Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts · Private, nonprofit
All 45 assessed programs leave graduates out-earning a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044/yr). Another 80 could not be assessed.
What would this cost you?
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $4,284 |
| $30k to $48k | $7,304 |
| $48k to $75k | $13,112 |
| $75k to $110k | $19,999 |
| $110k and up | $60,308 |
| All families (average) | $41,704 |
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.
Program earnings vs a high-school graduate
Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.
45 of 125 programs could be assessed 36% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Years to repay | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $121,337 | +$80,293 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.2 yrs | 354 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $147,746 | +$106,702 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.2 yrs | 325 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $152,252 | +$111,208 | clears the bar | $55,000 | 0.5 yrs | 270 |
| Law | First Professional Degree | $190,940 | +$149,896 | clears the bar | $123,000 | 0.8 yrs | 257 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $71,957 | +$30,913 | clears the bar | $51,250 | 1.7 yrs | 253 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $83,586 | +$42,542 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.4 yrs | 191 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $83,614 | +$42,570 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.4 yrs | 182 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $86,537 | +$45,493 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.4 yrs | 142 |
| Counseling Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $76,328 | +$35,284 | clears the bar | $17,223 | 0.5 yrs | 138 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $143,204 | +$102,160 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.2 yrs | 125 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $126,461 | +$85,417 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.2 yrs | 123 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $106,353 | +$65,309 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.3 yrs | 122 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $71,676 | +$30,632 | clears the bar | $29,642 | 1.0 yrs | 117 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $70,033 | +$28,989 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.6 yrs | 116 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | $126,475 | +$85,431 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.2 yrs | 110 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $94,867 | +$53,823 | clears the bar | $13,000 | 0.2 yrs | 105 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | $97,519 | +$56,475 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.3 yrs | 95 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $117,616 | +$76,572 | clears the bar | $63,861 | 0.8 yrs | 95 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $123,144 | +$82,100 | clears the bar | $18,125 | 0.2 yrs | 94 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $70,141 | +$29,097 | clears the bar | $18,940 | 0.7 yrs | 91 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $111,072 | +$70,028 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.3 yrs | 85 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $91,874 | +$50,830 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.4 yrs | 83 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | $74,067 1-year earnings | +$33,023 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 83 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $71,427 | +$30,383 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.7 yrs | 82 |
| Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | $131,090 | +$90,046 | clears the bar | $16,803 | 0.2 yrs | 78 |
| Theology and Ministry | Master's Degree | $64,786 | +$23,742 | clears the bar | $30,860 | 1.3 yrs | 75 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | $51,092 1-year earnings | +$10,048 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 64 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $80,073 | +$39,029 | clears the bar | $18,997 | 0.5 yrs | 64 |
| Finance | Master's Degree | $151,547 | +$110,503 | clears the bar | $41,000 | 0.4 yrs | 52 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $118,957 | +$77,913 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 51 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $70,121 | +$29,077 | clears the bar | $18,500 | 0.6 yrs | 50 |
| Healthcare Administration | Master's Degree | $90,831 1-year earnings | +$49,787 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 50 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $75,274 | +$34,230 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.6 yrs | 45 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $132,903 | +$91,859 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.2 yrs | 41 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $68,060 | +$27,016 | clears the bar | $58,845 | 2.2 yrs | 40 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | $82,861 | +$41,817 | clears the bar | $17,200 | 0.4 yrs | 34 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $61,719 | +$20,675 | clears the bar | $18,000 | 0.9 yrs | 32 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | $174,350 | +$133,306 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 28 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $71,459 | +$30,415 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 26 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $68,576 | +$27,532 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 20 |
| English | Master's Degree | $64,159 | +$23,115 | clears the bar | $40,346 | 1.7 yrs | 19 |
| School Counseling | Master's Degree | $73,791 | +$32,747 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $73,955 | +$32,911 | clears the bar | $30,750 | 0.9 yrs | 15 |
| History | Master's Degree | $66,787 | +$25,743 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Telecommunications Management | Master's Degree | $134,796 | +$93,752 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 117 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | $17,500 | insufficient data | 91 |
| IT Administration and Management | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 35 |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 22 |
| Theology and Ministry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 21 |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 20 |
| Nursing | First Professional Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 19 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 17 |
| Philosophy | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| Theology and Ministry | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | $19,000 | insufficient data | 15 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Economics | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| International and Comparative Education | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Philosophy | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Physics | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Research Psychology | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Research Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Nursing | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Human Resources | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| English | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Neuroscience | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Natural Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Social Work | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Finance | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Human Resources | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Political Science | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Sociology | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Biology | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Neuroscience | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| History | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Area Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Religious Education | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Applied Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Finance | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Education, Other | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Data Analytics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Physics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Social Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Accounting | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Administrative and Office Support | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($41,044/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.