Boston University Overview
Boston University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.
What Is Boston University Known For?
- Students at Boston U have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
- The highest award offered at Boston U is the doctor's degree.
- For the <nil> academic year, 70% of the faculty were full-time.
- A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Boston U makes roughly $80,582 a year. This is 98% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
- The average Boston U student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.
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Where Is Boston University?
Contact details for Boston U are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | One Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215 |
Phone: | 617-353-2000 |
Website: | www.bu.edu |
How Do I Get Into Boston U?
You can apply to Boston U online at: www.bu.edu/admissions/apply
Admission Requirements for Boston U
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | Required |
High School Rank | Required |
High School Transcript | Required |
College Prep Program | Required |
Recommendations | Required |
SAT or ACT Scores | Considered but not required |
TOEFL | Required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Boston U?
Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 23%, and the acceptance rate for women is 16%.
Average Test Scores
About 32% of students accepted to Boston U submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 740. Math scores were between 700 and 780.
Can I Afford Boston University?
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 U, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $9,475 a year. That adds up to $37,900 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Boston U is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Boston University Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 17,875 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 17,460 full-time undergraduates at Boston U, 42% are male and 58% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Boston University students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 3,392 |
Black or African American | 688 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,854 |
White | 5,921 |
International Students | 4,022 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1,583 |
Geographic Diversity
Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Boston University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 138 countries are represented at Boston U. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.
Online Learning at Boston University
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Boston U has changed over the last few years.
Online Growth Rankings of Boston U
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Boston University was 2.5%. This is the #1,619 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Boston U regardless of major.
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%.
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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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