| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.20 |
| Liaison | Denice Koljonen |
| Submission Date | Feb. 17, 2022 |
Boston College
PA-8: Affordability and Access
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.46 / 4.00 |
Carol
Pepin Associate Director IRPA |
Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
Boston College practices need-blind admissions and is committed to meet full demonstrated need.
In January, 2020, Boston College joined QuestBridge, a highly respected non-profit program that helps high-achieving, low-income students gain admission and scholarships to the country’s top-ranked colleges and universities. Through this partnership, BC admitted 324 Questbridge applicants and enrolled more than 100 students for the Fall 2021 semester.
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/announcements/boston-college-joins-questbridge.html
A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
Woods School of Advancing Studies offers the Osher scholarship to undergraduate students and some limited scholarships and assistantships to graduate students.
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/wcas/admission-and-aid/tuition-and-financial-aid.html#tab-osher_undergraduate_student_scholarship
Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Response to Optional Fields: BC feels as though the composition of the student body contributes to the educational benefits of all students. BC enrolls an economically and ethnically diverse student body. BC feels that 100% of students benefit from this policy.
Source: Percent of entering students that are low income: 2020-21 IPEDS Student Financial Aid Fall 2019 full time, first time
Graduation rate: 2020-21 IPEDS Graduation Rate survey 6 year graduation rate of Pell recipients entering Fall 2014
Percent of students without loans: Boston College Common Data Set 2020-21 Section H, H5A First time students graduating in 2019-2020.
Response to Optional Fields: BC feels as though the composition of the student body contributes to the educational benefits of all students. BC enrolls an economically and ethnically diverse student body. BC feels that 100% of students benefit from this policy.
Source: Percent of entering students that are low income: 2020-21 IPEDS Student Financial Aid Fall 2019 full time, first time
Graduation rate: 2020-21 IPEDS Graduation Rate survey 6 year graduation rate of Pell recipients entering Fall 2014
Percent of students without loans: Boston College Common Data Set 2020-21 Section H, H5A First time students graduating in 2019-2020.
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