For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges is 64.01%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2024 acceptance rate decreased by 0.41%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges has increased by 4.8% from 59.21% to 64.01%. Of the 65 Massachusetts Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 41 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 24 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2024 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Massachusetts Colleges admission statistics comparison table.
| School Name | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 5-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | 43.35% | 45.15% 1.8% | 50.70% 5.55% | 47.74% 2.96% | 53.00% 5.26% | 9.65% |
| American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 64.58% | 69.38% 4.79% | 57.87% 11.51% | 89.36% 31.49% | 96.99% 7.63% | 32.41% |
| Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 11.31% | 11.83% 0.52% | 8.74% 3.08% | 7.26% 1.48% | 10.00% 2.74% | 1.3% |
| Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 74.05% | 86.07% 12.02% | 72.85% 13.22% | 69.58% 3.27% | 90.01% 20.43% | 15.96% |
| Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 81.08% | 80.92% 0.16% | 86.49% 5.57% | 82.30% 4.18% | 87.00% 4.7% | 5.93% |
| Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 26.41% | 26.97% 0.56% | 25.35% 1.61% | 22.35% 3% | 20.00% 2.35% | 6.41% |
| Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 90.91% | 77.78% 13.13% | 63.64% 14.14% | 100.00% 36.36% | 100.00% | 9.09% |
| Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 71.77% | 78.31% 6.54% | 75.41% 2.9% | 75.63% 0.23% | 72.98% 2.65% | 1.21% |
| Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 46.72% | 57.82% 11.1% | 60.94% 3.12% | 57.88% 3.06% | 48.00% 9.88% | 1.27% |
| Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 51.44% | 51.60% 0.16% | 55.17% 3.57% | 54.23% 0.95% | 50.01% 4.22% | 1.43% |
| Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 27.22% | 26.38% 0.84% | 19.04% 7.34% | 16.66% 2.38% | 16.00% 0.66% | 11.23% |
| Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 18.94% | 20.09% 1.15% | 18.65% 1.44% | 14.37% 4.28% | 11.00% 3.37% | 7.94% |
| Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 29.90% | 33.40% 3.5% | 39.14% 5.74% | 39.41% 0.27% | 35.00% 4.4% | 5.11% |
| Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 87.66% | 82.31% 5.35% | 86.38% 4.06% | 87.71% 1.34% | 89.00% 1.29% | 1.34% |
| Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | 20.83% | 51.06% 30.23% | 75.00% 23.94% | 38.84% 36.17% | 40.54% 1.71% | 19.71% |
| Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 52.78% | 47.13% 5.65% | 48.03% 0.9% | 50.32% 2.29% | 42.00% 8.32% | 10.78% |
| Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 87.06% | 92.71% 5.65% | 80.32% 12.39% | 87.52% 7.2% | 92.00% 4.49% | 4.94% |
| Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 68.82% | 70.52% 1.7% | 73.60% 3.08% | 75.95% 2.35% | 74.01% 1.94% | 5.19% |
| Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | 59.01% | 64.38% 5.37% | 64.08% 0.3% | 61.92% 2.16% | 58.96% 2.96% | 0.05% |
| Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 33.35% | 41.05% 7.7% | 45.28% 4.23% | 42.75% 2.54% | 47.00% 4.25% | 13.65% |
| Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 78.14% | 75.52% 2.62% | 73.88% 1.64% | 79.69% 5.81% | 81.00% 1.31% | 2.86% |
| Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 69.31% | 70.40% 1.09% | 77.21% 6.81% | 73.31% 3.9% | 72.01% 1.31% | 2.7% |
| Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 69.29% | 77.72% 8.42% | 72.35% 5.37% | 74.23% 1.88% | 71.01% 3.21% | 1.72% |
| Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 88.35% | 87.99% 0.36% | 85.27% 2.73% | 86.06% 0.79% | 90.01% 3.95% | 1.65% |
| Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 74.25% | 78.53% 4.28% | 83.80% 5.27% | 87.41% 3.61% | 85.01% 2.4% | 10.76% |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 74.05% | 68.27% 5.77% | 77.43% 9.16% | 91.76% 14.33% | 59.02% 32.74% | 15.03% |
| Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 1.97% | 58.82% 56.85% | 75.15% 16.33% | 68.90% 6.25% | 69.99% 1.09% | 68.02% |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 4.64% | 5.01% 0.37% | 4.01% 1% | 3.24% 0.77% | 3.00% 0.24% | 1.64% |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 64.10% | 57.14% 6.96% | 75.68% 18.53% | 57.89% 17.78% | 90.48% 32.58% | 26.37% |
| College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 34.22% | 37.94% 3.72% | 42.87% 4.93% | 36.36% 6.52% | 21.00% 15.35% | 13.22% |
| Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 83.65% | 84.54% 0.89% | 85.06% 0.52% | 73.21% 11.85% | 81.99% 8.78% | 1.65% |
| Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 74.68% | 83.81% 9.13% | 86.95% 3.13% | 86.23% 0.72% | 93.98% 7.75% | 19.3% |
| Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | 72.97% | 90.00% 17.03% | 89.22% 0.78% | 89.02% 0.19% | 84.40% 4.62% | 11.43% |
| University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 73.35% | 75.20% 1.85% | 84.57% 9.37% | 85.95% 1.39% | 85.00% 0.95% | 11.65% |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 63.80% | 65.32% 1.53% | 65.53% 0.21% | 63.52% 2.01% | 58.00% 5.52% | 5.8% |
| University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 76.14% | 79.68% 3.53% | 78.90% 0.78% | 80.76% 1.86% | 83.00% 2.24% | 6.86% |
| MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA | 85.33% | 91.12% 5.79% | 97.71% 6.59% | 88.26% 9.45% | 85.01% 3.25% | 0.32% |
| Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 57.82% | 70.27% 12.44% | 78.67% 8.4% | 78.64% 0.03% | 77.01% 1.63% | 19.18% |
| Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 91.46% | 92.48% 1.02% | 90.08% 2.4% | 89.40% 0.69% | 95.00% 5.6% | 3.54% |
| William James CollegeNewton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 81.90% | 81.64% 0.26% | 80.30% 1.34% | 74.63% 5.67% | 74.00% 0.63% | 7.9% |
| MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 38.15% | 52.47% 14.32% | 52.30% 0.17% | 39.76% 12.54% | 37.99% 1.77% | 0.16% |
| The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 36.94% | 36.27% 0.67% | 43.28% 7.01% | 37.55% 5.73% | 42.96% 5.42% | 6.03% |
| Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 79.74% | 80.38% 0.63% | 84.77% 4.39% | 84.86% 0.09% | 88.00% 3.14% | 8.26% |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 81.64% | 87.68% 6.03% | 90.96% 3.28% | 92.45% 1.49% | 92.03% 0.42% | 10.39% |
| Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 18.05% | 20.48% 2.42% | 18.38% 2.1% | 6.80% 11.58% | 6.00% 0.8% | 12.05% |
| College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 75.09% | 69.78% 5.31% | 67.92% 1.85% | 90.91% 22.99% | 88.00% 2.91% | 12.92% |
| Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 79.26% | 84.08% 4.82% | 89.06% 4.98% | 88.77% 0.29% | 89.00% 0.22% | 9.74% |
| Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 85.58% | 86.75% 1.17% | 90.01% 3.26% | 92.66% 2.65% | 96.00% 3.35% | 10.42% |
| Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 73.13% | 82.55% 9.41% | 83.53% 0.99% | 76.46% 7.08% | 66.00% 10.45% | 7.13% |
| Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA | 93.03% | 93.95% 0.92% | 80.09% 13.86% | 95.45% 15.36% | 97.21% 1.75% | 4.17% |
| Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 32.46% | 36.52% 4.06% | 29.91% 6.61% | 22.86% 7.05% | 20.00% 2.86% | 12.46% |
| Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 68.06% | 63.41% 4.65% | 76.90% 13.49% | 75.63% 1.27% | 70.01% 5.62% | 1.95% |
| University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 74.83% | 76.18% 1.35% | 92.22% 16.04% | 95.52% 3.3% | 92.00% 3.52% | 17.16% |
| Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 67.69% | 68.96% 1.27% | 72.00% 3.04% | 73.44% 1.43% | 73.00% 0.43% | 5.31% |
| Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 83.63% | 85.90% 2.26% | 88.03% 2.13% | 86.79% 1.24% | 85.00% 1.79% | 1.37% |
| Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 14.95% | 16.30% 1.35% | 11.43% 4.87% | 9.69% 1.74% | 10.00% 0.31% | 4.95% |
| Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 21.56% | 20.41% 1.16% | 16.18% 4.23% | 13.57% 2.61% | 14.00% 0.44% | 7.56% |
| Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 68.55% | 93.54% 24.98% | 89.54% 3.99% | 92.31% 2.76% | 85.00% 7.31% | 16.45% |
| Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 85.18% | 89.43% 4.25% | 89.88% 0.45% | 88.01% 1.88% | 83.00% 5.01% | 2.18% |
| Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 87.16% | 92.44% 5.28% | 94.35% 1.91% | 81.51% 12.84% | 81.00% 0.51% | 6.16% |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 73.89% | 77.10% 3.2% | 82.06% 4.97% | 79.48% 2.58% | 70.99% 8.49% | 2.9% |
| Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 12.60% | 15.12% 2.52% | 8.83% 6.29% | 8.50% 0.33% | 10.00% 1.51% | 2.59% |
| Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 49.37% | 59.05% 9.68% | 60.21% 1.17% | 57.48% 2.74% | 58.00% 0.52% | 8.63% |
| Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 65.89% | 81.03% 15.14% | 89.32% 8.29% | 87.66% 1.66% | 90.01% 2.35% | 24.12% |
| Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 15.69% | 16.44% 0.75% | 17.97% 1.53% | 19.14% 1.17% | 21.98% 2.84% | 6.29% |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average | 59.21% | 63.58% 4.36% | 65.08% 1.51% | 64.42% 0.66% | 64.01% 0.41% | 4.80% |