Boston College has a return result near the top of Azimuth’s coverage. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $11,656 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $10,860. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $796.
Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $96,145, in the 96th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), matches that median; the $12,530 gap leaves the university above it.
The model-beating result and peer-level median offer different reference points.
Boston College shows high graduate earnings: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $96,145 four years after completion. Azimuth places that median in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 2,195 completers.
Graduates earn about $11,656 more than the model expects for similar students. Modeled from the program mix, scenarios put typical earnings at $96,145, with a downside scenario of $69,823 and an upside scenario of $139,092.
An estimated 34.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The high median and the modeled range show that program choice can matter within an already strong earnings picture.
Boston College posts $96,145 in median earnings four years after completion, placing it in the 96th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $83,615; the university is above it by $12,530.
Graduates earn about $11,656 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 86th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $10,860. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $796.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,217. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $69,823 and the upside at $139,092.
Azimuth ranks the university #38 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings-beyond-expectations result and return rank point in the same direction.
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations leads the program picture, with median earnings of $132,903 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.
Its median is 2.18x the national median for its field. Economics awarded 354 degrees and has median earnings of $121,337 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks it #25 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology awarded 138 degrees, with median earnings of $76,328 and an Azimuth national rank of #1 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The contrast in earnings across these named fields makes program choice an important part of the return picture.
The range of earnings scenarios is wide, from $69,823 in the downside scenario to $139,092 in the upside scenario. These scenarios are modeled from the program mix, rather than observed groups of graduates.
Boston College presents a mixed cost-and-return picture: graduates earn about $11,656 more than the model expects for similar students. For borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $19,000, below the $23,168 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $4,168.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $216 a month if repaid over ten years. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $41,704.
By family income band, average net prices are $4,284 in the lowest band, $7,304 in the lower-middle band, $13,112 in the middle band, $19,999 in the upper-middle band, and $60,308 in the highest band. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $36,211, and the university’s average net price is above it by $5,493.
Lower debt and above-expected earnings sit beside a net price above the peer median.