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Massachusetts Colleges by the Numbers
62 four-year Massachusetts colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 62, with Massachusetts medians up top.
Published in-state tuition runs from $11,346 at the cheapest campus to $70,704 at the most expensive — a $59,358 spread inside Massachusetts alone. Massachusetts's ten-year earnings benchmark of $62,832 sits 17% above the national median for college-goers. In Massachusetts, 17 schools don't look at test scores at all, while 1 — Massachusetts Institute of Technology — still requires them.
Massachusetts has 62 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from University of Massachusetts-Amherst at 23,671 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is Harvard University at 3.6% admitted; the most open is American International College at 99.6%.
Each Massachusetts school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Massachusetts, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Massachusetts medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70.7% | $46,700 | $62,832 | 68.4% |
Medians across 72 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Massachusetts; the table below lists the 62 with complete admissions records.
All Massachusetts colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International College | Springfield | 99.6% | not considered | $44,230 | 1,017 | $53,124 |
| Amherst College | Amherst | 9% | 1360–1550 | $70,480 | 1,911 | $77,644 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | 50.3% | — | $44,571 | 906 | $46,651 |
| Assumption University | Worcester | 83% | not considered | $51,356 | 1,669 | $74,895 |
| Babson College | Wellesley | 17.1% | 1380–1500 | $57,152 | 2,728 | $123,938 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | 85.2% | — | $38,302 | 1,108 | $55,383 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | 45.1% | 1250–1410 | $61,000 | 4,474 | $120,959 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | 43.5% | not considered | $52,040 | 7,468 | $33,647 |
| Boston Baptist College | Boston | 90.9% | — | $14,304 | 19 | $34,159 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | 16.4% | 1430–1540 | $70,702 | 10,085 | $103,937 |
| Boston University | Boston | 11.1% | 1400–1520 | $68,102 | 18,248 | $83,238 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | 40.5% | 1390–1530 | $68,080 | 3,618 | $77,231 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | 87.8% | 1040–1230 | $11,808 | 7,829 | $57,466 |
| Clark University | Worcester | 39.5% | 1240–1400 | $58,867 | 2,214 | $62,381 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | 85.3% | 1150–1320 | $43,325 | 949 | $51,540 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | 17.6% | 1250–1420 | $64,500 | 3,106 | $90,543 |
| Curry College | Milton | 87.6% | 1020–1240 | $47,970 | 1,780 | $54,400 |
| Dean College | Franklin | 73.7% | not considered | $46,526 | 1,089 | $38,109 |
| Emerson College | Boston | 51.3% | 1250–1410 | $57,056 | 3,870 | $62,832 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | 75.6% | 1170–1330 | $48,550 | 1,854 | $68,245 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | 71.2% | 1160–1340 | $40,650 | 3,125 | $58,336 |
| Fisher College | Boston | 70.7% | not considered | $35,689 | 1,167 | $49,669 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | 86.9% | 1030–1220 | $11,346 | 2,752 | $53,874 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | 83.6% | 1070–1255 | $11,920 | 2,566 | $52,349 |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Needham | 25.2% | 1480–1560 | $66,398 | 377 | $129,455 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | 69.2% | 1168–1370 | $30,700 | 1,278 | $52,119 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | 75.3% | not considered | $58,896 | 839 | $46,938 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | 3.6% | 1500–1580 | $61,676 | 7,601 | $101,817 |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | 79.6% | not considered | $22,490 | 64 | $51,724 |
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Milton | 50% | not considered | $30,618 | 525 | $62,200 |
| Lasell University | Newton | 81.2% | 1085–1260 | $27,040 | 1,226 | $49,705 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | 96.9% | not considered | $34,256 | 1,122 | $51,173 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | 76.3% | not considered | $15,400 | 1,831 | $43,582 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | 89.7% | not considered | $12,436 | 713 | $48,102 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston | 85.2% | 1080–1340 | $40,530 | 3,451 | $125,557 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | 4.5% | 1510–1580 | $62,396 | 4,535 | $143,372 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Buzzards Bay | 94.7% | not considered | $11,420 | 1,395 | $82,392 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | 70% | not considered | $53,962 | 3,916 | $75,584 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | 36% | 1350–1500 | $67,018 | 2,169 | $58,418 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | 80.8% | 1000–1190 | $42,705 | 1,163 | $58,063 |
| Northeastern University | Boston | 5.2% | 1460–1550 | $66,162 | 17,326 | $92,538 |
| Regis College | Weston | 69.8% | not considered | $49,680 | 956 | $52,873 |
| Salem State University | Salem | 95.9% | 990–1160 | $12,338 | 4,291 | $56,662 |
| Simmons University | Boston | 70% | 1230–1390 | $46,874 | 1,670 | $63,494 |
| Smith College | Northampton | 21% | 1408–1540 | $65,178 | 2,544 | $64,027 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | 71.9% | 1070–1260 | $45,174 | 1,751 | $48,036 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | 66.3% | not considered | $57,490 | 2,528 | $77,745 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | 82.3% | 1090–1280 | $47,550 | 4,268 | $67,506 |
| The New England Conservatory of Music | Boston | 41.1% | not considered | $60,750 | 393 | $34,483 |
| Tufts University | Medford | 11.5% | 1460–1550 | $70,704 | 7,061 | $83,214 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst | 59.7% | 1300–1480 | $17,772 | 23,671 | $71,631 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Boston | 83.8% | 1080–1290 | $15,908 | 11,512 | $65,865 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | 90.6% | 1040–1260 | $15,612 | 5,221 | $68,804 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Lowell | 83% | 1180–1350 | $16,966 | 11,434 | $64,874 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | 14.1% | 1440–1550 | $67,176 | 2,300 | $84,803 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | 91.2% | 1140–1320 | $42,884 | 3,747 | $82,721 |
| Western New England University | Springfield | 83.5% | 1130–1310 | $47,820 | 2,603 | $73,157 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | 81.4% | — | $12,179 | 3,615 | $57,346 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Norton | 67.7% | 1210–1420 | $63,960 | 1,773 | $67,725 |
| Williams College | Williamstown | 8.3% | 1470–1560 | $68,560 | 2,076 | $88,665 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | 60.2% | not considered | $60,965 | 5,447 | $103,470 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | 88% | 1008–1280 | $11,786 | 3,930 | $60,624 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.