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Boston College

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Chestnut Hill, MA
Population 4,000,000
Website http://www.bc.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 9,865
Men / Women 48% / 52%
White 54%
Hispanic 16%
Asian 10%
Black 8%
International 6%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 38%
Humanities & Social Sciences 33%
Life & Natural Sciences 20%
Engineering, Computing & Math 7%
Arts 1%
Education 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $72,180
Est. Cost of Attendance $89,493
10-Year ROI $258,000
ROI Percentile 94th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 86%
6-Year Graduation Rate 91%
Transfer-Out Rate 7%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (33th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 14%
Yield (Unbound) 42%
Restricted Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $19M #81
Life & Natural Sciences $40M #166
Engineering, Computing & Math $4M #247
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 468 #27
Life & Natural Sciences 107 #209
Engineering, Computing & Math 3 #239

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 45%
SAT Range 1,440 – 1,540
ACT Range 33 – 35

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Carroll School of Management 566 70% / 30% 8% $129,245
Accounting 127 — 71% / 29% 9% $107,641
Business Administration 22 +36 77% / 23% 9% $126,062
Business Management and Administration 8 — 88% / 12% 0% $126,062
Entrepreneurship 49 +1 78% / 22% 4% —
Finance 209 +217 75% / 25% 9% $147,044
Management and Leadership 112 +9 68% / 32% 9% —
Marketing 36 +69 33% / 67% 8% $105,049
Operations Management 3 +15 33% / 67% 0% $126,062
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Connell School of Nursing 95 4% / 96% 0% $104,990
Nursing 95 — 4% / 96% 0% $104,990
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Lynch School of Education and Human Development 22 14% / 86% 0% $62,192
Education
Education 9 +16 33% / 67% 0% —
Elementary Education 12 +18 0% / 100% 0% $61,876
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 +3 0% / 100% 0% $65,996
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences 1,708 41% / 59% 9% $86,874
Computer Science 128 +7 70% / 30% 14% $143,801
Information Science/Studies 19 +50 42% / 58% 16% $122,380
Mathematics 28 +35 57% / 43% 18% $104,716
Physics 3 +5 100% / 0% 33% —
Biochemistry 22 — 59% / 41% 0% $70,370
Biology 185 +1 33% / 67% 6% $74,343
Chemistry 19 — 37% / 63% 21% —
Earth and Environmental Sciences 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Environmental Studies 46 +3 28% / 72% 4% —
Natural Sciences 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Neuroscience 105 +12 28% / 72% 5% —
Public Health 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Economics 324 +31 66% / 34% 17% $104,420
Economics 7 +2 86% / 14% 14% $104,420
African-American/Black Studies 6 — 17% / 83% 17% —
Applied Psychology 111 — 12% / 88% 9% $63,662
Classics 7 +2 57% / 43% 0% —
Communication 172 +3 28% / 72% 13% $75,294
Criminal Justice 6 — 83% / 17% 0% —
English 56 +19 38% / 62% 0% $62,935
German 4 — 50% / 50% 0% —
History 44 +13 61% / 39% 0% $65,852
Intercultural and International Studies 62 +11 26% / 74% 2% $75,210
Interdisciplinary Studies 5 +1 20% / 80% 0% —
Islamic Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Italian 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $77,952
Linguistics 4 +3 50% / 50% 0% —
Philosophy 31 +40 55% / 45% 0% $52,248
Political Science 113 +60 44% / 56% 3% $83,735
Psychology 127 +28 15% / 85% 7% $69,304
Russian Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% —
Social Sciences 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Sociology 26 +26 27% / 73% 0% $77,277
Spanish 2 +5 50% / 50% 0% $77,952
Theology 3 +9 33% / 67% 0% $55,877
General Education 7 — 71% / 29% 0% —
Art History 14 — 7% / 93% 14% —
Film Studies 3 +3 0% / 100% 0% —
Music 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Studio Art 6 +5 50% / 50% 0% —
Theater 2 +3 0% / 100% 0% —

Rankings

Academics

Future Patagonia Vest Owners Top Investment Banking Feeders
Will Network for a Superday

Engineering, Computing & Math

The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Schrodinger's Students

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Code Blue Ready

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
Ledger Lords
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
I Actually Wanted to do Finance
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Midtown Manhattan Waiting Room
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Culture Architects

Humanities & Social Sciences

Professional Yapping Communication & Journalism
Solidly Upper-Middle-Class Comm Degrees
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Well-Versed
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Grassroots
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
Objection!
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Maze Runners
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Field Observers

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Story Time Pros
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Lesson Planners
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Resource Room Heroes