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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Boston, MA
Population 4,000,000
Website http://www.bu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Honors College

Name Kilachand Honors College
Students 500 (3%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 19,059
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 15%
From Region 21%
Athletes 4.0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 32%
Asian 21%
International 21%
Hispanic 12%
Black 6%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 40.2% 40.2% 2012 Men: 39.1% 39.1% 2013 Men: 39.1% 39.1% 2014 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2015 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2016 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2017 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2018 Men: 43.5% 43.5% 2019 Men: 41.4% 41.4% 2020 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2021 Men: 43.6% 43.6% 2022 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2023 Men: 41.8% 41.8% 2024 Men: 40.2% 40.2%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2013 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 13.2% 13.2% 2012 Asian: 12.7% 12.7% 2013 Asian: 14.5% 14.5% 2014 Asian: 14.8% 14.8% 2015 Asian: 14.9% 14.9% 2016 Asian: 15.3% 15.3% 2017 Asian: 13.3% 13.3% 2018 Asian: 14.1% 14.1% 2019 Asian: 13.3% 13.3% 2020 Asian: 14.6% 14.6% 2021 Asian: 13.7% 13.7% 2022 Asian: 16.3% 16.3% 2023 Asian: 16.6% 16.6% 2024 Asian: 19.7% 19.7% 2011 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2012 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2013 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2015 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2016 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2017 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2018 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2019 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2021 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2022 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2023 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2024 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2011 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2012 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2013 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2014 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2015 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2016 Hispanic: 8.5% 8.5% 2017 Hispanic: 9.3% 9.3% 2018 Hispanic: 9.5% 9.5% 2019 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3% 2020 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2021 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2022 Hispanic: 10.5% 10.5% 2023 Hispanic: 13.0% 13.0% 2024 Hispanic: 11.4% 11.4% 2011 White: 55.0% 55.0% 2012 White: 59.0% 59.0% 2013 White: 60.3% 60.3% 2014 White: 53.4% 53.4% 2015 White: 51.8% 51.8% 2016 White: 51.9% 51.9% 2017 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2018 White: 47.3% 47.3% 2019 White: 44.8% 44.8% 2020 White: 42.8% 42.8% 2021 White: 39.2% 39.2% 2022 White: 39.3% 39.3% 2023 White: 37.3% 37.3% 2024 White: 32.8% 32.8% 2011 International: 5.8% 5.8% 2012 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2013 International: 6.4% 6.4% 2014 International: 8.9% 8.9% 2015 International: 10.2% 10.2% 2016 International: 9.8% 9.8% 2017 International: 15.1% 15.1% 2018 International: 16.8% 16.8% 2019 International: 19.9% 19.9% 2020 International: 22.0% 22.0% 2021 International: 23.4% 23.4% 2022 International: 22.6% 22.6% 2023 International: 21.3% 21.3% 2024 International: 23.2% 23.2%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 17.4% 17.4% 2021 Asian: 18.6% 18.6% 2022 Asian: 19.6% 19.6% 2023 Asian: 19.8% 19.8% 2024 Asian: 19.9% 19.9% 2025 Asian: 20.7% 20.7% 2020 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2022 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2024 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2025 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 Hispanic: 11.7% 11.7% 2021 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2022 Hispanic: 10.9% 10.9% 2023 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2024 Hispanic: 11.6% 11.6% 2025 Hispanic: 11.7% 11.7% 2020 White: 36.1% 36.1% 2021 White: 34.6% 34.6% 2022 White: 34.1% 34.1% 2023 White: 33.0% 33.0% 2024 White: 32.6% 32.6% 2025 White: 31.9% 31.9% 2020 International: 22.1% 22.1% 2021 International: 22.3% 22.3% 2022 International: 22.7% 22.7% 2023 International: 22.5% 22.5% 2024 International: 21.6% 21.6% 2025 International: 21.2% 21.2%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 2,542 43% / 57% 22% $79,678 73 93%
Computer Science 440 +5 70% / 30% 26% $128,914 99 98%
Computer and Information Sciences 80 — 59% / 41% 28% $111,010 96 —
Astronomy 12 — 50% / 50% 25% $78,999 72 —
Chemistry 22 — 41% / 59% 23% $53,412 10 83%
Chemistry 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,412 10 83%
Computational Mathematics 22 +2 55% / 45% 50% $97,422 90 —
Mathematics 76 +16 55% / 45% 50% $67,054 45 89%
Physical Sciences 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $79,343 72 —
Physics 18 +7 67% / 33% 6% $79,991 73 —
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Biochemistry 5 — 80% / 20% 40% $70,539 54 91%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 66 — 42% / 58% 14% $70,539 54 91%
Biology 181 — 37% / 63% 12% $63,574 34 92%
Conservation Biology 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $54,612 12 85%
Molecular Biology 57 — 40% / 60% 14% $70,539 54 91%
Neuroscience 133 +7 25% / 75% 12% $68,701 49 92%
Environmental Science 30 — 40% / 60% 20% $58,466 20 —
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 35 +2 34% / 66% 6% $54,612 12 85%
Economics 267 +10 58% / 42% 43% $83,224 78 96%
Economics and Computer Science 35 — 63% / 37% 54% $89,238 84 —
Mathematical Economics 58 +3 57% / 43% 76% $89,145 84 —
African American Studies 3 +5 33% / 67% 33% — — —
American Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $54,882 12 —
Ancient Studies/Civilization 8 +1 38% / 62% 12% $62,588 31 —
Anthropology 10 +1 10% / 90% 10% $49,254 6 100%
Archaeology 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $55,451 13 —
Asian Studies/Civilization 1 — 100% / 0% 100% $54,474 12 —
Chinese 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $49,021 6 —
Classical Languages 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $49,312 6 —
Classics 3 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Comparative Literature 6 +1 17% / 83% 0% $46,246 4 91%
Counseling Psychology — — — — $50,677 7 —
Cultural Anthropology — — — — $49,254 6 100%
East Asian Languages — — — — $49,221 6 —
English 45 +7 20% / 80% 7% $52,182 9 91%
European Studies/Civilization 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $54,859 12 —
French 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $51,104 8 84%
Geoarcheaology 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,679 31 —
German 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $49,163 6 —
Hispanic Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
History 41 +5 49% / 51% 0% $47,648 5 91%
Holocaust and Related Studies 3 +2 33% / 67% 33% — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 17 — 59% / 41% 0% $109,458 96 88%
International Affairs 198 +4 37% / 63% 17% $69,339 51 92%
Japanese 2 +2 100% / 0% 0% $49,051 6 —
Korean 2 — 50% / 50% 50% — — —
Latin American Studies — — — — $54,952 12 —
Linguistics 14 +3 21% / 79% 0% $46,246 4 91%
Linguistics 6 — 0% / 100% 33% $46,246 4 91%
Medical Anthropology 7 +1 0% / 100% 14% $49,254 6 100%
Near Eastern Languages 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Philosophy 47 +14 45% / 55% 17% $63,450 34 96%
Physical and Biological Anthropology 3 +5 0% / 100% 0% $49,254 6 100%
Political Science 161 +22 29% / 71% 4% $65,226 39 91%
Psychology 269 +41 15% / 85% 18% $56,456 15 92%
Religion/Religious Studies 6 +2 67% / 33% 17% $54,145 11 —
Romance Languages 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Social Sciences 24 +5 25% / 75% 0% $72,557 59 94%
Sociology 37 +10 19% / 81% 27% $67,112 45 91%
Spanish 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $51,104 8 84%
Architectural History and Criticism 32 — 34% / 66% 12% $63,627 34 —
Art History 21 +2 5% / 95% 29% $52,738 9 84%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Communication 749 25% / 75% 27% $69,876 52 96%
Advertising and Public Relations 205 +11 21% / 79% 36% $78,434 71 96%
Communication 36 +3 14% / 86% 19% $78,958 72 95%
Communication 4 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Journalism 117 +9 23% / 77% 15% $68,705 49 99%
Public Relations 166 +5 17% / 83% 36% $78,434 71 96%
Film Studies 6 +1 17% / 83% 17% $45,947 4 96%
Film and Television 215 — 38% / 62% 20% $54,893 12 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 488 70% / 30% 16% $100,634 92 97%
Biomedical Engineering 153 — 48% / 52% 14% $92,788 87 99%
Computer Engineering 103 +8 85% / 15% 16% $129,988 99 98%
Electrical Engineering 41 +1 76% / 24% 27% $105,850 95 97%
Engineering Physics 6 +1 100% / 0% 50% $108,691 96 —
Mechanical Engineering 185 +3 78% / 22% 15% $89,365 84 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Fine Arts 172 28% / 72% 9% $46,799 4 94%
Acting 27 — 56% / 44% 4% $33,803 1 94%
Art Education — — — — $53,556 10 100%
Art/Art Studies 8 — 0% / 100% 12% $52,738 9 84%
Directing and Theatrical Production 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $33,803 1 94%
Graphic Design 44 — 7% / 93% 16% $67,039 45 100%
Music 9 — 33% / 67% 22% $38,818 2 93%
Music Education 10 — 40% / 60% 0% $53,556 10 100%
Music Performance 28 — 36% / 64% 4% $38,818 2 93%
Music Theory and Composition 6 — 33% / 67% 17% $38,818 2 93%
Painting 10 +1 30% / 70% 20% $52,738 9 84%
Printmaking — — — — $52,738 9 84%
Sculpture 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $52,738 9 84%
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $33,803 1 94%
Theatre 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $33,803 1 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Metropolitan College 1 0% / 100% 0% $62,906 32 94%
Criminal Justice 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,906 32 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Questrom School of Business 816 54% / 46% 28% $96,032 89 93%
Business Administration 812 — 55% / 45% 28% $96,270 89 93%
Hospitality Administration/Management 4 — 0% / 100% 25% $47,894 5 91%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences 410 29% / 71% 9% $66,882 44 96%
Physiology 127 — 43% / 57% 8% $57,164 17 100%
Nutrition Sciences 16 — 25% / 75% 31% $64,488 37 100%
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician 6 — 17% / 83% 17% $105,168 94 100%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $67,185 45 100%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 28 — 43% / 57% 4% $74,333 63 95%
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 173 — 20% / 80% 10% $70,802 55 93%
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 11 — 36% / 64% 0% $71,186 56 —
Rehabilitation Science 39 — 23% / 77% 10% $69,590 52 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Hospitality Administration 46 28% / 72% 20% $47,894 5 91%
Hospitality Management 46 — 28% / 72% 20% $47,894 5 91%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Wheelock College of Education and Human Development 67 10% / 90% 9% $52,001 9 100%
Youth Services/Administration — — — — $49,003 6 96%
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,572 12 —
Early Childhood Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,872 8 96%
Education 56 +1 9% / 91% 11% $51,701 8 100%
Education of Hearing Impaired 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,138 17 —
Elementary Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,872 8 96%
English Education — — — — $53,556 10 100%
Foreign Language Teacher Education — — — — $53,556 10 —
Mathematics Teacher Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,556 10 100%
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education — — — — $53,556 10 100%
Social Studies Teacher Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,556 10 100%
Special Education and Teaching 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,138 17 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $72,632
ROI Percentile 74th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 95%
4-Year Graduation Rate 75%
6-Year Graduation Rate 89%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 84.7% 84.7% 2012 Graduated: 83.9% 83.9% 2013 Graduated: 84.5% 84.5% 2014 Graduated: 84.7% 84.7% 2015 Graduated: 85.3% 85.3% 2016 Graduated: 86.5% 86.5% 2017 Graduated: 87.1% 87.1% 2018 Graduated: 88.2% 88.2% 2019 Graduated: 88.4% 88.4% 2020 Graduated: 89.0% 89.0% 2021 Graduated: 89.3% 89.3% 2022 Graduated: 89.0% 89.0% 2023 Graduated: 90.0% 90.0% 2024 Graduated: 88.7% 88.7%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 83.8% 83.8% 2012 Men: 83.6% 83.6% 2013 Men: 84.4% 84.4% 2014 Men: 84.2% 84.2% 2015 Men: 83.6% 83.6% 2016 Men: 85.2% 85.2% 2017 Men: 85.6% 85.6% 2018 Men: 86.8% 86.8% 2019 Men: 86.9% 86.9% 2020 Men: 88.6% 88.6% 2021 Men: 87.9% 87.9% 2022 Men: 86.9% 86.9% 2023 Men: 87.1% 87.1% 2024 Men: 86.3% 86.3% 2011 Women: 85.4% 85.4% 2012 Women: 84.1% 84.1% 2013 Women: 84.5% 84.5% 2014 Women: 85.0% 85.0% 2015 Women: 86.3% 86.3% 2016 Women: 87.4% 87.4% 2017 Women: 88.1% 88.1% 2018 Women: 89.0% 89.0% 2019 Women: 89.4% 89.4% 2020 Women: 89.3% 89.3% 2021 Women: 90.2% 90.2% 2022 Women: 90.3% 90.3% 2023 Women: 92.0% 92.0% 2024 Women: 90.5% 90.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 85.6% 85.6% 2012 Asian: 84.9% 84.9% 2013 Asian: 87.1% 87.1% 2014 Asian: 88.3% 88.3% 2015 Asian: 87.0% 87.0% 2016 Asian: 87.8% 87.8% 2017 Asian: 87.8% 87.8% 2018 Asian: 91.6% 91.6% 2019 Asian: 91.7% 91.7% 2020 Asian: 91.4% 91.4% 2021 Asian: 94.1% 94.1% 2022 Asian: 92.2% 92.2% 2023 Asian: 91.9% 91.9% 2024 Asian: 91.4% 91.4% 2011 Black: 81.1% 81.1% 2012 Black: 79.6% 79.6% 2013 Black: 81.8% 81.8% 2014 Black: 83.5% 83.5% 2015 Black: 74.8% 74.8% 2016 Black: 85.6% 85.6% 2017 Black: 80.7% 80.7% 2018 Black: 87.6% 87.6% 2019 Black: 85.5% 85.5% 2020 Black: 88.9% 88.9% 2021 Black: 83.2% 83.2% 2022 Black: 88.3% 88.3% 2023 Black: 90.7% 90.7% 2024 Black: 85.1% 85.1% 2011 Hispanic: 84.3% 84.3% 2012 Hispanic: 76.2% 76.2% 2013 Hispanic: 80.9% 80.9% 2014 Hispanic: 83.9% 83.9% 2015 Hispanic: 84.3% 84.3% 2016 Hispanic: 85.1% 85.1% 2017 Hispanic: 86.8% 86.8% 2018 Hispanic: 85.2% 85.2% 2019 Hispanic: 88.7% 88.7% 2020 Hispanic: 86.5% 86.5% 2021 Hispanic: 87.6% 87.6% 2022 Hispanic: 84.1% 84.1% 2023 Hispanic: 89.8% 89.8% 2024 Hispanic: 85.9% 85.9% 2011 White: 84.9% 84.9% 2012 White: 84.8% 84.8% 2013 White: 85.5% 85.5% 2014 White: 87.2% 87.2% 2015 White: 87.0% 87.0% 2016 White: 87.5% 87.5% 2017 White: 87.9% 87.9% 2018 White: 88.6% 88.6% 2019 White: 88.1% 88.1% 2020 White: 88.4% 88.4% 2021 White: 88.1% 88.1% 2022 White: 89.1% 89.1% 2023 White: 89.2% 89.2% 2024 White: 90.1% 90.1% 2011 International: 78.2% 78.2% 2012 International: 84.5% 84.5% 2013 International: 84.5% 84.5% 2014 International: 82.8% 82.8% 2015 International: 84.7% 84.7% 2016 International: 85.5% 85.5% 2017 International: 87.9% 87.9% 2018 International: 87.5% 87.5% 2019 International: 88.8% 88.8% 2020 International: 90.2% 90.2% 2021 International: 91.1% 91.1% 2022 International: 88.8% 88.8% 2023 International: 91.0% 91.0% 2024 International: 87.3% 87.3%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 27.0% 1,427 50% / 50% 34% $89,110 84 94%
Humanities & Social Sciences 23.9% 1,262 26% / 74% 16% $65,212 39 93%
Life & Natural Sciences 10.9% 579 37% / 63% 12% $64,731 38 93%
Computer Science 9.8% 520 69% / 31% 26% $126,160 99 98%
Engineering 9.2% 488 70% / 30% 16% $100,635 92 97%
Arts 8.4% 446 32% / 68% 16% $52,176 9 94%
Health Sciences 5.0% 267 22% / 78% 9% $71,648 57 94%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.9% 153 54% / 46% 38% $71,941 58 88%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 81 35% / 65% 16% $57,990 18 90%
Education 1.3% 67 10% / 90% 9% $52,002 9 100%
Professional 0.0% 1 0% / 100% 0% $62,906 32 94%

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $246M #40 54% $3.2M 178 #4 188 61
Life & Natural Sciences $227M #23 64% $10.2M 74 #31 533 96
Engineering $114M #47 54% $2.0M 82 #46 546 56
Humanities & Social Sciences $67.1M #23 34% $0.2M 158 #14 285 33
Physical Sciences & Math $63.5M #58 63% $0.4M 60 #49 430 48
Computer Science $25.7M #41 30% $4.7M 11 #90 156 4
Education $17.3M #33 40% $0.3M 38 #94 — —
Business & Economics $12.4M #53 6% $0.0M 29 #34 130 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $774M #42 54% $21.1M 630 #23 2,268 298

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 13%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 11% 10% 14%
Early Decision 33% 29% 39%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 58.0% 58.0% 2012 Acceptance: 49.4% 49.4% 2013 Acceptance: 45.6% 45.6% 2014 Acceptance: 34.5% 34.5% 2015 Acceptance: 32.6% 32.6% 2016 Acceptance: 29.4% 29.4% 2017 Acceptance: 25.1% 25.1% 2018 Acceptance: 22.1% 22.1% 2019 Acceptance: 18.9% 18.9% 2020 Acceptance: 20.1% 20.1% 2021 Acceptance: 18.6% 18.6% 2022 Acceptance: 14.4% 14.4% 2023 Acceptance: 10.8% 10.8% 2024 Acceptance: 11.1% 11.1% 2011 Yield: 19.9% 19.9% 2012 Yield: 19.5% 19.5% 2013 Yield: 19.3% 19.3% 2014 Yield: 20.9% 20.9% 2015 Yield: 20.3% 20.3% 2016 Yield: 21.0% 21.0% 2017 Yield: 22.9% 22.9% 2018 Yield: 25.4% 25.4% 2019 Yield: 26.8% 26.8% 2020 Yield: 23.8% 23.8% 2021 Yield: 28.4% 28.4% 2022 Yield: 31.3% 31.3% 2023 Yield: 36.0% 36.0% 2024 Yield: 37.4% 37.4%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 25,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 38,275 38,275 2012 Applicants: 41,802 41,802 2013 Applicants: 44,006 44,006 2014 Applicants: 54,190 54,190 2015 Applicants: 54,781 54,781 2016 Applicants: 57,441 57,441 2017 Applicants: 60,825 60,825 2018 Applicants: 64,481 64,481 2019 Applicants: 62,224 62,224 2020 Applicants: 61,007 61,007 2021 Applicants: 75,778 75,778 2022 Applicants: 80,796 80,796 2023 Applicants: 80,495 80,495 2024 Applicants: 78,769 78,769 2011 Admitted: 22,187 22,187 2012 Admitted: 20,663 20,663 2013 Admitted: 20,071 20,071 2014 Admitted: 18,701 18,701 2015 Admitted: 17,871 17,871 2016 Admitted: 16,907 16,907 2017 Admitted: 15,273 15,273 2018 Admitted: 14,247 14,247 2019 Admitted: 11,786 11,786 2020 Admitted: 12,254 12,254 2021 Admitted: 14,129 14,129 2022 Admitted: 11,607 11,607 2023 Admitted: 8,733 8,733 2024 Admitted: 8,749 8,749 2011 Enrolled: 4,409 4,409 2012 Enrolled: 4,023 4,023 2013 Enrolled: 3,877 3,877 2014 Enrolled: 3,915 3,915 2015 Enrolled: 3,629 3,629 2016 Enrolled: 3,552 3,552 2017 Enrolled: 3,498 3,498 2018 Enrolled: 3,612 3,612 2019 Enrolled: 3,156 3,156 2020 Enrolled: 2,914 2,914 2021 Enrolled: 4,011 4,011 2022 Enrolled: 3,635 3,635 2023 Enrolled: 3,145 3,145 2024 Enrolled: 3,268 3,268

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 46%
SAT Range 1420 – 1510
SAT Math Range 720 – 780
SAT RW Range 700 – 750

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1180 1180 2012 25th: 1180 1180 2013 25th: 1180 1180 2014 25th: 1190 1190 2015 25th: 1200 1200 2016 25th: 1220 1220 2017 25th: 1300 1300 2018 25th: 1330 1330 2019 25th: 1340 1340 2020 25th: 1310 1310 2021 25th: 1360 1360 2022 25th: 1350 1350 2023 25th: 1400 1400 2024 25th: 1420 1420 2011 75th: 1370 1370 2012 75th: 1370 1370 2013 75th: 1390 1390 2014 75th: 1410 1410 2015 75th: 1410 1410 2016 75th: 1420 1420 2017 75th: 1480 1480 2018 75th: 1500 1500 2019 75th: 1510 1510 2020 75th: 1500 1500 2021 75th: 1520 1520 2022 75th: 1500 1500 2023 75th: 1520 1520 2024 75th: 1530 1530

SAT Math

25th 75th
600 650 700 750 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 600 600 2012 25th: 610 610 2013 25th: 610 610 2014 25th: 620 620 2015 25th: 620 620 2016 25th: 630 630 2017 25th: 660 660 2018 25th: 680 680 2019 25th: 690 690 2020 25th: 670 670 2021 25th: 700 700 2022 25th: 690 690 2023 25th: 720 720 2024 25th: 730 730 2011 75th: 700 700 2012 75th: 700 700 2013 75th: 720 720 2014 75th: 730 730 2015 75th: 730 730 2016 75th: 740 740 2017 75th: 760 760 2018 75th: 780 780 2019 75th: 790 790 2020 75th: 780 780 2021 75th: 780 780 2022 75th: 770 770 2023 75th: 780 780 2024 75th: 780 780

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
550 600 650 700 750 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 580 580 2012 25th: 570 570 2013 25th: 570 570 2014 25th: 570 570 2015 25th: 580 580 2016 25th: 590 590 2017 25th: 640 640 2018 25th: 650 650 2019 25th: 650 650 2020 25th: 640 640 2021 25th: 660 660 2022 25th: 660 660 2023 25th: 680 680 2024 25th: 690 690 2011 75th: 670 670 2012 75th: 670 670 2013 75th: 670 670 2014 75th: 680 680 2015 75th: 680 680 2016 75th: 680 680 2017 75th: 720 720 2018 75th: 720 720 2019 75th: 720 720 2020 75th: 720 720 2021 75th: 740 740 2022 75th: 730 730 2023 75th: 740 740 2024 75th: 750 750

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 45.0% 45.0% 2022 Submitted: 35.0% 35.0% 2023 Submitted: 38.0% 38.0% 2024 Submitted: 43.0% 43.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.

Rankings

Academics

Crying in the Library at 3 AM Toughest Schools
Caffeine Required

College Costs

We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale Highest List Price
Luxury Good

Politically Correct

Protest 101 Woke to the Bone
Activist Pipeline

My Tribe

Open Boarders Most International Students
Diverse Campus
Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Significant Community

Engineering

It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
CubeSat Crew
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight Biomedical Engineering
Cutting Edge
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Polymer Players
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Solid Programs
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language Computer Science (A&S)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Fossil Hunters
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Pen, Paper, and Existential Dread (Theory)
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Equation Elegance

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Double Helix
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Action Potentials Neuroscience
Serotonin Seekers

Agriculture & Food Science

Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Green Scholars

Health Sciences

Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Express Drill Track
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Allied Health All-Stars
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
SLP Specialists
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Epidemiology Elite
Walk It Off Rehabilitation
Heat, Ice, Repeat
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
Game Day Ready

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Urban Economists & Regional Anchors
Move Fast, Break Tuition Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Startup Scene
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Midtown Manhattan Waiting Room
The Spreadsheet Doctors Healthcare Administration
VP of Patient Throughput
May I Take Your Order? Hospitality & Tourism
Industry Connected
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Culture Architects
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
Getting There
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Aspiring Ari Golds

Humanities & Social Sciences

Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Bookworm Elite
Mappy Few, the Cartography Crew Geography & Cartography
Plot Twisters
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Diplomat Track
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
Footnote Masters
Passport Stamp Collectors International Relations
Foreign Service Bound
Nosy for a Living Journalism
The "We Trained the Anchor You're Watching" Cartel
I'll Figure Out the Career Later Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Dabbler Deluxe
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
The "Our Alumni Control Your Feed" Mafia
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
Spin Class Professional Communication
The "Damage Control" Dream Team
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Future Roommate Diagnosers
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
Sunday School Professors
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Survey Says
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Morpheme Masters

Education

Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Lesson Planners
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
Grammar Gurus
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
Document-Based Question Crew
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Resource Room Heroes
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Niche Educators
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Equation Educators

Arts

Lights, Camera, Tuition Film
Festival Circuit Royalty
Eight Hours of Scales Music
Pit Orchestra Pros
Theatre Kid Generation Performing Arts
Encore Worthy

Professional

Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
Pre-Law Prowess