College · Private nonprofit · Boston, MA · City
Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$59k
Net price / yr$26k
Undergrad size280
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $26k/yr for a shot at a $59k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
280 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $26k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$161k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$103k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$58k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $27.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants29%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans45%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$37k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $14k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention68%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr32%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$59k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$62k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out16%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 280
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Boston Architectural Center
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White35%
- Hispanic24%
- International17%
- Black8%
- Asian8%
- Unknown5%
- Two or more races3%
Part-time39%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$24k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.