[citation needed] The Institute provided intensive training in the fundamentals of production, finance and distribution in one academic year.

Students worked on group projects and class presentations, observed manufacturing processes during field trips to area factories and businesses, met with managers and executives, and viewed industrial films on Saturday mornings.

Roger Babson aimed to "prepare his students to enter their chosen careers as executives, not anonymous members of the work force.

[13] Babson's undergraduate school and MBA program have been ranked #1 by the U.S. News & World Report for entrepreneurship for several consecutive decades.

The school has 23 varsity sports teams, the majority of which compete in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) of the NCAA Division III.

[25] Babson's Baseball team has won 7 Conference Championships and been to 5 NCAA Tournaments, including the 2019 College World Series.

[27] Babson College's men's golf team competes in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) and won the title in 2011.