Boston College is a vibrant Jesuit, Catholic university committed the highest standards of teaching and scholarship, intellectual development, and personal formation, as well as the pursuit of a just society.
Today BC, with 14,500 students and an endowment of $1.75 billion, is one of America’s most recognized universities, noted for its rise to national prominence in the past four decades. It is among the nation’s most competitive colleges and attracts a diverse and extraordinary student body. While achieving greater academic excellence and institutional stature over the past 40 years, BC has held steadfast to its Jesuit and Catholic heritage, continuing to educate both the mind and the heart, and, more than at any time in history, offering a wide range of opportunities for religious and personal development.