For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges is 38.32%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 19.85%.
A total of 688,115 have applied, 263,689 admitted, and 52,349 students have enrolled one of Massachusetts Colleges.
Of the Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.00% acceptance rate, and Northeastern University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 6.00%.
You can check the 5-year acceptance rate changes of Massachusetts Colleges.
| School Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Admission Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 2,258 | 2,190 | 285 | 96.99% | 13.01% |
| Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 12,727 | 1,273 | 496 | 10.00% | 38.96% |
| Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 3,965 | 3,569 | 250 | 90.01% | 7.00% |
| Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 4,694 | 4,084 | 490 | 87.00% | 12.00% |
| Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 7,995 | 1,599 | 640 | 20.00% | 40.03% |
| Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA | 179 | 174 | 103 | 97.21% | 59.20% |
| Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 966 | 705 | 113 | 72.98% | 16.03% |
| Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 10,482 | 5,031 | 1,107 | 48.00% | 22.00% |
| Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 7,167 | 3,584 | 1,505 | 50.01% | 41.99% |
| Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 14 | 14 | 4 | 100.00% | 28.57% |
| Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 36,069 | 5,771 | 2,366 | 16.00% | 41.00% |
| Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 80,495 | 8,854 | 3,187 | 11.00% | 36.00% |
| Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 11,282 | 3,949 | 869 | 35.00% | 22.01% |
| Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 8,631 | 7,682 | 1,613 | 89.00% | 21.00% |
| Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 10,730 | 4,507 | 631 | 42.00% | 14.00% |
| College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 1,442 | 1,269 | 203 | 88.00% | 16.00% |
| College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 8,670 | 1,821 | 819 | 21.00% | 44.98% |
| Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 6,903 | 6,351 | 508 | 92.00% | 8.00% |
| Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 5,382 | 3,983 | 358 | 74.01% | 8.99% |
| Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | 904 | 533 | 85 | 58.96% | 15.95% |
| Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 11,092 | 5,213 | 990 | 47.00% | 18.99% |
| Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 5,937 | 4,809 | 529 | 81.00% | 11.00% |
| Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 5,562 | 4,005 | 881 | 72.01% | 22.00% |
| Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 3,436 | 2,440 | 195 | 71.01% | 7.99% |
| Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 4,353 | 3,918 | 627 | 90.01% | 16.00% |
| Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 4,342 | 3,691 | 517 | 85.01% | 14.01% |
| Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 928 | 204 | 100 | 21.98% | 49.02% |
| Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 2,579 | 1,522 | 335 | 59.02% | 22.01% |
| Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 2,216 | 1,551 | 264 | 69.99% | 17.02% |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 56,937 | 1,708 | 1,435 | 3.00% | 84.02% |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 21 | 19 | 14 | 90.48% | 73.68% |
| Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | 2,268 | 1,202 | 180 | 53.00% | 14.98% |
| Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | 37 | 15 | 6 | 40.54% | 40.00% |
| Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 3,060 | 2,509 | 301 | 81.99% | 12.00% |
| Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 2,509 | 2,358 | 189 | 93.98% | 8.02% |
| Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | 109 | 92 | 12 | 84.40% | 13.04% |
| Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 3,027 | 2,331 | 420 | 77.01% | 18.02% |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 1,543 | 1,420 | 185 | 92.03% | 13.03% |
| Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 1,120 | 1,064 | 404 | 95.00% | 37.97% |
| MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA | 6,010 | 5,109 | 664 | 85.01% | 13.00% |
| Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 13,693 | 10,133 | 1,115 | 74.00% | 11.00% |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 5,030 | 1,911 | 573 | 37.99% | 29.98% |
| Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 2,117 | 1,863 | 335 | 88.00% | 17.98% |
| Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 96,631 | 5,798 | 2,899 | 6.00% | 50.00% |
| Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 2,490 | 2,216 | 222 | 89.00% | 10.02% |
| Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 4,852 | 4,658 | 792 | 96.00% | 17.00% |
| Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 4,871 | 3,215 | 354 | 66.00% | 11.01% |
| Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 9,869 | 1,974 | 651 | 20.00% | 32.98% |
| Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 3,614 | 2,530 | 481 | 70.01% | 19.01% |
| Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 7,915 | 5,778 | 636 | 73.00% | 11.01% |
| Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 10,101 | 8,586 | 1,202 | 85.00% | 14.00% |
| The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 959 | 412 | 107 | 42.96% | 25.97% |
| Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 34,003 | 3,400 | 1,700 | 10.00% | 50.00% |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 50,424 | 29,246 | 5,264 | 58.00% | 18.00% |
| University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 20,918 | 17,362 | 2,431 | 83.00% | 14.00% |
| University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 9,794 | 9,010 | 1,352 | 92.00% | 15.01% |
| University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 12,628 | 10,734 | 2,039 | 85.00% | 19.00% |
| Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 8,184 | 1,146 | 573 | 14.00% | 50.00% |
| Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 6,453 | 5,485 | 987 | 85.00% | 17.99% |
| Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 6,534 | 5,423 | 705 | 83.00% | 13.00% |
| Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 6,273 | 5,081 | 711 | 81.00% | 13.99% |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 4,702 | 3,338 | 534 | 70.99% | 16.00% |
| Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 11,465 | 1,147 | 539 | 10.00% | 46.99% |
| Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 11,809 | 6,849 | 1,370 | 58.00% | 20.00% |
| Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 4,745 | 4,271 | 897 | 90.01% | 21.00% |
| Average | 10,586 | 4,057 | 805 | 38.32% | 19.85% |