Lasell University Business Programs

Located in Newton, Massachusetts, Lasell University is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Newton makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Lasell University?

Contact details for Lasell are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1844 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02466
Phone:	617-243-2000
Website:	www.lasell.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/LasellCollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/LasellCollege

How Do I Get Into Lasell?

You can apply to Lasell online at: www.lasell.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Lasell

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lasell?

Lasell has an acceptance rate of 85%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

About 54% of students accepted to Lasell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 490 and 590.

Lasell received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 25.

Can I Afford Lasell University?

The overall average net price of Lasell is $36,799. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Lasell, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,839 a year. That adds up to $31,356 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lasell is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Lasell University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,492 undergraduate students at Lasell, with 1,450 being full-time and 42 being part-time.

There are also 459 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,450 full-time undergraduates at Lasell, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lasell University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	52
Black or African American	154
Hispanic or Latino	160
White	919
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	119

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Lasell University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 43 countries are represented at Lasell. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan.

Online Learning at Lasell University

In 2019-2020, 1,950 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lasell has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Lasell

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lasell University was $39,000 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Lasell is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Management Science	#22	#22
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#28	#28
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#52	#52

Online Growth Rankings of Lasell

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lasell University was 73.2%. This is the #434 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Lasell regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Lasell ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Lasell.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Management Science	#16
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#27
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#31
Marketing	#42
General Business Administration and Management	#222
Business Administration & Management	#285

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Lasell University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	16	0	19	35
Management Science	0	2	30	32
Fashion Merchandising	32	0	0	32
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	12	0	14	26
Finance	14	0	0	14
Accounting	12	0	0	12
Meeting and Event Planning	12	0	0	12
General Hospitality Administration/Management	11	0	0	11
Entrepreneurship	5	0	0	5
International Business/Trade/Commerce	5	0	0	5
Project Management	0	0	0	0
Resort Management	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	119	2	63	184

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.