Boston University

Boston, MA - BU

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Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017

Admission Overview

Applicants 57,441
Admitted 16,907
Acceptance rate 29.4%
Yield rate 21.0%

Acceptance Rate by Gender

Boston University Acceptances by Gender

25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students

Boston University's Average SAT Scores

This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Boston University.

Boston University's average SAT scores fall between:

  • Verbal: 590 and 680
  • Math: 630 and 740
  • Writing: 28 and 32
 

Degree Completions

View All This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics

Parchment Members' Admissions Results

Applied 10579
Reported Results 1408
Accepted 1183 (84%) 84,16
Rejected 225
Attending 150
Yield Rate 13%


Admitted Members' Score Range
25th 50th 75th Percentile
GPA 3.40 3.68 3.85
SAT I 1830 2010 2130
Selectivity Index™ 614 725 828


Rejected Members' Score Range
25th 50th 75th Percentile
GPA 3.30 3.59
SAT I 600 1785 1985
Selectivity Index™ 63 585 703


Stats last calculated: Monday 20th of August 2012 02:00:09 AM
Newest applicant: 20 days, 17 hours, and 39 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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9.6,90.4 10% Columbia University in the City of New York

9.5,90.5 10% University of Pennsylvania

9.0,91.0 9% Johns Hopkins University

9.0,91.0 9% Cornell University

8.9,91.1 9% Georgetown University

8.8,91.2 9% Northwestern University