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Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Boston college is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic colleges in Massachusetts and in the United States. U.S. News and World Report ranks Boston College 34th as a national university. Boston College confers more than 4,000 degrees annually in more than 50 fields of study through seven schools and colleges in Massachusetts. Faculty members are committed to both teaching and research and have set new marks for research grant awards over the last 10 years, more than $44 million in the last year alone. This Jesuit university has made a major commitment to academic excellence. It is in the process of adding faculty positions, expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid, and widening opportunities in key undergraduate programs, such as foreign study, internships, community service, and personal formation. Boston College has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, including a 43 percent increase in undergraduate applications over the past decade. During the same period, a remarkable increase in revenue from voluntary giving has helped move this Jesuit university's endowment to approximately $1.4 billion, among the 50 largest in the nation.

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Boston College has a total enrollment of 14,500 students: 9,000 full-time undergraduates, 800 evening undergraduates, and 4,700 graduate and professional students. The undergraduate student body of this Jesuit university is comprised of 52 percent women and 48 percent men. Twenty-four percent are AHANA (African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American), and two percent are international students. All 50 states are represented at these colleges in Massachusetts, along with 66 countries and territories. In 2005, 71 percent of Boston College undergraduate students received financial aid. There are 660 number full-time faculty members at this Jesuit university, 242 of which are women. The faculty-student ratio is 1:13, and 95 percent of the faculty have doctorates. Boston College is comprised of four colleges in Massachusetts: Chestnut Hill, Newton, Brighton, and Dover. This national university boasts eight libraries, 2.1 million volumes, more than 4 million units of microform, more than 200,000 government documents, and 6,800 square feet of manuscripts and archival materials. There are currently 143,000 living undergraduate and graduate alumni of this Jesuit university. Of Boston College's Class of 2005, 27 percent continued on to Graduate School immediately after graduation, and 95 percent plan on pursuing graduate studies in the future. Boston College has 27 varsity athletic teams that compete at the NCAA Division I level. More than 6,300 students participate in 29 intramural sports and 20 club sports.

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