Massachusetts Public Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

University of Massachusetts-Boston 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 51% last year.

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth with 54% and Salem State University with 55% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Massachusetts Public 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 $26,824 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,492 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 85.38% and the average SAT score is 1,181 at the schools.

Table. Massachusetts Public 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 -	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MAPublic, 4-year	51.00% 1.98%	$37,171 ($15,495)	14.00%	83.00%	1,180	15,586	16 to 1
2 -	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MAPublic, 4-year	54.00% 0.13%	$31,750 ($15,208)	15.01%	92.00%	1,150	7,457	15 to 1
3 -	Salem State University Salem, MAPublic, 4-year	55.00% 1.75%	$18,961 ($11,978)	17.00%	96.00%	1,090	6,539	12 to 1
4 2	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MAPublic, 4-year	56.00% 6.44%	$17,529 ($11,389)	21.00%	89.00%	1,130	9,604	17 to 1
4 -	Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MAPublic, 4-year	56.00% 1.11%	$17,126 ($11,046)	16.00%	90.01%	1,110	6,554	12 to 1
6 1	Worcester State University Worcester, MAPublic, 4-year	58.00% 2.90%	$17,366 ($11,286)	21.00%	90.01%	1,145	5,311	14 to 1
7 -	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, 4-year	71.00% 1.97%	$35,396 ($16,570)	19.00%	85.00%	1,250	17,153	17 to 1
8 -	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
	Average	60.50%	$26,824 ($13,791)	17.63%	85.38%	1,181	12,554	15 to 1

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