Boston College Carroll School of Management

What Boston College Carroll School of Management does

Boston College Carroll School of Management (CSOM) is a private, non-profit business school and constituent college of Boston College, a Jesuit, Catholic university founded in 1863 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. CSOM was established in 1925 and offers undergraduate concentrations in Accounting, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Management and Leadership, Marketing, and Operations Management, alongside graduate programs including the MBA, MS in Accounting, MS in Finance, and PhD programs in Accounting, Finance, and Management and Organization. The school serves undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students seeking business education grounded in the Jesuit intellectual tradition, which emphasizes ethical leadership, character formation, and service to others.

The school's revenue is generated primarily through tuition from undergraduate and graduate programs, billed annually on a subscription basis, supplemented by professional and executive education offerings for working professionals. The go-to-market model is a traditional sales-led academic admissions process that includes campus visits, information sessions, recruitment events, and online inquiry forms. Distribution occurs through on-campus instruction at the Chestnut Hill campus and through 20+ online or hybrid graduate programs, the latter enabling global reach to working professionals. The core technology infrastructure is Canvas LMS, integrated with BC Services for syllabus and course management, supporting both in-person and remote delivery.

CSOM competes on brand prestige tied to the 500-year Jesuit educational tradition, faculty credentials, and proximity to Boston's major employers in finance, consulting, and technology. As a non-profit, it is governed by the Boston College Board of Trustees and funded through tuition, endowment returns, and philanthropic gifts rather than external capital. No M&A activity, external funding rounds, or venture-style ownership structures apply. Recent strategic signals include a new interdisciplinary minor in real estate and the parent institution's launch of Messina College, both pointing to incremental curricular and segment expansion.

Name

Boston College Carroll School of Management

Legal name

Trustees of Boston College

Website

https://bc.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1863

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Boston College Carroll School of Management is a non-profit Jesuit business school offering undergraduate concentrations and graduate degrees (MBA, MS, PhD) in business disciplines, serving students seeking ethically grounded business education with delivery via on-campus and 20+ online/hybrid programs.

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Product category

Higher Education / Business School

NAICS

Business and Secretarial Schools (611410)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Undergraduate Business Schools (BBA/BSBA Programs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Business Schools & Management Institutes

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Management Research Institutes & Doctoral (PhD/DBA) Programs

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Business Schools & Management Institutes

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Executive Education & Corporate Programs (Non-degree)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Business Schools & Management Institutes

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Marketing, Sales & Brand Management Schools

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Business Schools & Management Institutes

Keywords

• Business education
• Undergraduate concentrations
• Graduate business programs
• Executive education
• Jesuit business school

Headquarters

HQ city

Chestnut Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition Revenue: Tuition-based revenue from graduate and undergraduate business programs including MBA, MS in Accounting, MS in Finance, and PhD programs. Revenue collected per academic term based on enrollment and program.
2. Professional Education: Executive education, certificate programs, and continuing education offerings for working professionals.

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Core offering

Boston College Carroll School of Management is a constituent business school of Boston College that delivers undergraduate and graduate business education. It offers undergraduate concentrations in Accounting, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Management and Leadership, Marketing, and Operations Management, alongside graduate programs including the MBA, MS in Accounting, MS in Finance, and PhD programs in Accounting, Finance, and Management and Organization. Programs are available on-campus in Chestnut Hill, MA and in fully online or hybrid formats.

Product overview

Boston College Carroll School of Management (CSOM) is an academic division of Boston College offering undergraduate and graduate business education programs. At the undergraduate level, it provides concentrations in Accounting, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Management and Leadership, Marketing, and Operations Management. At the graduate level, it offers an M.B.A. program, M.S. in Accounting, M.S. in Finance, and Ph.D. programs in Accounting, Finance, and Management and Organization. The school emphasizes ethical business practices grounded in Jesuit Catholic values, positioning itself as a top-ranked business school with a focus on preparing leaders for service-oriented careers.

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Brands

• Carroll School of Management Graduate Programs: Graduate business programs including MBA, MS in Accounting, MS in Finance, and Ph.D. in Management and Organization
• Carroll School of Management Undergraduate Programs

Products and services

• Carroll School of Management Graduate Programs Graduate-level business education programs including Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Science in Accounting, Master of Science in Finance, and Ph.D. programs in Accounting, Finance, and Management and Organization, designed for working professionals and recent graduates seeking advanced credentials; offered on-campus and via online or hybrid formats.
• Carroll School of Management Undergraduate Programs Undergraduate business concentrations including Accounting, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Management and Leadership, Marketing, and Operations Management, taken as part of a bachelor's degree at Boston College, integrating technical business skills with a Jesuit liberal arts and ethical leadership core.
• Professional and Continuing Education

Quantifiable outcome

• Top-ranked business school nationally with strong placement rates

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Direct peers

• Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business: Boston-based business school with a comparable mix of undergraduate and graduate programs and a strong co-op/experiential learning model. Direct competitor for the same Northeast student demographic and employer recruiter attention.
• Bentley University: Waltham, MA-based business-focused university offering undergraduate and graduate business programs with strong accounting and finance concentrations — directly comparable to Carroll School's curriculum mix and target student profile.
• Babson College: Highly ranked business-focused institution near Boston specializing in undergraduate business and entrepreneurship education — a particularly close peer for Carroll School's undergraduate offering and entrepreneurship concentration.
• Boston University Questrom School of Business: Direct peer located in the same Boston metro area, offering comparable undergraduate concentrations and graduate business programs (MBA, MS, PhD). Competes for the same student pool, faculty, and employer relationships.
• Suffolk University Sawyer Business School: Downtown Boston business school offering undergraduate and graduate business programs including MBA and specialized master's degrees. Competes in the same urban Boston market for similar student segments.

Broad incumbents

• Harvard Business School: Elite business school also located in the Boston metro area offering MBA, doctoral, and executive education programs. Represents the top-tier incumbent that Carroll School competes against for elite applicants, faculty, and corporate partnerships.
• MIT Sloan School of Management: Cambridge-based elite business school offering MBA, MS, PhD, and executive education with strong quantitative and technology focus. Competes for top applicants and faculty in the same Boston/Cambridge labor market.

Others

• Boston College Law School: Sister professional school within Boston College. While not a direct business school peer, it shares the same parent institution, Jesuit mission, faculty governance, and many shared students/alumni, making it a relevant adjacent comparison for institutional dynamics.

Regional players

• UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management: Massachusetts-based public university business school offering undergraduate concentrations and graduate programs (MBA, MS, PhD). Competes for in-state students and competes on affordability within the same regional market.
• Bryant University: Rhode Island-based business-focused university with comparable undergraduate and graduate business programs including accounting, finance, and analytics concentrations. Competes for the same New England student pool.

Market position

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Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BCCarrollSchool
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BostonCollege
• Facebookfacebook.com/BostonCollege
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/boston-college
• Instagraminstagram.com/bostoncollege

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Investors

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