Boston College

Academic Highlights

• The Boston College Core Curriculum will serve as the foundation of your educational journey. Innovative, team taught Complex Problems and Enduring Questions courses are a unique and dynamic way to fulfill student requirements.

• The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, and the average class size is 27 students.

• With a historical commitment to social justice, over 80% of students will participate in either a domestic or international community service or volunteer experience prior to graduation.

• As an R-1 Research University, students have a variety of options to engage in undergraduate research within each academic department, either independently or alongside world-class faculty members.

• Approximately 50% of each graduating class will have participated in one of more than 200 study abroad programs in 34 countries around the world.

• 85% of students engaged in at least one internship during their undergraduate career.

• BC students have been selected for prestigious scholarships of impact such as Fulbright Grants, Goldwater Scholarships, Marshall Scholarships, Javits Fellowships, National Science Foundation Fellowships, Truman Scholarships, and Rhodes Scholarships.