Boston College Overview

Boston College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Chestnut Hill is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Boston College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Boston College is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 59% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Boston College with a bachelor's degree make about $103,937 a year. That's 155% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Boston College student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Boston College?

Contact details for Boston College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone:	617-552-8000
Website:	www.bc.edu

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How Do I Get Into Boston College?

You can apply to Boston College online at: www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Boston College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Boston College?

The acceptance rate at Boston College is 17%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 19%, and the acceptance rate for women is 15%.

Average Test Scores

About 34% of students accepted to Boston College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 705 and 760. Math scores were between 730 and 780.

Boston College received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford Boston College?

The overall average net price of Boston College is $59,048. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Boston College, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $3,588 a year. That adds up to $14,352 over four years for those students.

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Boston College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,780 undergraduate students at Boston College, with 9,571 being full-time and 209 being part-time.

There are also 5,154 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,571 full-time undergraduates at Boston College, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Boston College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,012
Black or African American	402
Hispanic or Latino	1,075
White	5,537
International Students	739
Other Races/Ethnicities	806

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Boston College. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 104 countries are represented at Boston College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Spain.

Boston College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Finance & Financial Management	384	58	3	445
Economics	335	89	14	438
Business Administration & Management	120	307	0	427
Social Work	0	307	4	311
Law	0	0	244	244
General Biology	220	0	2	222
Nursing	115	61	34	210
Political Science & Government	158	8	8	174
Communication & Media Studies	153	0	0	153
Computer Science	144	0	0	144
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	133	0	9	142
Accounting	77	42	3	122
Educational Administration	0	108	6	114
Philosophy	77	29	5	111
General Psychology	111	0	0	111
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	109	0	0	109
General English Literature	84	25	0	109
Theological & Ministerial Studies	8	81	9	98
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	86	4	4	94
Curriculum & Instruction	0	77	15	92
International Studies	90	0	0	90
Child Development & Psychology	0	84	6	90
History	69	14	5	88
Marketing	84	0	0	84
Information Science	70	0	0	70
Applied Mathematics	0	68	0	68
Mathematics	63	0	4	67
Sociology	53	7	4	64
Health & Physical Education	0	59	0	59
Entrepreneurial Studies	57	0	0	57
Teacher Education Grade Specific	41	14	0	55
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	44	0	44
Chemistry	23	3	15	41
Information Technology	0	40	0	40
Teacher Education Subject Specific	4	34	0	38
Natural Resources Conservation	38	0	0	38
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	30	0	0	30
Fine & Studio Arts	23	0	0	23
Physics	8	8	4	20
Special Education	0	19	0	19
Romance Languages	9	8	0	17
Educational Assessment	0	15	1	16
Legal Professions (Other)	0	13	0	13
International Education	0	11	0	11
General Education	10	0	0	10
Mental & Social Health Services	0	9	0	9
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	9	0	0	9
Classical Languages & Literature	6	1	0	7
Drama & Theater Arts	7	0	0	7
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	6	0	0	6
Geological & Earth Sciences	1	5	0	6
Criminal Justice & Corrections	6	0	0	6
Instructional Media Design	0	5	0	5
Germanic Languages	5	0	0	5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	4	1	0	5
Music	5	0	0	5
Ethnic Studies	4	0	0	4
Liberal Arts General Studies	4	0	0	4
Human Resource Management	0	0	3	3
Religious Studies	3	0	0	3
General Social Sciences	3	0	0	3
Religious Education	0	0	3	3
Area Studies	2	0	0	2
Data Analytics	0	2	0	2
Other Education	1	0	0	1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	1	0	0	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0
Natural Sciences	0	0	0	0
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,053	1,660	405	5,118

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
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