Harvard University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 97% last year.
Tufts University with 93% and Northeastern University with 91% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Massachusetts 4-Years Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $59,898 and graduate tuition & fees is $43,804 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 29.20% and the average SAT score is 1,450 at the schools.
School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year | 97.00% 0.26% | $59,076 | 84.02% | 3.00% | 1,550 | 30,631 | 7 to 1 |
2 - | Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year | 93.00% 0.81% | $67,844 | 50.00% | 10.00% | 1,510 | 13,431 | 10 to 1 |
3 1 | Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year | 91.00% 0.43% | $63,141 | 50.00% | 6.00% | 1,500 | 30,013 | 16 to 1 |
4 1 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year | 90.00% 0.78% | $67,680 | 41.00% | 16.00% | 1,490 | 15,287 | 12 to 1 |
5 - | Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year | 88.00% 1.35% | $65,168 | 36.00% | 11.00% | 1,470 | 36,714 | 11 to 1 |
5 3 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year | 88.00% 0.81% | $58,870 | 20.00% | 58.00% | - | 7,308 | 13 to 1 |
7 1 | Bentley University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year | 87.00% 0.98% | $58,150 | 22.00% | 48.00% | 1,330 | 5,165 | 12 to 1 |
7 - | Brandeis University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year | 87.00% 0.53% | $64,946 | 22.01% | 35.00% | 1,470 | 5,581 | 10 to 1 |
9 - | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year | 83.00% 0.71% | $39,293 ($17,357) | 18.00% | 58.00% | 1,390 | 32,229 | 18 to 1 |
10 - | Emerson College Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year | 77.00% 1.77% | $54,816 | 18.99% | 47.00% | 1,340 | 5,891 | 15 to 1 |
Average | 88.10% | $59,898 ($17,357) | 36.20% | 29.20% | 1,450 | 18,225 | 12 to 1 |