Boston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit 4-year Large city
Boston University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Boston, Massachusetts. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 37,737 students in fall 2024, including 18,805 undergraduates and 18,932 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Boston University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 299 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Computer Science, and Psychology, General. It awarded 13,285 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.
95% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
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