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Bentley tuition and net price

Bentley University · Waltham, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · 4,474 undergraduates

$63,390
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$83,072
full cost of attendance a year
$38,969
average net price after aid

Tuition and fees for 2025-26 come to $63,390, well above the $35,915 median for private four-year colleges. Families under $30,000 still paid $25,905 on average, 51% of what families above $110,000 paid ($50,907). Bentley charges $20,879 more in tuition than it did in 2014-15 ($42,511 then, $63,390 now).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $25,905Income under $30,000$25,905Income $30,001 to $48,000: $17,774Income $30,001 to $48,000$17,774Income $48,001 to $75,000: $27,820Income $48,001 to $75,000$27,820Income $75,001 to $110,000: $36,570Income $75,001 to $110,000$36,570Income over $110,000: $50,907Income over $110,000$50,907
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Bentley's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k$80k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $43k2015-16 $44k2016-17 $46k2017-18 $48k2018-19 $50k2019-20 $52k2020-21 $54k2021-22 $55k2022-23 $57k2023-24 $58k2024-25 no data2025-26 $63k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$63,390
2023-24$58,150
2022-23$56,500
2021-22$54,910
2020-21$53,790
2019-20$51,830
2018-19$49,880
2017-18$48,000
2016-17$45,760
2015-16$44,085
2014-15$42,511

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$63,390
Room and board on campus
$20,930
Books and supplies
$1,200
Full cost of attendance
$83,072 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
20%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
44%
Median federal debt at graduation
$24,250

Colleges similar to Bentley

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Bentley in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ		48%4,222$37,396$118,358
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA		44%2,844$38,655$62,169
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA		48%6,552$36,116$117,193
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL		49%2,630$40,141$57,833
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL		48%2,631$36,204$64,156
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA		41%3,618$30,606$85,519

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Bentley on College Scorecard