unitid 164924 · Chestnut Hill, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Boston College
- enrollment 2023
- 16,604
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
16%
5th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
10,085
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
13%
undergrads on Pell grants
8th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
91%
finish within 150% time
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$89,493
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$41,704
after aid, aided students
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$103,937
after entry, Title IV students
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$19,000
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $4,284 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $103,007
- First-generation students
- 13%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $70,702
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 384 | $135,373 | $18,000 |
| Economics. | 335 | $112,774 | $18,000 |
| Social Work. | 307 | $70,225 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 307 | $177,630 | — |
| Law. | 244 | $175,793 | — |
| Biology, General. | 220 | $80,290 | $19,000 |
| Political Science and Government. | 158 | $90,434 | $18,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 153 | $81,317 | $18,500 |
| Computer Science. | 144 | $155,305 | $19,000 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 133 | $68,755 | $17,361 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 120 | $94,664 | $17,873 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 115 | $97,435 | $13,250 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.