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Overall
A
Matriculation A
Academics A
Extracurriculars A
Community A+
Reviews B
Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a coeducational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the Buckingham school and the Browne & Nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. Located on three separate campuses, we work as one school in the pursuit of excellence. We celebrate the diversity of our community which enriches our daily experience. At BB&N we foster intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and a deep concern and respect for others. Our educational program, coordinated from beginners through grade twelve, provides a rigorous core curriculum, taught in flexible and innovative ways. Students acquire the skills and discipline necessary for academic accomplishment and learn to reflect, take risks and to discover. The curriculum is strengthened by our commitment to a comprehensive program in the arts and athletics. In all of our experiences, both those within the school and those which use our urban location, we encourage self-reliance, knowledge of oneself and a capacity for leadership.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$63700
Enrollment
1037
International Students
1%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
82%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:7
Endowment
$97 millions
AP
16
Average SAT Score
1365
Average ACT Score
29
Class Size
11

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2020-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 5 +
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#3 Harvard College 10 +
#3 Stanford University 1 +
#3 Yale University 5 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 5 +
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#7 University of Pennsylvania 5 +
#10 Duke University 5 +
#10 Northwestern University 10 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 5 +
#12 Dartmouth College 5 +
#13 Brown University 10 +
#13 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#15 Rice University 5 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 10 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#18 Columbia University 1 +
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1 +
#22 Emory University 1 +
#22 Georgetown University 5 +
#25 New York University 10 +
#25 University of Michigan 5 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 5 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 5 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
#29 Wake Forest University 5 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 5 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#32 Tufts University 10 +
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 5 +
#36 University of Rochester 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Brandeis University 1 +
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 10 +
#44 Tulane University 10 +
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#51 Villanova University 5 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 Trinity University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 5 +
#55 University of Washington 1 +
LAC #11 Middlebury College 5 +
#62 George Washington University 5 +
#62 Syracuse University 5 +
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
LAC #13 Smith College 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 University of Connecticut 1 +
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 5 +
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#68 St. Lawrence University 1 +
#72 American University 5 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 +
LAC #15 Hamilton College 5 +
#77 Clemson University 1 +
#85 Lake Forest College 1 +
#89 Elon University 1 +
#89 Howard University 1 +
#89 Stonehill College 1 +
#89 Texas Christian University 1 +
LAC #18 Barnard College 5 +
LAC #18 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #18 United States Air Force Academy 1 +
LAC #18 University of Richmond 5 +
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 1 +
#97 Clark University 1 +
#105 University of Arizona 1 +
#105 University of Utah 1 +
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
LAC #24 Colby College 10 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 5 +
LAC #27 Colorado College 5 +
#151 James Madison University 1 +
#151 Simmons University 1 +
LAC #31 Kenyon College 1 +
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1 +
#166 Quinnipiac University 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #37 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#219 Sacred Heart University 1 +
#234 University of Massachusetts Boston 1 +
#234 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 1 +
LAC #51 The University of the South 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #60 Bard College 1 +
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
Assumption College 1 +
Babson College 5 +
Bentley University 5 +
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 1 +
College of Saint Rose 1 +
College of William and Mary 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
High Point University 1 +
McGill University 1 +
Oberlin College 1 +
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
Penn State University Park 1 +
Pratt Institute 1 +
Regis College 1 +
Rhode Island School of Design 1 +
Rutgers University 1 +
Saint Anselm College 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
Union College 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of Oxford 1 +
University of St. Andrews 1 +
University of Tampa 1 +
University of Toronto 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2018-2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 217 193 159 193 313
#1 Princeton University 5 + 5 + 5 5 + 11 31
#2 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4 8
#2 Harvard College 10 + 10 + 10 10 + 30 70
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 8 12
#5 Yale University 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 20
#6 Stanford University 1 + 5 + 5 10 + 12 33
#6 University of Chicago 5 + 5 + 5 5 + 8 28
#8 University of Pennsylvania 5 + 5 + 5 9 24
#9 Northwestern University 10 + 5 + 1 5 + 7 28
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 3 7
#9 Duke University 5 + 1 + 5 5 + 7 23
#13 Dartmouth College 5 + 5 + 5 5 + 9 29
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 3 7
#14 Brown University 10 + 10 + 10 10 + 17 57
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 35
#17 Rice University 5 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 9
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 + 5 5 + 10 22
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4 8
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 6
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#23 Georgetown University 5 + 5 + 5 10 + 7 32
#23 University of Michigan 5 + 1 + 1 5 + 7 19
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#25 University of Virginia 5 + 5 + 1 + 5 16
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1 + 5 5 + 4 16
#28 New York University 10 + 10 + 10 10 + 23 63
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1
#28 Tufts University 10 + 10 + 10 10 + 10 50
#28 Wake Forest University 5 + 5 + 5 + 3 18
#28 University of Florida 1 + 1 + 1 3
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#34 University of Rochester 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 6
#36 Boston College 5 + 10 + 10 10 + 13 48
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 3
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 + 2
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 + 5 5 + 3 15
#42 Boston University 1 + 5 + 5 5 + 4 20
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 17
#42 Tulane University 10 + 10 + 1 5 + 5 31
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#49 Northeastern University 10 + 10 + 10 10 + 11 51
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 6
#49 Villanova University 5 + 5 + 1 + 11
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1
#49 Purdue University 1 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 3 7
#55 University of Miami 5 + 5 + 5 10 25
#55 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4
#59 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#59 Syracuse University 5 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 9
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 1 + 2 5
#63 University of Connecticut 1 + 1 + 2
#63 George Washington University 5 + 1 + 1 5 + 5 17
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 3
#68 Fordham University 1 1
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 + 1 3
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 5 + 5 + 1 1 + 12
#75 Clemson University 1 + 1
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 + 2
#79 American University 5 + 1 1 + 7
#83 Michigan State University 7 7
#83 Howard University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#83 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 + 2
#93 University of San Diego 1 1
#99 University of Utah 1 + 1 + 1 3
#103 Clark University 1 + 1 + 2 4
#103 Loyola University Chicago 2 2
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#103 University of Arizona 1 + 1
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 1 + 1 3
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 1 3
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 + 1 2
#136 Simmons University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4
Rutgers University 1 + 1
College of William and Mary 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 3 7
University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 1 3
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2018-2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 77 75 66 81 145
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 5 9
#2 Amherst College 5 + 5 + 5 5 + 9 29
#3 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#5 Wellesley College 5 + 1 + 1 1 + 3 11
#6 Bowdoin College 5 + 5 + 10 10 + 11 41
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 + 2
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4 8
#9 Middlebury College 5 + 5 + 5 10 + 11 36
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 + 2 4
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 1 + 2 5
#13 Grinnell College 1 + 1 2
#13 Hamilton College 5 + 5 + 1 5 + 6 22
#13 Davidson College 1 + 1 1 + 1 4
#17 Colby College 10 + 10 + 10 10 + 25 65
#17 Smith College 1 + 1 + 7 9
#17 Barnard College 5 + 1 + 1 1 + 3 11
#17 Wesleyan University 1 + 5 + 5 + 5 16
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4 8
#22 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 1 + 2
#22 University of Richmond 5 + 1 + 1 7
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1
#25 Bates College 5 + 5 + 5 1 + 3 19
#26 Colorado College 5 + 5 + 5 5 + 5 25
#28 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#30 Kenyon College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 6
#35 Pitzer College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 5
#38 Bucknell University 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4 8
#38 Skidmore College 1 1 + 4 6
#38 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1 2
#38 Union College 3 3
#38 Lafayette College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4 8
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 1 5
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1 + 1 5 + 7 15
#50 The University of the South 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4
#50 Connecticut College 1 + 5 + 5 1 + 3 15
#54 Gettysburg College 1 + 2 3
#62 Bard College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 2 6
Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 1 3
Union College 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 4

AP Scores

(2014-2019)
90%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(16)
Art History
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A
European History
Art History
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A
European History
Human Geography
Macroeconomics
Physics C: Mechanics
Statistics
United States Government and Politics
Chinese Language and Culture
French Language and Culture
Latin
Spanish Language and Culture
English Literature and Composition
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Sports

(18)
Baseball
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Fencing
Field Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Fencing
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Sailing
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Strength and Conditioning
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(34)
Asian Cultural Society
Animal Rescue Club
Community Service Club
Computer Science Club
G.S.A. (Gay/Straight Alliance)
Debate Club
Asian Cultural Society
Animal Rescue Club
Community Service Club
Computer Science Club
G.S.A. (Gay/Straight Alliance)
Debate Club
Environmental Action Committee
Hope For Justice
Islamic Society
Investment Club
Jewish Cultural Club
Knightingales (boys’ a capella singing group)
Voices of the Knight (girls’ a capella singing group)
Math Team
Model U.N.
Mountain Club
Multicultural Students’ Alliance
Outdoors Club
Robotics
S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
Science Club
Social Services
Student Tour Guides
Women’s Issues Group
French Table/Club
Latin Club
Russian Club
Spanish Club
Speech and Debate Club
Perspective (yearbook)
The Spectator (art and literary magazine)
The Vanguard (School newspaper)
Point of View (political opinion magazine)
Knightly News
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Arts

(11)
A Cappella
Chorus
Jazz
Music
Theater
Art History
A Cappella
Chorus
Jazz
Music
Theater
Art History
Ceramics
Drawing
Photography
Video
Architecture
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Contact Info

http://www.bbns.org
80 Gerry’s Landing Road Cambridge, MA 02138
617-547-6100
apratt@bbns.org
Massachusetts

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: PreK-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1974
Campus Size: 200 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
SSAT: 1930
ISEE: 220475
Recommended
Day school
Brimmer & May School United States Flag
4.5
Recommended
Boarding
Walnut Hill School for the Arts United States Flag
4.7

Frequently Ask Questions about Buckingham Browne Nichols School

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Buckingham Browne Nichols School is Co-ed private day school located in Massachusetts, US. It was founded 1974 , and currently has about 1037 students, 1.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.bbns.org.
Does Buckingham Browne Nichols School have rigorous academic requirements?
Buckingham Browne Nichols School is offering 16 AP courses.

Buckingham Browne Nichols School also have 82% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Buckingham Browne Nichols School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 15.41% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 8.27% go to top 25, and about 7.71% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Buckingham Browne Nichols School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Buckingham Browne Nichols School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Buckingham Browne Nichols School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Buckingham Browne Nichols School in 2024 is $63,700 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at apratt@bbns.org .
Where is Buckingham Browne Nichols School located?
Buckingham Browne Nichols School is located in the State of Massachusetts of USA. The closest major city is Boston, which is about 3 miles away from school. Most families can choose Logan International Airport to travel in and out of school.
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The overall rating for Buckingham Browne Nichols School is A.

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A for Matriculation
A for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A+ for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

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Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, is the cultural and financial heart of New England. With a rich history dating back to the American Revolution, it is home to iconic landmarks such as the Freedom Trail, the Boston Common, and the Massachusetts State House. The city boasts prestigious universities like Harvard and MIT and is known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse neighborhoods, and thriving economy. Boston's blend of historical significance and modern innovation makes it one of the most influential cities in the U.S.
Population (2022) 609,023
Cost of Living Higher than average 54%
Nearby Airport Logan International Airport

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