Boston College's admit rate has fallen 11.7 percentage points across the 7 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 16.2% | 2,394 | 91.0% | 96.0% | 1,500 |
| 2023-2024 | 39.3% | 2,335 | 91.0% | 95.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 16.7% | 2,332 | 91.0% | 95.0% | 1,490 |
| 2021-2022 | 19.0% | 2,516 | 91.0% | 95.0% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 26.4% | 2,408 | 92.0% | 93.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 35 percentage points.
Boston College's 91.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 34.7 pp.
Admit rate has tightened 10.2 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Boston College's admit rate fell from 26.4% (2020-2021) to 16.2% (2024-2025) — a 10.2 pp drop. Year-over-year: 26.4 → 19.0 → 16.7 → 39.3 → 16.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Boston College applicants most commonly also apply to range from 10.8% admit to 54.1% admit — a 43.3 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
Boston College's 96.0% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 19.2 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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