Boston Architectural College
Private College in Boston, MA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $62,123.
A decade after enrolling, the median Boston Architectural College student earns $62,123 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $37,250 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 32% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 16% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 266 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,590 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $24,056 while those at $75–110k pay $34,343. Grant aid reaches 63% of students at an average of $9,113. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 16 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $24,056 |
| $30–48k | $14,348 |
| $48–75k | $30,097 |
| $75–110k | $34,343 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 137 of these 266 students, totalling $996,510 — an average of $7,274 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)