Massachusetts · Private · Data since 2000

Boston University

32.4 applicants for every seat, up from 18.5 in 2000.

#45

Path32 admissions rank, 2026

Outside 2025 top 30

3,796

applications, 2025-26

for 117 seats

6.3%

offered a seat

median school 10.8%

3.61

average overall GPA

DAT AA 431

2025-26 admissions cycle

From application to first day

Each bar is drawn to scale against applications received.

Applications received3,796

Examined by committee3,796

Offered a seat238

Enrolled117

Applicants per seat

32.4 applicants per seat in 2025 (18.5 in 2000), above the median school's 17.7.

Boston UniversityMedian school

Acceptance rate

6.3% of applicants were offered a seat in 2025, more selective than the median school (10.8%). It was 6.5% in 2011.

Boston UniversityMedian school

Average overall GPA

Average overall GPA of 3.61 in 2025, up from 3.32 in 2000. The median school is at 3.71.

Boston UniversityMedian school

DAT standing among schools

In 2025, its entering class out-scored 41% of other schools on the DAT Academic Average.

Percent of other schools with a lower DAT Academic Average that year. Ranking within each year keeps the 2025 move to a 200–600 scale comparable.

Tuition, 2025-26

What Boston University costs

Four years of tuition and mandatory fees: $442,538. That ranks #17 most expensive of 69 schools. Living expenses are not included.

Year by year

Tuition and mandatory fees for each year of the program, 2025-26.

Year	Tuition	Fees
1st	$99,680	$15,254
2nd	$99,680	$18,937
3rd	$99,680	$5,856
4th	$99,680	$3,771
Total	$442,538	incl. fees

35% of the 2025-26 first-year class are Massachusetts residents.

First-year tuition and fees

Cost is up 53% since 2014-15. Hover a year for the numbers.

Boston UniversityMedian school, in-state

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Home states, 2011–2025

Where Boston University's students come from

1,578 matriculants from 46 states and territories. 34% were Massachusetts residents.

Massachusetts1–45–1920–4950–199200+

Massachusetts53133.7%
New York16810.6%
Florida1519.6%
California1026.5%
New Jersey795%
Connecticut563.5%

Year-by-year data, 2000–2025

Year	Applications	Examined	Offered	Enrolled	Acceptance	DAT AA	GPA overall	GPA science
2025	3,796	3,796	238	117	6.3%	431	3.61	3.52
2024	3,269	3,129	275	117	8.4%	19.8	3.51	3.51
2023	2,585	2,298	288	117	11.1%	20.1	3.48	3.41
2022	2,440	2,186	291	117	11.9%	21.1	3.53	3.43
2021	2,853	2,752	252	115	8.8%	20.9	3.51	3.40
2020	2,312	2,217	307	117	13.3%	19.8	3.41	3.30
2019	2,515	2,402	335	117	13.3%	20.5	3.44	3.34
2018	2,626	2,533	239	117	9.1%	20.4	3.49	3.40
2017	3,556	3,093	299	117	8.4%	20.4	3.40	3.29
2016	3,970	3,459	278	116	7.0%	19.9	3.43	3.34
2015	4,020	3,415	300	115	7.5%	20	3.46	3.40
2014	4,115	3,443	271	114	6.6%	19.7	3.43	3.40
2013	4,441	4,441	286	114	6.4%	19.7	3.36	3.30
2012	4,607	4,607	301	197	6.5%	20	3.45	3.40
2011	4,518	4,518	295	191	6.5%	19.7	3.42	3.34
2010	5,546	407	—	190	—	19.2	3.26	3.14
2009	4,661	4,661	—	190	—	19.4	3.35	3.25
2008	4,375	433	—	115	—	19.2	3.32	3.24
2007	4,341	502	—	115	—	19.9	3.40	3.20
2006	3,908	981	—	115	—	19.7	3.30	3.20
2005	3,066	1,163	—	114	—	19.1	3.35	3.25
2004	2,472	1,020	—	115	—	19	3.21	3.31
2003	1,274	1,274	—	123	—	18.72	3.18	3.06
2002	2,017	2,017	—	115	—	18.54	3.20	3.10
2001	1,969	1,969	—	118	—	18.69	3.27	3.21
2000	2,178	2,178	—	118	—	19.29	3.32	3.25

DAT is on a 1–30 scale through 2024 and a 200–600 scale from 2025. Offers are not available before 2011.

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