Newswise — For the ninth consecutive time, U.S.News & World Report magazine has named Babson the #1 undergraduate program in the U.S. for Entrepreneurship.

Babson is ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship followed by: #2 - University of Pennsylvania, #3 - University of Southern California, #4 - Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, and #5 -Ball State University.

Babson also moved up to #26 in the Best Business Program ranking (#29 last year), tied with Georgetown University, Arizona State University, and the University of Florida. Babson is the top-ranked small, private business college in this category.

Babson is listed in the magazine's "Schools with a Specialty - Business" section. Among the 17 schools, Babson received the highest scores in several categories:

"¢ Average freshmen retention rate - 92% "¢ Average graduation rate - 84% "¢ % of faculty who are full time - 87% "¢ SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile - 1160-1330 "¢ Freshmen in top 25% of HS Class - 83%

The full rankings from the 2006 edition of America's Best Colleges from U.S.News & World Report are available at http://www.usnews.com. The magazine will be available at newsstands on Monday, August 22, 2005.

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