How Student Population Changes at Boston

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 14,722 where 15,287 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

65.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 145 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 537 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Boston than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Boston College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,605	9,837	4,612	5,225	4,768	2,026	2,742
2013-14	14,309 -296	9,698 -139	4,530 -82	5,168 -57	4,611 -157	1,970 -56	2,641 -101
2014-15	14,317 8	9,856 158	4,576 46	5,280 112	4,461 -150	1,933 -37	2,528 -113
2015-16	14,354 37	9,796 -60	4,623 47	5,173 -107	4,558 97	1,978 45	2,580 52
2016-17	14,466 112	9,870 74	4,580 -43	5,290 117	4,596 38	2,003 25	2,593 13
2017-18	14,628 162	9,921 51	4,687 107	5,234 -56	4,707 111	2,054 51	2,653 60
2018-19	14,720 92	9,927 6	4,695 8	5,232 -2	4,793 86	2,107 53	2,686 33
2019-20	14,747 27	9,901 -26	4,671 -24	5,230 -2	4,846 53	2,097 -10	2,749 63
2020-21	14,934 187	9,780 -121	4,588 -83	5,192 -38	5,154 308	2,237 140	2,917 168
2021-22	15,577 643	9,955 175	4,691 103	5,264 72	5,622 468	2,373 136	3,249 332
2022-23	15,287 -290	9,982 27	4,697 6	5,285 21	5,305 -317	2,241 -132	3,064 -185
Average	14,722	9,866	4,632	5,234	4,856	2,093	2,764

Student Population Changes of Boston College

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,866 where 9,982 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Boston College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,837	9,533	4,484	5,049	304	128	176
2013-14	9,698	9,390	4,379	5,011	308	151	157
2014-15	9,856	9,526	4,406	5,120	330	170	160
2015-16	9,796	9,541	4,489	5,052	255	134	121
2016-17	9,870	9,647	4,470	5,177	223	110	113
2017-18	9,921	9,681	4,559	5,122	240	128	112
2018-19	9,927	9,696	4,571	5,125	231	124	107
2019-20	9,901	9,666	4,538	5,128	235	133	102
2020-21	9,780	9,571	4,482	5,089	209	106	103
2021-22	9,955	9,749	4,564	5,185	206	127	79
2022-23	9,982	9,757	4,569	5,188	225	128	97
Average	9,866	9,866	4,501	5,113	9,866	131	121

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Boston College

Boston College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,856 where 5,305 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Boston College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,768	3,582	1,513	2,069	1,186	513	673
2013-14	4,611	3,526	1,523	2,003	1,085	447	638
2014-15	4,461	3,498	1,499	1,999	963	434	529
2015-16	4,558	3,528	1,511	2,017	1,030	467	563
2016-17	4,596	3,503	1,485	2,018	1,093	518	575
2017-18	4,707	3,528	1,506	2,022	1,179	548	631
2018-19	4,793	3,469	1,523	1,946	1,324	584	740
2019-20	4,846	3,411	1,449	1,962	1,435	648	787
2020-21	5,154	3,457	1,463	1,994	1,697	774	923
2021-22	5,622	3,912	1,626	2,286	1,710	747	963
2022-23	5,305	3,680	1,493	2,187	1,625	748	877
Average	4,856	4,856	1,508	2,046	4,856	584	718

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Boston College

Boston College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.34%. The percentage was 58.04% 10 years ago and Boston still has a high percentage of white students. 9.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.00% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Boston College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	14	1,166	612	1,296	31	8,477	307
2013-14	15	1,130	590	1,281	6	8,186	341
2014-15	15	1,144	575	1,238	1	8,299	375
2015-16	12	1,176	568	1,216	3	8,381	389
2016-17	8	1,199	545	1,249	6	8,444	376
2017-18	6	1,203	554	1,341	3	8,555	413
2018-19	7	1,242	574	1,388	3	8,393	452
2019-20	9	1,318	589	1,450	4	8,280	467
2020-21	5	1,274	610	1,374	4	7,938	488
2021-22	10	1,300	615	1,365	3	7,759	498
2022-23	17	1,470	764	1,405	5	8,766	433
Average	11	1,238	600	1,328	6	8,316	413

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Boston College

Boston College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

814 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,756.70% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Boston College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,317	0	97	14,220
2015-16	14,354	11	93	14,250
2016-17	14,466	39	199	14,228
2017-18	14,628	140	295	14,193
2018-19	14,720	189	316	14,215
2019-20	14,747	285	443	14,019
2020-21	14,934	1,505	11,116	2,313
2021-22	15,577	650	6,590	8,337
2022-23	15,287	814	1,801	12,672
Average	14,781	404	2,328	12,050

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Boston College

Enrollment Trends at Boston

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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