Student Population at Boston College

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
15,287	9,982	5,305

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 15,287 students have enrolled in Boston College with 9,982 undergraduate and 5,305 graduate students.

By gender, 6,938 male and 8,349 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

814 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,801 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Boston College has a total of 15,287 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,982 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,305 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,938 male and 8,349 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,287	9,982	5,305
Men	6,938	4,697	2,241
Women	8,349	5,285	3,064

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,766 White, 764 Black, and 1,470 Asian students out of a total of 15,287 are attending at Boston College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	17	3	14
Asian	1,470	685	785
Black	764	334	430
Hispanic	1,405	637	768
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	2	3
White	8,766	3,849	4,917
Two or more races	433	190	243
Race Unknown	662	340	322

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	12	1	11
Asian	1,122	558	564
Black	491	215	276
Hispanic	1,099	505	594
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	2	2
White	5,743	2,646	3,097
Two or more races	329	150	179
Race Unknown	330	198	132

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	0	0	0
Asian	17	12	5
Black	3	2	1
Hispanic	9	4	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	87	36	51
Two or more races	6	5	1
Race Unknown	4	2	2

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Boston College, 814 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,801 students are enrolled in some online courses.

476 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 338 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	15,287	814	1,801
Undergraduate	9,982	118	753
Graduate	5,305	696	1,048

Online Student Population by Locality
	Massachusetts Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	476	306	32
Undergraduate	101	16	1
Graduate	375	290	31

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,982 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 135 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.35%.117 students have transferred in as full-time status and 18 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	9,640
Transfer-in Full-time	117
Regular Part-time	207
Transfer-in Part-time	18