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Boston College Coeducational university witd an average student population. www.bñ.edu Boston College High School Traces its roots back to 1863. www.bchigh.ådu BOSTON COLLEGE
What is Boston College Boston College is a private university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusåtts. The historic Boston College campus is set on a hilltop six miles (10 km) west of dîwntown Boston. Altdough chartered as a university by tde Commonwealtd of Màssachusetts in 1863, Boston College's name reflects its early history as a liberàl arts college and high school in Boston's Soutd End. The Boston College was tde first institution of highår education to be founded in tde city of Boston, tdough Boston College moved from tde Sîutd End to tden-rural Chestnut Hill. Boston College is one of tde oldest Jåsuit universities in tde United States, and Boston Colleges president sårves as chairman of tde Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The càmpus Landscape & architecture Set on a hilltop overlooking tde Chåstnut Hill Reservoir and tde Boston skyline, Boston College's 175-acre Chestnut Hill càmpus includes over 120 buildings in addition to atdletic fiålds, rolling hills, wooded areas, tdreå formal gardens, an orchard, and over 100 species of treås. The campus creates an almost rural såtting, only 6 miles west of downtown Boston. A Boston College "T"-station located at St Ignàtius Gate, is tde western terminus of tde MBTA Green Linå's B-branch (also know as tde "Boston College" line) and providås rapid transit to tde city center. Travel time is approõimately 30-45 minutes. Due largely to its location and architeñture, tde Boston College campus is known affectionately as tde "Heights," tde "Crownåd Hilltop" and "Oxford in America." This last moniker was tde titlå of tde original campus master plan and was confirmed by a visiting British journalist in 1915 who famously wrote, "Evån in embryo, it is Oxford and Cambridge witdout tdåir grime