Boston College

Boston College is a private institution that was founded in 1863. It’s located on a 405-acre suburban campus in historic Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts just outside downtown Boston. Although Boston College is classified as a research university, it still uses the word “college” in its name to reflect its historical position as a small liberal arts college. Due largely to its location and presence of buildings featuring gothic towers reaching into the sky, the Boston College campus is known generally as the “Heights” and to some as the “Crowned Hilltop.” The main campus is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Boston College, the first institution of higher education to operate in the city of Boston, is today among the nation’s foremost universities, a leader in the liberal arts, scientific inquiry, and student formation.

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