Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Boston, MA
Population 4,000,000
Map of the United States

Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 24,479
Men / Women 43% / 57%
From State 27%
From Region 22%
Athletes 3.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 41%
Asian 23%
International 12%
Hispanic 10%
Mixed 7%
Black 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Bouvé College of Health Sciences 642 13% / 87% 4% $82,290 78 97%
Nursing 174 8% / 92% 1% $84,438 80 99%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 23 17% / 83% 9% $130,868 99 100%
Pharmacy 57 28% / 72% 28% $130,868 99 100%
Physical Therapy $74,721 66
Public Health 33 3% / 97% 3% $77,237 71
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions $74,721 66
Speech-Language Pathology 22 0% / 100% 0% $64,280 39 100%
Health and Medical Administrative Services 333 15% / 85% 2% $71,188 58 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts, Media and Design 422 32% / 68% 16% $70,052 56 93%
Game and Interactive Media Design 1 100% / 0% 0% $89,338 85 96%
Communication Studies 58 17% / 83% 21% $72,793 62 94%
Communication and Media Studies 95 +1 24% / 76% 25% $72,793 62 94%
Journalism 32 +1 28% / 72% 3% $58,763 23 88%
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 14 86% / 14% 14% $62,120 33
Architectural History and Criticism 14 +1 50% / 50% 14% $74,265 65
Architectural Studies 8 25% / 75% 25% $75,929 68
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 45 44% / 56% 22% $75,310 67
Architecture $72,204 61 100%
Design and Applied Arts 4 50% / 50% 0% $89,338 85 96%
Digital Arts 17 29% / 71% 12% $37,118 2 100%
Graphic Design 65 28% / 72% 11% $89,338 85 96%
Landscape Architecture $76,707 70
Music 52 40% / 60% 8% $57,521 20 87%
Photography 7 57% / 43% 14% $43,253 3
Studio Arts 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $46,373 5 89%
Theatre 8 25% / 75% 0% $45,942 4
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 898 63% / 37% 8% $102,907 94 97%
Chemical Engineering 81 52% / 48% 5% $98,529 91 99%
Civil Engineering 105 60% / 40% 13% $88,840 85 97%
Computer Engineering 108 +1 81% / 19% 9% $134,758 99 96%
Electrical Engineering 97 +3 81% / 19% 5% $97,252 91 93%
Engineering 162 +3 32% / 68% 3% $103,348 94 100%
Industrial Engineering 67 64% / 36% 30% $103,946 94 89%
Mechanical Engineering 278 +1 71% / 29% 6% $98,588 91 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 1,079 26% / 74% 6% $77,588 71 92%
Chemistry 28 43% / 57% 4% $89,733 85 96%
Geosciences $69,100 53
Mathematics 96 +5 54% / 46% 18% $92,235 87 97%
Physics 26 +2 62% / 38% 8% $67,383 48 86%
Biochemistry 118 33% / 67% 4% $91,490 87 85%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 7 29% / 71% 0% $79,019 74
Biology 170 25% / 75% 4% $91,261 86 93%
Biophysics 7 29% / 71% 0% $91,490 87 85%
Cellular and Molecular Biology 87 25% / 75% 5% $88,934 85 96%
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 23 30% / 70% 4% $68,493 52
Neuroscience 223 +1 14% / 86% 2% $71,207 58 92%
Environmental Science 77 26% / 74% 4% $61,597 31 95%
Environmental Studies 40 25% / 75% 5% $61,597 31 95%
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 11 36% / 64% 0% $65,578 43
Psychology 166 13% / 87% 9% $60,092 27 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Sciences and Humanities 768 37% / 63% 18% $75,490 67 93%
American Sign Language (ASL) 8 12% / 88% 0% $65,622 43
Development Economics and International Development 8 38% / 62% 0% $91,944 87 93%
Economics 244 +4 59% / 41% 44% $91,944 87 93%
African American Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $57,399 20
Asian Studies $58,011 21
Cultural Anthropology $58,149 21
English 26 19% / 81% 0% $50,190 8 94%
History 33 +2 55% / 45% 3% $59,829 26 90%
Human Services 25 4% / 96% 4% $56,132 17 83%
International Affairs 95 +2 32% / 68% 12% $73,755 64 86%
Linguistics 8 25% / 75% 0% $57,873 21
Philosophy 17 29% / 71% 12% $58,896 23
Political Science 115 +3 34% / 66% 3% $72,818 62 96%
Political Science and Government 38 29% / 71% 3% $72,818 62 96%
Public Administration and Social Service Professions 2 0% / 100% 50% $55,469 15
Religion/Religious Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $57,099 19
Social Sciences $58,500 22
Sociology 25 24% / 76% 16% $55,761 16 94%
Spanish 4 50% / 50% 0% $58,368 22
General Education 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $61,280 30
Corrections and Criminal Justice 52 4% / 96% 4% $69,954 55 95%
Criminal Justice 51 +1 22% / 78% 4% $69,954 55 95%
Legal Studies 9 11% / 89% 0% $62,324 33
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
D'Amore-McKim School of Business 1,235 49% / 51% 24% $103,582 94 96%
General Business 1,106 +3 50% / 50% 23% $103,532 94 96%
International Business 129 38% / 62% 38% $104,013 94 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Khoury College of Computer Sciences 960 66% / 34% 13% $136,210 99 93%
Computer Science 745 +3 71% / 29% 12% $140,139 100 93%
Cybersecurity 26 46% / 54% 12% $98,543 91
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration 189 47% / 53% 15% $125,909 99
Information Science/Studies $123,030 99

Financial

Tuition & Fees $72,617
ROI Percentile 90th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 0%
6-Year Graduation Rate 90%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

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 30.3% 1,820 44% / 56% 23% $96,044 90 96%
Computer Science 16.0% 961 66% / 34% 13% $136,162 99 93%
Engineering 15.0% 898 63% / 37% 8% $102,907 94 97%
Humanities & Social Sciences 12.3% 741 25% / 75% 10% $66,317 45 92%
Life & Natural Sciences 10.6% 635 23% / 77% 3% $82,985 79 91%
Health Sciences 5.3% 317 11% / 89% 7% $93,532 88 100%
Arts 3.9% 236 39% / 61% 13% $69,726 55 93%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.5% 150 53% / 47% 13% $87,460 83 95%
Agriculture & Food Science 2.1% 128 27% / 73% 4% $61,939 32 95%
Professional 1.9% 112 12% / 88% 4% $69,341 54 95%
Education 0.1% 6 33% / 67% 0% $61,280 30

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $148M #31 78% $3.0M 111 #31 843 88
Physical Sciences & Math $46.4M #73 68% $1.8M 30 #96 285 67
Humanities & Social Sciences $45.9M #47 46% $1.8M 35 #133 170 34
Life & Natural Sciences $33.1M #99 47% $2.5M 16 #122 75 30
Computer Science $31.2M #27 60% $0.6M 38 #19 282 36
Health Sciences $21.9M #99 42% $4.9M 15 #112 92 90
Business & Economics $7.1M #84 19% $0.0M 3 #213 26 6
Education $6.8M #76 67% $0
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 $0 3 #92 43
Total $341M #88 64% $14.7M 251 #94 1,816 351

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 22%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 22% 22% 22%
Early Decision 43% 43% 43%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 28%
SAT Range 1440 – 1510
SAT Math Range 720 – 750
SAT RW Range 710 – 730

Rankings

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Significant Community

Engineering

It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
CubeSat Crew
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
High-Vis Vests & Factory Floor Grunts
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Polymer Players
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Rust Belt Royalty & Co-op Cults

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Soon Jumping on the AI Bandwagon...
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
Co-op Purgatory
Hoodie Not Included Cybersecurity
NSA Recruiters Already Have Your Number

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Industry Pipeline & Analytical Automatons
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Mitosis Mode
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Read the Slides

Health Sciences

Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Allied Health All-Stars
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters
Walk It Off Rehabilitation
Heat, Ice, Repeat

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
Spreadsheet Soldiers
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
Supply Chain Bottlenecks
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
Passport Stamp Power Rankings International Business
Consulate-Adjacent Grinders
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Aspiring Ari Golds

Humanities & Social Sciences

Nosy for a Living Journalism
Reliable Sources (Allegedly)
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
Solidly Upper-Middle-Class Comm Degrees
Feelings, But With Error Bars Research & Experimental Psychology
Rodent Wranglers
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Story Time Pros
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Niche Educators

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Blueprint Masters

Professional

Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
FBI Most Wanted... To Hire
Future Firefighters, Paramedics, and Emergency Managers Public Safety
First Due on Scene