Editing Boston University (section)

=== Admissions ===
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<big>'''Fall Freshman statistics'''</big><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brimming with Brilliance {{!}} Boston University Annual Report 2024 |url=https://ar.bu.edu/2024/town-square/brimming-with-brilliance/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ar.bu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Future Is Bright and So Is the Class of 2027 {{!}} Boston University Annual Report 2023 |url=https://ar.bu.edu/2023/first-gen-power/class-of-2027/ |access-date=December 8, 2023 |website=ar.bu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Laskowski |first=Amy |date=March 25, 2020 |title=A First Peek at the (Potential) BU Class of 2024 |url=http://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/peek-at-class-2024-virtual-campus-tours/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103061312/https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/peek-at-class-2024-virtual-campus-tours/ |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |website=BU Today |publisher=www.bu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic Profile – Admissions |url=http://www.bu.edu/admissions/why-bu/academic-profile/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201193408/http://www.bu.edu/admissions/why-bu/academic-profile/ |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |access-date=January 27, 2019 |website=www.bu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston University Common Data Set |url=https://www.bu.edu/oir/cds/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030327/https://www.bu.edu/oir/cds/ |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |publisher=Boston University Institutional Research}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Laskowski |first=Amy |date=February 16, 2016 |title=Getting in: A Little Tougher Every Year |url=https://www.bu.edu/today/2016/class-of-2020-applicants-break-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030732/https://www.bu.edu/today/2016/class-of-2020-applicants-break-record/ |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |access-date=December 23, 2016 |website=BU Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Laskowski |first=Amy |date=July 27, 2016 |title=Boston University Class of 2020 |url=https://www.bu.edu/today/2016/class-of-2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126005936/http://www.bu.edu/today/2016/class-of-2020/ |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 23, 2017 |website=BU Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2017 |title=Profile of Admitted Students |url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/record-60000-applicants-to-bu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124123041/http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/record-60000-applicants-to-bu/ |archive-date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 23, 2017 |website=BU Today}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! &nbsp;
!2024
!2023
!2022 !! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019
|-
! Applicants
|78,769
|80,495
|80,794
|75,733|| 61,006|| 62,210
|-
! Admits
|8,743
|8,733
|11,434
|13,884|| 11,286 || 11,260
|-
! Admit Rate (%)
|11.1
|10.9
|14.4
|18.3|| 18.5 || 18.1
|-
! Enrolled
|3,268
|3,145
|3,635
|3,200|| 3,100|| 3,100
|-
!Yield (%)
|37.3
|36.0
|31.8
|23.1
|27.5
|27.5
|-
! Avg Unweighted GPA
|3.9
|3.9
|3.95
|3.90|| 3.90 || 3.82
|-
! SAT Middle 50%
|1469
|1419
|1491
|1482|| 1470 || 1468
|-
|}
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Based on currently enrolled student responses within the university student database 50.6% [[White people|white]], 14% [[Asian people|Asian]], 11.6% international students, 8.6% [[Hispanic]], and 3.2% [[Black people|black]]. Fall 2015 international student enrollment at Boston University is 43% Chinese, 9% Indian, 5% Korean, 5% Saudi Arabian, 4% Canadian, 4% Taiwanese, 2% Turkish, and 1% from each of the following countries: Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, France, Thailand, Spain, and Japan. The other 18% of international enrollment comes from 123 other countries.<ref name="International">{{Cite web |title=2015 International Student Data |url=http://www.bu.edu/isso/about/statistics/student-15/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220101944/http://www.bu.edu/isso/about/statistics/student-15/ |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=December 11, 2016 |publisher=Boston University International Students & Scholars Office}}</ref> Among international students, 39% are pursuing undergraduate degrees, 37% are pursuing graduate degrees, and 23% are enrolled in other programs.<ref name=International /> BU has the largest number of [[Jews]] out of all private schools in the U.S. with about 6,000 students identifying as Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 60 Jewish Colleges |url=https://www.hillel.org/top-60-jewish-colleges/ |website=Hillel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston University |url=https://www.hillel.org/college/boston-university/ |website=Hillel}}</ref>

The plurality of registrants were from [[Massachusetts]] (19%), followed by [[New York (state)|New York]] (16%), [[New Jersey]] (9%), [[California]] (8%), [[Connecticut]] (4%), [[Pennsylvania]] (4%), and [[Texas]] (2%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freshman Profile |url=http://www.bu.edu/dbin/infocenter/content/index.php?pageid=909&topicid=12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005040756/http://www.bu.edu/dbin/infocenter/content/index.php?topicid=12&pageid=909 |archive-date=October 5, 2008 |access-date=August 5, 2008 |publisher=Boston University}}</ref>

Boston University's financial aid program, "affordableBU", meets 100% of the demonstrated need of domestic students (U.S. citizens and permanent residents).<ref>{{Cite web |title=AffordableBU &#124; Admissions |url=https://www.bu.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/affordable-bu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205064956/https://www.bu.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/affordable-bu/ |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref>