Boston College (Lynch)

Education School Overview

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Rank Category Name #15 Best Education Schools

Specialties Locked in Elementary teacher education Locked in Student counseling & personnel services

Education School Overview

Boston College is a private Roman Catholic Jesuit institution that offers some unique faith-based specialty degree options through the Lunch School of Education. In conjunction with the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, the school offers a Catholic Leadership Program for future principals and presidents of Catholic schools and a dual M.A. in Pastoral Ministry/M.A. in Counseling Psychology degree program. Students also have a wide variety of traditional master’s or Ph.D. degree options in areas including elementary teaching, secondary teaching, and higher education administration.

Lynch graduate students can compete dual degree programs such as an M.A./M.B.A. with the highly ranked Carroll School of Management or a J.D./M.A. or J.D./M.Ed. through the BC School of Law. There is also a Certificate of Advanced Educational Specialization (C.A.E.S.) program for students who have already completed graduate work.

Outside the classroom, research and outreach programs at the school focus on collaboration, not competition, and students and faculty devote time to initiatives throughout Boston, such as City Connects, which supports elementary school students. The Lynch Leadership Academy, another school initiative, trains principals in urban schools—whether a district, charter, or Catholic school. There are several centers and institutes at Lynch, including the Barbara and Patrick Roche Center for Catholic Education and the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture.

Lynch students can also get involved in university-wide graduate student initiatives including the Whole Person Education Workshop Series, which ready students in any discipline to work in higher education. Students looking for housing in Boston can apply for a limited number of university-controlled, off-campus housing spaces or can use the university’s database of private off-campus housing options to find their own.

Admissions

Application deadline	N/A
Application fee	$65
Director of admissions	Adam Poluzzi

Academics

Full-time faculty	55
Student-faculty ratio	4.0:1 - High

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	693
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $1,084 per credit Part-time: $1,084 per credit
Required fees	$105 per year

Teacher Preparation

Students who took an assessment to become a certified or licensed teacher during 2009-2010

182

* Education School Overview details based on 2010 data