Bentley University

FALCON FACTS

1) A Force in the Classroom 

Bentley student athletes are a force in the classroom. Notable achievements from the 2025-26 academic year.

• Bentley led the Northeast 10 in student-athletes on the Northeast 10 Academic Honor Roll in both the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters.  In the fall, 85.6 percent of student-athletes qualified and in the spring it was 84 percent. It marked the 33rd time in the 34 semesters that the NE10 has been recognizing the Academic Honor Roll (formerly Commissioner's Honor Roll) that Bentley has had the most honorees.

• The athletic department's overall GPA was 3.42

• The Falcons hockey team led Atlantic Hockey with 28 student-athletes on the conference's All-Academic team.

• A conference-best 40 student-athletes received the NE10 Conference Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, an honor awarded to graduating senior student-athletes for their outstanding work in the classroom during their college careers.

• Four teams earned the NE10's Team Academic Excellence Award for having the highest team GPA in the conference. Those were volleyball, football, men's lacrosse and men's track and field.

• Bentley Received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for 14th straight Year. The award is presented annually to member schools who have earned an Academic Success Rate of 90% or higher. Bentley has achieved an ASR of 98 for ten straight years.

• Bentley University was ranked number two nationally in the NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate report, the eighth straight year that Bentley has been in the top two. The Falcons were number one annually from 2017-23.
 

2) Bentley's Career Services is Ranked No. 1 & A Top Ranked Business School

Bentley University's nationally recognized Pulsifer Career Development Center is the best in the country – ranked #1 for "Best Career Services" by The Princeton Review . Bentley is also ranked #4 for highest median salary 10 years after graduation by The New York Times

It's the 13th year in a row that Bentley's career development department has been ranked in the top 5 in the U.S., including five times at number 1 (2017, 2019, 2023, 2024 & 2025), demonstrating Bentley's successful approach to making sure that students thrive after graduation. For more than a decade, 97 to 99 percent of Bentley graduates have been employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.

A list of rankings for Bentley's undergraduate and graduate programs can be found here.

Bentley was ranked #28 by LinkedIn in its list of 50 best colleges for long-term career success in the United States: LinkedIn Ranking

Additionally, a report from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked Bentley No. 8 among colleges and universities offering the greatest return on investment - with a net economic gain of more than $1 million 20 years after graduation and $2.25 million 40 years after graduation.
 

3) Climbing up the Learfield Rankings

In 2025-26, Bentley athletics finished 50th in the NCAA DII Learfield Cup standings, its best placement since 2010-11 and the school's third best finish in its history. The Learfield Cup ranks athletic departments based on NCAA postseason success.

2025-26 also saw Bentley finish as the runner-up in the NE10 Presidents Cup standings for the third straight year.

4) 98 Academic All-Americas

Bentley has had a total of 98 CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America selections in its history, including 54 since 2010. Our 98 Academic All-Americas ranks in the Top-15 all-time in Division II. Bentley had three student-athletes earn Academic All-America honors in 2025-26: Michael Haikal (men's soccer), Jake Fredericks (football) and Taylor White (women's swimming).

5) Bentley Has Won Two NCAA Div. II National Championships

Bentley owns 2 NCAA Division II national championships, won by the women's basketball team in 2014 and the field hockey team in 2001.
   

6) Northeast 10 Championships 

A charter member of the Northeast-10, Bentley has captured a total of 163 conference championships in its history. In the 2025-26 season, football, volleyball and baseball each won the NE10 championship. Regular season championships were won by men's soccer, women's basketball and volleyball.
 

2025 NE10 Football Champions

 

 2025 NE10 Volleyball Champions