Babson Ranked No. 7 in the United States by LinkedIn
Babson College has been named the No. 7 best college in the United States on the LinkedIn Top Colleges 2025 list, which ranks schools based on the long-term career success of their alumni.
In its inaugural ranking of the best 50 colleges in the country, LinkedIn cited Babson as a top five school for network strength and entrepreneurship or C-suite experience.
The new ranking by LinkedIn identified the schools that best prepare graduates for long-term success. The rankings are based on exclusive LinkedIn data analyzing the career outcomes of alumni by a number of factors, including job landing rates and advancement into senior-level positions, as well as alumni who held an internship as students or started their own company following graduation.
The LinkedIn ranking continues Babson’s ascendancy to the company of the top colleges in the United States, alongside the best Ivy League and most prestigious schools. Babson placed in the top seven with Princeton University, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, and Harvard University.
The No. 2 College in America: Read more about Babson’s stellar WSJ ranking in Babson Magazine.
The latest milestone also caps a string of high-profile recognitions for Babson over the past 12 months, including being named the No. 2 Best College in the U.S. by The Wall Street Journal, as well as being named the No. 1 undergraduate school for entrepreneurship (for the 28th consecutive time) and No. 1 MBA for entrepreneurship (for the 32nd consecutive year) by U.S. News & World Report.
The LinkedIn data used to rank the best colleges was based on five pillars: job placement; internships and recruiter demand; career success; network strength; and knowledge breadth. Here’s how LinkedIn describes its methodology.
- Job placement tracks the percentage of alumni from recent graduate cohorts (2019–2024) that start a full-time position or a graduate school program within the same year of graduating. This assessment is based on LinkedIn hiring data.
- Internships and recruiter demand tracks the percentage of alumni from recent cohorts who completed an undergraduate internship; and labor market demand for recent cohorts, based on InMail outreach data.
- Career success tracks the percentage of alumni with post-graduate entrepreneurship or C-suite experience.
- Network strength tracks how connected alumni of the same school are to each other, as well as how connected alumni from recent cohorts are to all past alumni and current students.
- Knowledge breadth tracks unique fields of study and unique skills gained among recent cohorts during their degree.
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