Boston College

Boston College is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the New England region of the United States. Its historic campus, one of the earliest examples of Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America, is set on a hilltop six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston. Although chartered as a university by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1863, Boston College's name reflects its early history as a liberal arts college and preparatory school in Boston's South End. It was the first institution of higher education established in the city of Boston, though it moved from the South End to then-rural Chestnut Hill as a result of rapid growth and urbanization in the late 19th century. Boston College is one of the oldest Jesuit universities in the United States and the flagship of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Footnotes

• {{note|carnegieranking}} Carnegie Communications "Project Connect" Results http://www.carnegiecomm.com/resources/pcform.html
• {{note|popularityrankings}} Boston College Chronicle, March 4, 2004 http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v12/mr4/numbers.html
• {{note|usnewsrank05}} US News & World Report 2005 College Rankings http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php
• {{note|usnewsrank95}} "BC Among Best Teaching Universities". Boston College Chronicle. September 21, 1995.
• {{note|jesuitpowerhouse}} David Gibson. "Jesuits Show Strength, Even as Their Numbers Shrink". The New York Times. December 12, 2004. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F16FB35550C718DDDAB0994DC404482