First-year admissions

Boston College acceptance rate

Boston College admitted 16.2% of first-year applicants for fall 2024 (5,632 of 34,779), up from 15.7% for fall 2023, the lowest in the four years with figures. Early decision admitted 33.4% for fall 2024 (1,434 of 4,288). It was 27.9% for fall 2018. Our archive has no report for fall 2022 and no usable figures for fall 2019 and fall 2020.

Boston College’s acceptance rate, fall 2018–2024

Dark bars show first-year admission. Olive bars show early decision. — = not reported or not usable.

Boston College first-year acceptance rate, applicants, admits, enrolled, and yield by entering class, newest first. Early-decision rate is shown under the first-year rate when the report includes C21 counts.
Year	Acceptance rate	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Yield	Source
Fall 20242024–25 report	16.2%33.4% ED	34,779	5,632	2,394	42.5%	PDF
Fall 20232023–24 report	15.7%—	36,069	5,645	2,335	41.4%	PDF
Fall 2022	—	No report in our archive
Fall 20212021–22 report	19.0%—	39,846	7,587	2,516	33.2%	PDF
Fall 20202020–21 report	—	Report on file; counts not usable
Fall 20192019–20 report	—	Report on file; counts not usable
Fall 20182018–19 report	27.9%—	31,084	8,669	2,327	26.8%	PDF

Source: Common Data Set reports published by Boston College, section C1 (first-time, first-year, degree-seeking students). Note: Acceptance rate is admitted ÷ applied; yield is enrolled ÷ admitted. Early-decision figures are section C21 (applications received and admitted under the early decision plan). Each year is the class entering that fall; the 2024–25 report covers fall 2024. — = not reported or not usable.

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