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Boston University

Boston University
One Silber Way
Boston, MA 02215

Official telephone: (617) 353-2000
Fax number: (617) 353-9695
Website: https://www.bu.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 18,656
Full-time undergraduates: 17,899
Part-time undergraduates: 757
Total graduate students: 18,255
Full-time graduate students: 11,517
Part-time graduate students: 6,738
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
19.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.3% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
32.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
21.8% Nonresident Alien
3.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 140 acres
Nearest major city: Boston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
  • cooperative housing
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 96%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 69%
Percent of students who live off campus: 31%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 150
Other computer facilities/services: research and educational networks
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
cultural organizations; performing and Acapella groups; residence hall associations; service organizations; student government

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's crewyes 
Men's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rowingyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's badminton NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crewyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sports NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's indoor track NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rowingyes 
Women's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rugby NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sailing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's skiing (downhill) NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's squash NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's table tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's triathlon NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbee NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water polo NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; squash; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; triathlon; indoor track; rowing; skiing (downhill); table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Logan International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 60% within six months of graduation

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