Boston College and University Demographics

There are a total of 1,016 degree and certificate programs offered at Boston's 30 colleges and universities. You can choose to study in fields ranging from architectural drafting and architectural cad/cadd to teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor to computer programming/programmer, general.

Boston University is the top-ranked school in Boston. It was ranked 14th in the nation in 2010. Boston University has a student population of approximately 31,960. Amongst students at Boston University, the most popular area of study is Business.

Tuition

On average, colleges and universities in Boston schools charge students $19,311 per year in tuition fees. To see the variation in tuition rates at different colleges in Boston, compare the tuition at Boston University, which charges students $39,864 per year, to the tuition at Roxbury Community College, which charges students $3,192 per year in tuition.

Financial Aid

In 2008, $50,194,126 of the total $52,512,186 in financial aid received by Boston students was in the form of institutional grants and scholarships. The highest amount of institutional grants and scholarships given to students by a local college was $23,562,000, which was given by University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Boston Student Demographics

In 2010, there were 123,971 students enrolled in colleges and universities in the city of Boston. This is 24% of the total number of students enrolled in colleges throughout the state of Massachusetts. With 31,960 students, Boston University had the highest total student enrollment in Boston. On the other hand, with only 10 students, Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship had the lowest enrollment in the city.

Graduation and Retention Rates

The retention rate for Boston colleges and universities, which is the percent of students who return to college after their first year, is about 73%. The graduation rate for Boston schools is approximately 59%. Bay State College has the highest graduation rate in Boston, with 90% of students graduating. Roxbury Community College has the lowest rate, with 9% graduating.

Diversity

Boston schools have a student population that is approximately 58% female. 85% of Boston college students are 24 years old or younger. For every 100 Boston college students, 51 students identified themselves as being from a racial or ethnic minority background in 2009. Roxbury Community College, with 94% of students identifying themselves as being from a minority background, had the highest percentage of ethnically diverse students in Boston.

Boston Faculty Demographics

As of 2010, there were a total of 11,492 faculty employed by Boston colleges and universities. Of these faculty members, 46% were female and 32% were from racial or ethnic minority backgrounds.

In 2009, Boston colleges and universities had on average of 1 faculty for every 13 students. Spa Tech Institute-Ipswich had the highest faculty to student ratio, of schools in Boston, with 1 to 1.