The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is an independent, professional college founded in the 1880s as a club for architects in the Boston area, the BAC has maintained close ties to the professional design community throughout its history.

BAC offers bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and design studies.  The BAC's faculty is a group of practicing professionals, many of whom volunteer their time at the College, and in the BAC's commitment to concurrent academic and practice-based curricula as the cornerstone of a design education.

BAC offers the concurrent learning model: experiential practice in the field, intellectual academic learning in the classroom. Students earn credits working in practice at over three hundred design firms during the day, while attending classes in the evening, typically two to three nights per week. This educational experience connects the theoretical with the practical, affording students the ability to test for licensure upon graduation.

Admissions
Students interested in entering a program at the BAC should begin the process by learning about the college. The steps to becoming a student at the BAC are the following: 1) learn about the BAC; 2) apply to the BAC; 3) be accepted and attend orientation.

Financial Aid
The mission of the Financial Aid Office at the Boston Architectural College is to help students with finding the financial resources most appropriate to their circumstances that will enable all interested students to be able to enroll at the Boston Architectural College. Financial aid types: Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan, Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Loans, Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Academic Competitiveness Grants, Alternative Private Loans, Veteran's Benefits.