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Boston College

Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800


Fax number: (617) 552-0798
Website: https://www.bc.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 9,482
Full-time undergraduates: 9,484
Total graduate students: 5,250
Full-time graduate students: 3,684
Part-time graduate students: 1,566
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
11.6% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.9% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
58.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
7.2% Nonresident Alien
2.8% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 276 acres
Nearest major city: Boston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 100%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 81%
Percent of students who live off campus: 19%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1000
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
UGBC and individual School Senates; Asian Caucus; Appalachia Volunteers; Dance Marathon; 4Boston

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's sailing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's skiing (downhill) NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crewyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sailing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's skiing (downhill) NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; rowing; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Logan International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 73% within six months of graduation

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