Boston College
Common Data Set 2024-25
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Acceptance Rate
16.2%
Applications
34,779
Admitted
5,632
Enrolled
2,394
SAT Composite
1460-1520
SAT Math
730-780
SAT Reading
710-760
All Extracted Fields
B. Enrollment And Persistence
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: males (Males, FT)
- 1193
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: males (Males, FT)
- 86
- All other degree-seeking: males (Males, FT)
- 3278
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: males (Males, FT)
- 4557
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: females (Females, FT)
- 1201
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: females (Females, FT)
- 87
- All other degree-seeking: females (Females, FT)
- 3809
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: females (Females, FT)
- 5097
- Nonresidents
- 182
- Associate degrees
- 2336
- Bachelor's degrees
- 2336
- Postbachelor's certificates
- 1504
- Master's degrees
- 1504
- Post-Master's certificates
- 161
- Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship
- 161
- Doctoral degrees – professional practice
- 426
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
- 90.0
- Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
- 96.9
- Percent in top half of high school graduating class
- 99.1
- Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
- 0.9
- Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
- 0.2
- Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:
- 26.6
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
- 14099
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
- 20674
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who applied (Unknown)
- 6
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
- 2800
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
- 2832
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 1193
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
- 1201
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 1193
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females, FT)
- 1201
- Total first-time, first-year students who applied
- 34779
- Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
- 5632
- Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled
- 2394
- Application closing date (fall): Month
- 1
- Application closing date (fall): Day
- 2
- Date: Month
- 1
- Date: Month
- 5
- Date: Day
- 1
- Percent Submitting SAT Scores
- 30
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1460
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 1500
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1520
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 710
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 740
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 760
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 730
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 760
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 780
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 33
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 34
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 35
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 30
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 32
- ACT Math: 75th Percentile
- 34
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 34
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 35
- ACT English: 75th Percentile
- 35
D. Transfer Admission
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
- 60
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
- credits
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
- 60
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
- credits
- Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:
- 60
G. Annual Expenses
- Books and supplies:
- 1250
- Books and supplies:
- 1250
- Food only:
- 2818
- Other expenses:
- 2000
- Books and supplies:
- 1250
- Housing only:
- 10259
- Food only:
- 5635
- Other expenses:
- 2000
H. Financial Aid
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 878
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 844
- D. State loan programs.
- 4
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 218
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 38
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 37
- D. State loan programs.
- 0.17
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 10
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 24892
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 16066
- D. State loan programs.
- 7050
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 37925
- Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
- x
- If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:
- 20
- Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- 39634
- Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- 792687
- FAFSA
- x