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Massachusetts Colleges by the Numbers
68 college profiles in our Massachusetts directory. Available measures vary by school. Open a profile to check each figure’s year, student group and source.
State overview and medians
Reported tuition (in-state for public schools) 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 of reported school-level earnings in the reference group, not the median income of all college students. In the Fall 2024 filings for Massachusetts, 2 listed schools reported requiring test scores and 20 reported not considering them. 5 had no recorded policy. Check each school's current admissions requirements.
Massachusetts has 68 college profiles in this directory; available measures vary by school — from University of Massachusetts-Amherst at 23,671 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. Among the listed schools with reported rates, the lowest historical acceptance rate is at Harvard University at 3.6% admitted; the highest is at American International College at 99.6%.
Each Massachusetts profile names its data years and student groups. Check these before comparing Massachusetts schools.
Massachusetts medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median annual earnings, 10 years after entry | 6-year graduation: first-time, full-time entrants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70.3% | $46,700 | $62,832 | 68.4% |
Medians across 72 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Massachusetts; the directory below lists 68 published profiles. These are medians of school-level figures, not medians across all students. Missing measures are excluded from each median.
All Massachusetts colleges in our data
Admissions and score ranges: Fall 2024. Tuition is published price, not total attendance cost; public-school prices are in-state. Scroll the table sideways for more measures.
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT section sums / ACT | Tuition | Undergrads | Annual earnings, 10 years after entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International College | Springfield | 99.6% | not considered | $44,230 | 1,017 | $53,124 |
| Amherst College | Amherst | 9% | 1490–1580 | $70,480 | 1,911 | $77,644 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | — | — | $44,571 | 906 | $46,651 |
| Assumption University | Worcester | 83% | not considered | $51,356 | 1,669 | $74,895 |
| Babson College | Wellesley | 17.1% | 1390–1530 | $57,152 | 2,728 | $123,938 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | 85.2% | 1010–1210 | $38,302 | 1,108 | $55,383 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | 45.1% | 1280–1430 | $61,000 | 4,474 | $120,959 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | 43.5% | not considered | $52,040 | 7,468 | $33,647 |
| Boston Architectural College | Boston | — | — | $27,470 | 280 | $62,123 |
| Boston Baptist College | Boston | — | not considered | $14,304 | 19 | $34,159 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | 16.4% | 1440–1540 | $70,702 | 10,085 | $103,937 |
| Boston University | Boston | 11.1% | 1420–1530 | $68,102 | 18,248 | $83,238 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | 40.5% | 1390–1520 | $68,080 | 3,618 | $77,231 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | 87.8% | 1060–1263 | $11,808 | 7,829 | $57,466 |
| Cambridge College | Boston | — | — | $18,378 | 532 | $45,998 |
| Clark University | Worcester | 39.5% | 1288–1460 | $58,867 | 2,214 | $62,381 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | 85.3% | — | $43,325 | 949 | $51,540 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | 17.6% | 1240–1410 | $64,500 | 3,106 | $90,543 |
| Curry College | Milton | 87.7% | 1050–1230 | $47,970 | 1,780 | $54,400 |
| Dean College | Franklin | 73.7% | not considered | $46,526 | 1,089 | $38,109 |
| Emerson College | Boston | 51.3% | 1270–1420 | $57,056 | 3,870 | $62,832 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | 75.7% | 1170–1340 | $48,550 | 1,854 | $68,245 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | 71.2% | 1193–1340 | $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% | 1060–1230 | $11,346 | 2,752 | $53,874 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | 83.6% | 1100–1280 | $11,920 | 2,566 | $52,349 |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Needham | 25.2% | 1493–1558 | $66,398 | 377 | $129,455 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | 69.2% | 1130–1355 | $30,700 | 1,278 | $52,119 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | 75.3% | not considered | $58,896 | 839 | $46,938 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | 3.6% | 1510–1580 | $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 |
| Hult International Business School | Cambridge | 60.5% | not considered | $57,160 | 618 | — |
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Milton | 50% | not considered | $30,618 | 525 | $62,200 |
| Lasell University | Newton | 81.2% | 1030–1158 | $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% | 1160–1416 | $40,530 | 3,451 | $125,557 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | 4.5% | 1520–1580 | $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 |
| Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | — | — | $40,690 | 226 | $33,022 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | 36% | 1380–1530 | $67,018 | 2,169 | $58,418 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | 80.8% | 1028–1236 | $42,705 | 1,163 | $58,063 |
| Northeastern University | Boston | 5.2% | 1440–1540 | $66,162 | 17,326 | $92,538 |
| Northpoint Bible College | Haverhill | — | — | $14,160 | 86 | $42,210 |
| Regis College | Weston | 69.8% | not considered | $49,680 | 956 | $52,873 |
| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | — | — | — | 7 | — |
| Salem State University | Salem | 95.9% | not considered | $12,338 | 4,291 | $56,662 |
| Simmons University | Boston | 70% | 1220–1390 | $46,874 | 1,670 | $63,494 |
| Smith College | Northampton | 21% | 1420–1540 | $65,178 | 2,544 | $64,027 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | 71.9% | 1080–1330 | $45,174 | 1,751 | $48,036 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | 66.3% | not considered | $57,490 | 2,528 | $77,745 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | 82.3% | 1090–1300 | $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% | 1470–1560 | $70,704 | 7,061 | $83,214 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst | 59.7% | 1310–1500 | $17,772 | 23,671 | $71,631 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Boston | 83.8% | 1070–1290 | $15,908 | 11,512 | $65,865 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | 90.6% | 1050–1270 | $15,612 | 5,221 | $68,804 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Lowell | 83% | 1180–1370 | $16,966 | 11,434 | $64,874 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | 14% | 1460–1560 | $67,176 | 2,300 | $84,803 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | 91.2% | 1110–1320 | $42,884 | 3,747 | $82,721 |
| Western New England University | Springfield | 83.5% | 1090–1300 | $47,820 | 2,603 | $73,157 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | 81.4% | — | $12,179 | 3,615 | $57,346 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Norton | 67.7% | 1220–1390 | $63,960 | 1,773 | $67,725 |
| Williams College | Williamstown | 8.3% | 1490–1570 | $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% | 1026–1283 | $11,786 | 3,930 | $60,624 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" describes that historical cycle. SAT endpoints sum section percentiles and are not total-score percentiles or admission cutoffs. A dash means the measure is unavailable in this source, not zero. School profiles explain missing and withheld values.
Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release. The summary snapshot does not verify the exact observation years for earnings; it must not be read as current pay. Annual earnings cover federally aided students who worked and were not enrolled when measured, 10 years after entry, and may be shared across institutions. See each profile for its source limitations. Retrieved 2026-09-01.