Bay Path University
Private College in Longmeadow, MA. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $55,383.
Ten years after entry, the median Bay Path University student earns $55,383 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 44%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $24,901 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Bay Path University admits 85% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 1,047 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Only 16% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 5% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 490–610 | 7 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 520–600 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 44%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 40% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,186 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,463 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,948 at the $0–30k band to $25,475 at $110k+. About 78% get grants averaging $16,572, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 84% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 125 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,948 |
| $30–48k | $12,251 |
| $48–75k | $12,698 |
| $75–110k | $17,528 |
| $110k+ | $25,475 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,000 of these 1,186 students, totalling $7,147,998 — an average of $7,148 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hampden County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)