Massachusetts Private Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Suffolk University has the lowest 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 60% last year.

Berklee College of Music with 68% and Merrimack College with 68% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Massachusetts Private Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $56,260 and graduate tuition & fees is $42,073 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 49.00% and the average SAT score is 1,374 at the schools.

Table. Massachusetts Private Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Suffolk University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	60.00% 0.32%	$45,380	14.00%	85.00%	1,190	6,734	13 to 1
2 -	Berklee College of Music Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	68.00% 1.04%	$50,270	41.99%	50.01%	-	8,282	10 to 1
2 1	Merrimack College North Andover, MAPrivate, 4-year	68.00% 1.04%	$51,786	11.00%	74.00%	-	5,505	13 to 1
4 -	Simmons University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	74.00% 3.30%	$45,538	11.01%	66.00%	1,330	5,710	7 to 1
5 -	Emerson College Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	77.00% 1.77%	$54,816	18.99%	47.00%	1,340	5,891	15 to 1
6 2	Bentley University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year	87.00% 0.98%	$58,150	22.00%	48.00%	1,330	5,165	12 to 1
6 1	Brandeis University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year	87.00% 0.53%	$64,946	22.01%	35.00%	1,470	5,581	10 to 1
8 1	Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	88.00% 1.35%	$65,168	36.00%	11.00%	1,470	36,714	11 to 1
8 2	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year	88.00% 0.81%	$58,870	20.00%	58.00%	-	7,308	13 to 1
10 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
	Average	78.70%	$56,260	23.80%	49.00%	1,374	10,218	12 to 1

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