Massachusetts students paid $53,948 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $1,866 more than the $52,082 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 58 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 1,804 students received grants or scholarships totaling $74 million and 1,114 students took out student loans totaling more than $12.4 million.
Including all undergraduates (34,657), 8,679 students used grants or scholarships totaling $287.1 million, and 5,983 students took out $42.3 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
| Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | ~4,852 | $48,436 | $50,240 | $52,082 | $53,948 | 11.4% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Boston University in 2015-16.| Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal grants | 637 | 18% | $4,416,930 | $6,934 |
| State / local grant or scholarship | 124 | 4% | $314,258 | $2,534 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 1,782 | 51% | $69,296,975 | $38,887 |
| Grant or scholarship aid total | 1,804 | 52% | $74,028,163 | $41,036 |
| Federal student loans | 1,065 | 30% | $5,663,958 | $5,318 |
| Other student loans | 253 | 7% | $6,700,657 | $26,485 |
| Student loan aid | 1,114 | 32% | $12,364,615 | $11,099 |
| Total student aid | 2,045 | 58% | - | - |
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