Babson College

• RésuméRequired

  Résumé (how-to-apply page: update your professional resume and upload it to your application).

• Transcripts from all institutions, undergraduate and graduateRequired

  Upload transcripts from all institutions attended, undergraduate and graduate (how-to-apply page: request unofficial transcripts from your institution(s) if you can't find them). Transcripts not in English must be translated before submission. If admitted, official transcripts (official translated copies if not in English) are required before the program starts; a recent graduate whose degree isn't conferred may submit an official provisional degree certificate and a university-issued final transcript.

• One recommendation letter (professional or academic)1 letter

  Professional or academic (either). Recommender may write a letter or complete a short survey.

  One recommendation letter, professional or academic. The how-to-apply page says recommenders have the option to either write a letter or complete a short survey.

• GMAT or GREOptional

  GMAT (optional; or GRE): Test-optional for all graduate applicants with a 2027 program entry: scores are welcome but not required. Applicants with limited quantitative experience may wish to submit a score. A GMAT or GRE score is needed to be considered for the Academic Excellence Award. FAQ: the current GMAT or the GMAT Focus Edition is accepted; unofficial score reports are accepted for review.

  GRE (optional; or GMAT): Test-optional for all graduate applicants with a 2027 program entry: scores are welcome but not required. Applicants with limited quantitative experience may wish to submit a score. A GMAT or GRE score is needed to be considered for the Academic Excellence Award. GRE reporting code 3075 (FAQ).

• Duolingo English Test, IELTS, PTE or TOEFL iBT (recommended minimum 100) or TOEFL EssentialsIf your degree wasn't taught in EnglishRequired — waiver possible

  Duolingo English Test (recommended minimum 130): Recommended minimum score: 130.

  IELTS (recommended minimum 7.5): Recommended minimum score: 7.5.

  PTE (recommended minimum 65): Recommended minimum score: 65. Pearson program code WFS-5T-20.

  TOEFL iBT (recommended minimum 100) or TOEFL Essentials (11): Recommended minimum score: TOEFL (iBT) 100; TOEFL Essentials 11. ETS reporting code 3075. Scores are 'recommended minimum' scores, not stated cutoffs.

  Waiver / exemption: FAQ: scores must be submitted if your native language is not English and you have NOT earned a bachelor's or master's from an institution in the United States, U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or India. You may be eligible for a waiver if your native language is English; you earned a degree from an institution outside the United States where the ONLY language of instruction was English (the transcript must say so, or provide a letter from the institution or a link to its website); the official national language of your country of citizenship is English; or you have been employed in the United States full time (post-bachelor's degree) for at least two consecutive years in the last 10 years. Select the waiver reason in the application; Graduate Admissions verifies it. Babson reserves the right to request a TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, or PTE score from all international applicants.

• Virtual conversation (upon request from the admissions committee)If invited

  2026-2027 Graduate Catalog, MSBA requirements: 'Virtual conversation upon request from the admissions committee'. The babson.edu requirements page lists no interview for the MSBA.

Who can apply

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (U.S. or abroad)Required

  FAQ: 'All applicants to our graduate programs must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university whether in the U.S. or abroad.' The international applicants page adds that you need the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree. No minimum GPA ('There is no minimum GPA requirement to apply'). No course prerequisites are listed for the MSBA (the FAQ lists prerequisites only for MSEL and MSF).

• Essay 1 · OptionalCandidates may include an essay to provide additional pertinent information to the admissions committee (optional)

  Candidates may include an essay to provide additional pertinent information to the admissions committee (optional)

• School guidance · RequiredFill out the online application and begin working on the essay or short answer questions. This requirement varies by program.

  Fill out the online application and begin working on the essay or short answer questions. This requirement varies by program.

  The program's actual essay question is inside the application.