Boston College

College Overview

Admission Office
140 Commonwealth Avenue, Devlin Hall 208
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3809
(617) 552-3100
(800) 360-2522
Fax: (617) 552-0798
Contact: John Mahoney
Director of Undergraduate Admission

Main Address
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617) 552-8000
www.bc.edu

Size
Total undergrads: 9,060
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 2,167
Degree-seeking undergrads: 9,060
Graduate enrollment: 4,027

Setting
Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus

Degrees offered:

Bachelor's

Master's

Doctoral

First Professional

Admissions Information

Application Fee
College has an application fee: Yes
Regular application fee: $70
Online application fee: $70

Enrollment Rates
Percent applicants admitted: 26%
Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 96%

College Majors

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
* Hispanic-American Studies B

Arts, Visual & Performing
* Art History/Criticism/Conservation B
* Drama/Theater Arts B
* Film Studies B
* Fine/Studio Arts B
* Music - General B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences
* Biochemistry B
* Biology B

Business, Management, & Marketing
* Accounting B
* Business Administration/Management B
* Business/Managerial Economics B
* Finance/Banking B
* Human Resources Management B
* Management Information Systems B
* Operations Management B

Communications & Journalism
* Communications/Rhetoric B

Computer & Information Sciences
* Computer Science B
* Computer/Information Sciences - General B
* Information Sciences/Systems B

Education
* Early Childhood Education B
* Elementary Education B
* Secondary Education B

English Language & Literature
* English Language & Literature - General B

Foreign Language & Literature
* Classics B
* French B
* German B
* Greek, Ancient B
* Italian B
* Latin B
* Linguistics B
* Russian B
* Spanish B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences
* Nursing (RN) B

History
* History - General B

Mathematics
* Mathematics - General B

Philosophy & Religion
* Philosophy B

Physical Sciences
* Chemistry B
* Geology B
* GeophysicsSeismology B
* Physics B

Psychology
* Psychology - General B

Social Sciences
* Economics B
* Political Science/Government B
* Sociology B

Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:

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