Boston College
Boston College admitted 16% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1440–1540 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $38,930 a year. Within six years, 90% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 16%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1440–1540
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $93,039 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $38,930 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $7,293 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $73,508 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 90%
- Students who return for a second year
- 96%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $112,178 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 10,085
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 17%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 23%
- Social sciences
- 18%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 14%
- Psychology
- 11%
- Communication and journalism
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Wesleyan University CT · 17% admitted
- University of Virginia-Main Campus VA · 17% admitted
- Northeastern University Oakland CA · 17% admitted
- Washington and Lee University VA · 14% admitted
- Colgate University NY · 14% admitted
- Vassar College NY · 19% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Berklee College of Music MA · 44% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.