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Boston College

Address:
140 Commonwealth Avenue

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Website: http://www.bc.edu
Email: [email protected]

General Information

Type: Private institution
Year Founded: 1863
Religious Affilation: Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 9,019
Geographical Setting: Suburban
Endowment: $1,355,600,795

Admissions

Application Fee: $70
Application Deadline: January 2
Selectivity: Most selective

Expenses

Tuition and Fees: $33,506
Room/Board: $11,438

Student Services

Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: N/A
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, religious

Careers

Career Services Offered: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Students That Enter the Job Market…

Within 6 Months of Graduation: 70%
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Pricewaterhouse Coopers, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, EMC Corporation, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley, Teach for America, and UBS Investment Bank.

Library

Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 2,124,242
Number of current serial subscriptions: 52,338
Number of microforms: 4,050,845
Number of audiovisuals: 171,099
Number of ebooks: 255,578
Other library facilities: * The Honorable John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections houses the University’s rare books, special collections and archives.

* Bapst Art Library houses the art and art history collections, graduate and undergraduate study space.

* The Educational Resource Center is the curriculum center for the School of Education faculty and students.

* The Social Work Library serves the resource needs of the Graduate School of Social Work.

* The Weston/O’Connor Library contains a specialized collection of earth sciences monographs, periodicals, and maps, particularly in the areas of seismology geology, and geophysics.

* The Law Library houses a legal collection which is national in scope and covers all major areas of American law.

* The Newton Resource Center is a 60 seat reading room serving first year students.

Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art serves as a dynamic educational resource for all of New England as well as the national and the international community. The Museum displays its notable permanent collection and mounts exhibitions of international scholarly importance from all periods and cultures of the history of art. The Museum is free and open to the public.

Technology

Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 1,000
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of available wired connections available in…

The Library (not including computer labs): 750
Classrooms: 500
Labs: N/A
Other areas: 24

Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs), in all the libraries, in all classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 8,750

Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes

Safety

Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life Overview

Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 79%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 0%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 0%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 90%

College Housing

Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 79%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – No
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (98%), special housing for disabled students (2%)

Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…

Singles: 8%
Doubles: 45%
Triples or Suites: 19%
Apartments: 22%
Other: 6%

Number of college-owned housing buildings: 29

Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…

A sprinkler system: 83%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%

Campus Size: 379 acres

Transportation (distances in miles)

Nearest airport(s): Boston (6), Providence/Warwick (47)
Nearest train station: Boston (6)
Nearest bus station: Boston (6)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – No
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 6%

Student Employment

Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 17%
Average undergraduate wage: 2,200
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No

Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Northeastern University)
Navy ROTC Offered at cooperating institution (Boston University)
Air Force ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Boston University)

Rules and Regulations

Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited

Campus

Most popular events: Middlemarch Ball, Various Sporting Events, Annual Dance Marathon

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