana Athletic Center

Bentley's mascot is Flex the Falcon. The university has 23 men's and women's varsity teams. All of the teams compete in the Northeast-10 Conference at the NCAA Division II level, with the exception of the men's hockey program, which was one of the original six founding teams of Atlantic Hockey America at the Division I level.

Bentley is also home to one of the best rugby programs in the Northeast winning two national Division III titles in 2007 and 2008 as well as winning the 2008 Beast of the East tournament. They were also Division II National Qualifiers in 2011 and 2012 as well as Rugby Northeast Conference champions in 2011. [33]

The Bentley Men's Ultimate Frisbee team won USA Ultimate's Division III College Championship in 2014. [34]

Bentley is the #2 ranked school among all NCAA Division II colleges and universities in U.S., according to Next College Student Athlete's 2018 NCSA Power Rankings. [35] The NCSA Power Rankings recognize the best colleges and universities in the U.S. for student-athletes. [36] NCSA ranked Bentley Football #1 for DII schools and #63 overall. [37] Among all DII schools, Bentley also ranked #1 in Men's and Women's Lacrosse; #2 in Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Swimming, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's Golf, Women's Field Hockey, Women's Volleyball, Softball, and Baseball; and #3 in Men's and Women's Track and Field. Bentley University Men's Ice Hockey ranked #20 among NCAA DI schools. [38]

Bentley Arena

The Bentley Arena is a multi-purpose ice hockey arena on the campus of Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is home to the Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey program, replacing the previous facility, the John A. Ryan Arena. The first hockey game was on February 16, 2018, with Bentley taking on Army West Point. The seating capacity for hockey games is 2,207. [39] [ circular reference ]

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty and staff

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