For 66 Massachusetts colleges having competitive admission policies, the average acceptance rate is 63.12%. The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $45,116 and the average SAT score is 1308.
5 Massachusetts colleges' acceptance rates are under 10%, which is very low, and 5 colleges' rates are between 10% to 20%, also low rate.38 Massachusetts colleges' acceptance rates are higher than 70%, which means applicants have higher chances to get in.
The following table shows the number of Massachusetts colleges by acceptance rate and school type.
Acceptance Rate Range | Total | Public | Private |
---|---|---|---|
Lower than 10% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
10% - 20% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
20% - 30% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
30% - 40% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
40% - 50% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
50% - 60% | 6 | 1 | 5 |
60% - 70% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Higher than 70% | 38 | 12 | 26 |
School Name | Acceptance Rate | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | SAT Score | Tuition & Fees |
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Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | 53.00% | 2,268 | 1,202 | 180 | - | $50,936 |
American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 96.99% | 2,258 | 2,190 | 285 | - | $42,970 |
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 10.00% | 12,727 | 1,273 | 496 | 1500 | $67,280 |
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 90.01% | 3,965 | 3,569 | 250 | - | $43,064 |
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 87.00% | 4,694 | 4,084 | 490 | - | $49,414 |
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 20.00% | 7,995 | 1,599 | 640 | 1440 | $56,032 |
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 100.00% | 14 | 14 | 4 | - | $14,304 |
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 72.98% | 966 | 705 | 113 | - | $37,227 |
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 48.00% | 10,482 | 5,031 | 1,107 | 1330 | $58,150 |
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 50.01% | 7,167 | 3,584 | 1,505 | - | $50,270 |
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 16.00% | 36,069 | 5,771 | 2,366 | 1490 | $67,680 |
Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 11.00% | 80,495 | 8,854 | 3,187 | 1470 | $65,168 |
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 35.00% | 11,282 | 3,949 | 869 | 1470 | $64,946 |
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 89.00% | 8,631 | 7,682 | 1,613 | 1130 | $17,529 ($11,389) |
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | 40.54% | 37 | 15 | 6 | - | $33,663 |
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 42.00% | 10,730 | 4,507 | 631 | 1320 | $55,160 |
Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 92.00% | 6,903 | 6,351 | 508 | 1130 | $45,820 |
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 74.01% | 5,382 | 3,983 | 358 | - | $44,960 |
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | 58.96% | 904 | 533 | 85 | 1035 | $28,610 |
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 47.00% | 11,092 | 5,213 | 990 | 1340 | $54,816 |
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 81.00% | 5,937 | 4,809 | 529 | 1250 | $46,686 |
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 72.01% | 5,562 | 4,005 | 881 | 1260 | $39,212 |
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 71.01% | 3,436 | 2,440 | 195 | - | $35,013 |
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 90.01% | 4,353 | 3,918 | 627 | 1110 | $17,126 ($11,046) |
Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 85.01% | 4,342 | 3,691 | 517 | 1150 | $17,710 ($11,630) |
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 59.02% | 2,579 | 1,522 | 335 | 1250 | $28,100 |
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 69.99% | 2,216 | 1,551 | 264 | - | $56,630 |
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 3.00% | 56,937 | 1,708 | 1,435 | 1550 | $59,076 |
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 90.48% | 21 | 19 | 14 | - | $22,490 |
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 21.00% | 8,670 | 1,821 | 819 | 1340 | $60,850 |
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 81.99% | 3,060 | 2,509 | 301 | 1190 | $26,000 |
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 93.98% | 2,509 | 2,358 | 189 | - | $32,780 |
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | 84.40% | 109 | 92 | 12 | - | $52,925 |
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 85.00% | 12,628 | 10,734 | 2,039 | 1250 | $35,396 ($16,570) |
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 58.00% | 50,424 | 29,246 | 5,264 | 1390 | $39,293 ($17,357) |
University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 83.00% | 20,918 | 17,362 | 2,431 | 1180 | $37,171 ($15,495) |
MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA | 85.01% | 6,010 | 5,109 | 664 | 1205 | $38,850 |
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 77.01% | 3,027 | 2,331 | 420 | - | $42,180 ($14,960) |
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 5.00% | 26,904 | 1,345 | 1,157 | 1550 | $60,156 |
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 95.00% | 1,120 | 1,064 | 404 | - | $23,910 ($10,816) |
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 74.00% | 13,693 | 10,133 | 1,115 | - | $51,786 |
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 37.99% | 5,030 | 1,911 | 573 | 1420 | $64,142 |
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 42.96% | 959 | 412 | 107 | - | $58,550 |
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 88.00% | 2,117 | 1,863 | 335 | 1110 | $40,375 |
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 92.03% | 1,543 | 1,420 | 185 | - | $20,829 ($11,884) |
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 6.00% | 96,631 | 5,798 | 2,899 | 1500 | $63,141 |
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 88.00% | 1,442 | 1,269 | 203 | 1240 | $42,061 |
Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 89.00% | 2,490 | 2,216 | 222 | - | $47,770 |
Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 96.00% | 4,852 | 4,658 | 792 | 1090 | $18,961 ($11,978) |
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 66.00% | 4,871 | 3,215 | 354 | 1330 | $45,538 |
Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA | 97.21% | 179 | 174 | 103 | - | $66,593 |
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 20.00% | 9,869 | 1,974 | 651 | 1480 | $61,568 |
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 70.01% | 3,614 | 2,530 | 481 | 1120 | $43,707 |
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 92.00% | 9,794 | 9,010 | 1,352 | 1150 | $31,750 ($15,208) |
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 73.00% | 7,915 | 5,778 | 636 | - | $53,400 |
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 85.00% | 10,101 | 8,586 | 1,202 | 1190 | $45,380 |
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 10.00% | 34,003 | 3,400 | 1,700 | 1510 | $67,844 |
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 14.00% | 8,184 | 1,146 | 573 | 1510 | $64,320 |
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 85.00% | 6,453 | 5,485 | 987 | 1220 | $41,010 |
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 83.00% | 6,534 | 5,423 | 705 | 1230 | $46,430 |
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 81.00% | 6,273 | 5,081 | 711 | - | $17,962 ($11,882) |
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 70.99% | 4,702 | 3,338 | 534 | 1310 | $62,080 |
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 10.00% | 11,465 | 1,147 | 539 | 1530 | $64,860 |
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 58.00% | 11,809 | 6,849 | 1,370 | - | $58,870 |
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 90.01% | 4,745 | 4,271 | 897 | 1145 | $17,366 ($11,286) |
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 21.98% | 928 | 204 | 100 | 1530 | $61,802 |
Average | 63.12% | 10,834 | 4,016 | 811 | 1,308 | $45,116 ($49,280) |