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#7 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#34 Best Value Schools
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#31 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#22 Business Programs
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#12 Accounting
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#11 Finance
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#13 Management
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#26 Marketing
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#52 Most Innovative Schools
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#270 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#43 First-Year Experiences
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#8 Service Learning
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#23 Study Abroad
Boston College is ranked #37 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
69
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
47
Graduation and retention rank
23
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
92%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
95%
Social Mobility Rank
270
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
95%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
42
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
55
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
83.1%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
95%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
48.6%
Classes with 50 or more students
6%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
28
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1320-1490
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
78%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
65
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
23
Average alumni giving rate
24.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
