Graduate Program Overview
Boston University is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $64,712. It offers 297 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | Boston University |
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| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
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| Address | One Silber Way, Boston, MA |
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| Graduate School Students | 17,875 students
3,946 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) | $64,712 |
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| Student to Faculty | 11:1 (9.09%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 297 Graduate Programs
181 Master's, 93 Doctorate, 23 Post graduate certificates |
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2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Boston University
The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Boston University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $64,712 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,994.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| Amounts |
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| Tuition | $63,798 |
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| Fees | $914 |
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| Cost per Credit | $1,994 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,000 |
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| Room & Board | $18,110 (On-Campus) / $18,110 (Off-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $2,085 (On-Campus) / $2,085 (Off-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $85,907 |
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| Off-Campus Total | $85,907 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
| 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 |
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| Tuition & Fees | $55,502 | $57,666 | $59,418 | $61,924 | $64,712 |
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Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 5/10/2024)
Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
Boston University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 297 major areas -
181 Master's , 93 Doctorate , 3 Post-Bachelor', 20 Post-Master'. 5,731 students have been conferred Master's degree and 1,151 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 5,731 | 1,151 | 13 | 69 |
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| Men | 2,294 | 530 | 6 | 35 |
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| Women | 3,437 | 621 | 7 | 34 |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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Graduate Student Population
BU graduate schools have a total of 17,875 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 7,600 male and 10,275 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 11,587 full-time and 6,288 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 3,946 students enrolled through online exclusively and 1,123 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 7,095 White, 776 Black, and 1,801 Asian students are attending at Boston University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
292 grad students are younger than 22 and 1,608 students are older than 65. It has 12,480 students aged between 22 and 30 and 3,875 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 17,875 |
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| Men | 7,600 |
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| Women | 10,275 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 17,875 |
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| Full-time Students | 11,587 |
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| Part-time Students | 6,288 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 17,875 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 10 |
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| Asian | 1,801 |
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| Black | 776 |
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| Hispanic | 1,346 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 12 |
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| White | 7,095 |
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| Two or more races | 409 |
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| Un-Known | 887 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 17,875 |
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| 21 & Under | 292 |
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| 22-24 | 6,434 |
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| 25-29 | 6,046 |
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| 30-34 | 2,561 |
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| 35-39 | 1,314 |
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| 40 & Over | 1,608 |
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Online Population
At Boston University graduate schools, 3,946 students enrolled online exclusively and 1,123 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 18,255 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 3,946 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 1,123 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 13,186 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 3,946 |
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| Massachusetts Resident | 792 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 3,154 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 0 |
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