Boston College
Undergraduate admissions: 617-552-3100; Graduate admissions: 617-552-3265; Student services: 617-552-3300
Boston College is a nationally renowned school with more than 80 departments offering degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level. Its main campus, which sprawls over approximately 175 acres in Chestnut Hill, is home to the majority of the college's academic buildings, residence halls and sports facilties. Its adjunct Newton campus, a mile westward, houses additional department offices, student housing and the law school.
- Hours: Hours vary by campus, department and office
- Handicap Accessible: Yes
- Founding Date: 1863
- Number of students: 14,720
- Male-to-female ratio: 1:1
- Public/Private: Private
- Financial aid: Yes
- Religious affiliation: Jesuit, Catholic
- Accreditation/licenses: New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- Student-to-teacher ratio: 13:1
- Parking: On-street: free, On-street: metered, Paid lot
- Number of faculty: 737
- Degrees: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate
- Programs: Distance learning, Evening, Part-time, Study abroad, Summer studies
- Percent minority: 24
- Percent international: 3
- Campus housing: Yes
- Sports conference: NCAA Division I
- Sports teams: Men's & women’s basketball, cross country, fencing, golf, ice hockey, sailing, skiing, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field; men’s baseball, football; women’s field hockey, rowing, softball, volleyball
- Sports facilities: Yawkey Center (offices, locker rooms, conditioning), Newton Campus Lacrosse and Soccer Field, Conte Forum, Alumni Stadium, Pellagrini Diamond at Shea Field, Shea Softball Field, Power Gym, Field Hockey Field, The Bubble
- Early decision: Yes