University · Chestnut Hill, United States
Boston College
Private research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
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About
instance of inception founder official name native label industry language used academic calendar type
Location and contact
country located in the administrative territorial entity headquarters location Chestnut Hill · country: United States · postal code: 02467 · coordinate location: 42.3380, -71.1711 · street address: 140 Commonwealth Ave street address 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467 postal code coordinate location official website
People and numbers
count of students 14,395 14,180 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021 employees admission rate admission yield rate position held by head of the organization
Rankings and recognition
ranking 494 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 Earlier figures (9) 454 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 432 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 376 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 339 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 299 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 282 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 341 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 331 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 329 · QS World University Rankings · 2012 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
Finances
endowment $3,336,600,000 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $3,827,100,000 · 30 June 2021 $2,579,462,416 · 30 June 2020 total assets $5,201,272,270 · 30 June 2020
Structure and memberships
child organization or unit member of 9 more owner of athletics program
Other facts
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Wikimedia and technical details (8)
Commons category topic's main category category for alumni of educational institution on focus list of Wikimedia project described by source API endpoint URL different from social media followers 77,504 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16582975 · 9 February 2023 23,400 · YouTube channel ID: UCxpYJz5B6tkK6RNV8JOd43g · 27 September 2025 Earlier figures (3) 74,523 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16582975 · 27 February 2022 71,778 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16582975 · 4 January 2021 70,258 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16582975 · 19 April 2020
Identifiers in other databases (62)
ARWU university ID Bibliothèque nationale de France ID 124054849 · subject named as: Boston college · alternative name: Boston college (Chestnut Hill, Mass., USA) Canadiana Name Authority ID Crunchbase organization ID ELMCIP ID Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID Facebook username FactGrid item ID FAST ID 540787 · subject named as: Boston College · alternative name: Boston College, Boston, Mass. Freebase ID GeoNames ID GND ID 40300-3 · subject named as: Boston College · alternative name: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) · alternative name: BC Google Maps Customer ID Google Scholar organization ID GRID ID IdRef ID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID ISIL ISNI J9U entity ID Japan Search name ID Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID KISTI ID Legal Entity Identifier Libraries Australia ID 36529695 · subject named as: Boston College Library of Congress Authorities ID n80010166 · subject named as: Boston College · alternative name: Boston College, Boston, Mass. LibraryThing author ID LinkedIn company or organization ID Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) MusicBrainz place ID National Library of Ireland ID National Library of Lithuania ID National Library of Poland MMS ID New York Times topic ID NL CR AUT ID NLA Trove people ID 1275136 · subject named as: Boston College NUKAT ID n2022040780 · subject named as: Boston College · alternative name: BC · alternative name: Boston College, Boston, Mass. Open Funder Registry funder ID OpenAlex ID OpenStreetMap relation ID PermID QS World University ID Quora topic ID RERO ID (legacy) Ringgold ID ROR ID Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID SEVIS school ID SNARC ID subreddit TikTok username Times Higher Education World University ID U-Multirank university ID UK Parliament thesaurus ID 512315 · subject named as: Boston College Vatican Library VcBA ID VIAF cluster ID World Higher Education Database ID X (Twitter) username bostoncollege · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 70,258 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16582975 · 19 April 2020 BostonCollege YouTube channel ID UCxpYJz5B6tkK6RNV8JOd43g · subject named as: Boston College · number of works: 1,033 · number of subscribers: 23,300 · number of viewers/listeners: 10,451,542 · 21 September 2025 Zhihu topic ID 19800512 · subject named as: 波士顿学院 (Boston College) Scilit organization ID Yale LUX ID
At a glance
Kind University · Private
Location Chestnut Hill, United States
Founded 1863
Students 14,395
Also known as BC
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