by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Boston College came in at #80 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 10% ranking. As a result, Boston College is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
In addition, Boston College took the #9 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Boston College took the #192 spot on the list.
In addition, Boston College took the #13 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
The total graduate student population at Boston College is made up of 56.6% women and 43.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 15.5% of the graduate student population at Boston College. Boston College is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 16.0% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $32,616 | $32,616 |
| Fees | $106 | $106 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Boston College, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $58,946. That's roughly the same as the countrywide average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from Boston College earn an average salary of $101,770 during the early years of their career. That's good news for those graduates since it is 35% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for Boston College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 |
| Phone: | 617-552-8000 |
| Website: | www.bc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BostonCollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/BostonCollege |
Around 41.3% of Boston College graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 10.4% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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