Boston College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Boston College, or BC, was founded by the Society of Jesus as a liberal arts college. It opened its doors in 1863. The college enrolled 22 students in its first year. It was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The campus of BC is spread over 380 acres in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and is an example of the earliest Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America. The academic units of BC are organized into the following divisions:

• Carroll School of Management
• College of Arts & Sciences
• Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
• Graduate School of Social Work
• Lynch School of Education
• The Law School
• Woods College of Advancing Studies

There are numerous active student organizations in BC including the Bostonians of Boston College, Committee for Creative Enactments, Korean Students Association, Undergraduate Government of Boston College, The Dramatics Society, and The Sons of St. Patrick.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, therapy and counseling, business and management, law, and media.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 14,836 in 2009-2010 (12,476 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 64% of enrolled students, graduate students are 31%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

BC provides on-campus housing for 7,373 of its 12,476 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Atlantic Coast Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 146 male students received the aid (men were 45% of those receiving aid) and 181 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 55% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

BC offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (925 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Related Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (23 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (11 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (19 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (381 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Multicultural Education
• Physics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (194 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (20 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (256 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Professions and Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (919 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin Language and Literature
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (31 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (235 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (6 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (179 awarded)

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (64 awarded)

• Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (8 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (236 awarded)

• Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
• Islamic Studies
• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Philosophy
• Religious Education
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (229 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (323 awarded)

• Community Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Psychology