| Official Name: | Boston College |
| Nickname: | BC |
| Location: | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| Size: | 15,219 Students |
| Campus Setting: | Suburban |
| Average Tuition: | $37,950 |
| Average Financial Aid: | $25,202 |
| Acceptance Rate: | 23 - 31% |
| Private/Public: | Private |
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What the School Says
To achieve excellence a person must know how to reason, how to acquire and sort information, how to imagine what can't yet be seen, how to speak and write, how to translate knowledge into wise action, and how to be both faithful and brave. No university can teach all of these skills and attributes, but men and women can learn them. Ultimately the role of a liberal arts education, which is a Boston College education, is to ask the questions that lead to learning, and so, to excellence, and to challenge students to discover who they are, what they are capable of knowing and doing, and how they want to live.
The Core Curriculum is the backbone of Jesuit education at Boston College. The "core" is designed to give students an understanding of the significant forces that have shaped world culture and history and the ability to connect themes and ideas across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Through a series of 15 liberal arts courses, undergraduates are challenged to gain a broad body of knowledge so that they will be prepared to speak, write, listen, and act effectively as world citizens. Degree and foreign language requirements vary slightly by each college within the University.
Students choose BC because they want to seize opportunities and shape the college experience that will have the greatest meaning. And this is the ultimate challenge that BC poses to young men and women; the challenge to craft a self that has been tested and is now prepared to undertake every ambition and goal-from strength, self-awareness, and confidence.
Each day BC students confront these challenges in the 1,400 courses, 56 majors and concentrations, and 21 interdisciplinary programs which expand throughout the schools.
The Core Curriculum is the backbone of Jesuit education at Boston College. The "core" is designed to give students an understanding of the significant forces that have shaped world culture and history and the ability to connect themes and ideas across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Through a series of 15 liberal arts courses, undergraduates are challenged to gain a broad body of knowledge so that they will be prepared to speak, write, listen, and act effectively as world citizens. Degree and foreign language requirements vary slightly by each college within the University.
Students choose BC because they want to seize opportunities and shape the college experience that will have the greatest meaning. And this is the ultimate challenge that BC poses to young men and women; the challenge to craft a self that has been tested and is now prepared to undertake every ambition and goal-from strength, self-awareness, and confidence.
Each day BC students confront these challenges in the 1,400 courses, 56 majors and concentrations, and 21 interdisciplinary programs which expand throughout the schools.
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By The Numbers
Academics
- Top Majors:
Business/Marketing 24%
Social Sciences 14%
Communications/Journalism 11%
English 9%
Education 9%
Biology 7%
History 7%
Psychology 5% - Programs Offered:
Area Studies Hispanic-American Studies Art History/Criticism/Conservation Drama/Theater Arts Film Studies Fine/Studio Arts Music - General Biochemistry Biology Accounting Business Administration/Management Business/Managerial Economics Finance/Banking Human Resources Management Management Information Systems Operations Management Communications/Rhetoric Computer Science Computer/Information Sciences - General Information Sciences/Systems Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Secondary Education English English Language & Literature - General Classics French German Greek, Ancient Italian Latin Linguistics Russian Spanish Nursing (RN) History - General Mathematics - General Philosophy Chemistry Geology GeophysicsSeismology Physics Psychology - General Economics Political Science/Government Sociology - Study Programs:
Accelerated Program
Cross-Registration
Double major
ESL
Honors program
Independent study
Internships
Liberal arts/career combination
ROTC, Army
ROTC, Navy
ROTC, Air Force
Student-designed major
Study abroad
Teacher certification
Washington Semester
Visiting/Exchange Student Program - Study Support:
Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes
Learning Center
Pre-Admission Summer Program
Reduced Course Load
Study Skills Assistance
Tutoring
Writing Center
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Quick Facts
- Boston College offers 1,400 courses within its 56 majors and concentrations, and 21 interdisciplinary programs.
- There are 660 full-time faculty members and 95% of the faculty have doctorates
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