Student life at BU
Boston, Massachusetts · Private · 18,248 undergrads
BU is highly residential. Its teams play in the NCAA. Campus housing ran $11,600 a year in 2023-24.
Living there
Campus lifeCarnegie Classifications, 2025
Highly residential
Campus housing, per yearIPEDS, 2023-24
$11,600
Sports
College sports associationIPEDS, 2023
NCAA
Where these numbers come from
- Admit rate and applicants: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- GPA, early rounds and wait list: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- Deadlines: bu.edu, 2026-27 (checked Nov 5, 2026)
- Test rule: bu.edu, fall 2027 (checked Nov 2, 2026)
Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers