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Boston College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

1,559 Master's Degrees
442 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Boston College?

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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

Boston College Graduate Student Diversity

5,622 Graduate Students
58% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,622 graduate students at Boston College, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Boston College graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 249
Black or African American 181
Hispanic or Latino 263
White 2,088
International Students 1,024
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,817

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Boston College. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 104 countries are represented at Boston College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Spain.

Online Learning at Boston College

814 Took All Classes Online
2,615 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 2,615 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Boston College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 28th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Boston College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions 3%

Boston College Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 269 0 269
Social Work 0 253 4 257
Law 0 0 256 256
Educational Administration 0 98 28 126
Nursing 1 95 25 121
Applied Mathematics 0 117 0 117
Curriculum & Instruction 3 82 11 96
Economics 0 82 14 96
Theological & Ministerial Studies 0 74 15 89
Health & Physical Education 0 63 0 63
Finance & Financial Management 0 52 4 56
Accounting 0 51 0 51
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 50 0 50
Mental & Social Health Services 0 41 0 41
Information Technology 0 35 0 35
Legal Professions (Other) 0 24 0 24
Chemistry 0 4 20 24
General English Literature 0 19 4 23
Philosophy 0 15 8 23
Special Education 0 21 0 21
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 20 0 20
Student Counseling 0 15 0 15
Educational Assessment 0 8 6 14
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 14 0 14
Child Development & Psychology 0 6 8 14
History 0 11 2 13
International Education 0 11 0 11
Physics 0 0 8 8
Political Science & Government 0 5 3 8
Romance Languages 0 7 0 7
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 7 7
Mathematics 0 0 6 6
Sociology 0 4 2 6
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 1 4 5
General Biology 0 2 2 4
Human Resource Management 0 0 4 4
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 4 0 4
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 2 0 2
Area Studies 0 1 0 1
Classical Languages & Literature 0 1 0 1
General Psychology 0 1 0 1
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 0 1 0 1
Religious Education 0 0 1 1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 0
Computer Science 0 0 0 0
Information Science 0 0 0 0
General Education 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0
Natural Sciences 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 1,559 442 2,005

References

*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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