The average acceptance rate of the 12 public Massachusetts colleges that have competitive admission is 86.34% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.45%. The acceptance rate at 6 public Massachusetts colleges increased and the rate of 6 colleges decreased.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 58.00%. Westfield State University (81.00%) and University of Massachusetts-Boston (83.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Massachusetts Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Westfield State University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,213 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,263 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year | 58.00% 5.52% | 18.00% | 1,390 | $39,293 ($17,357) | 32,229 | 83.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Westfield State University Westfield, MAPublic, 4-year | 81.00% 0.51% | 13.99% | - | $17,962 ($11,882) | 4,702 | 59.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 3 1 | University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MAPublic, 4-year | 83.00% 2.24% | 14.00% | 1,180 | $37,171 ($15,495) | 15,586 | 51.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, 4-year | 85.00% 0.95% | 19.00% | 1,250 | $35,396 ($16,570) | 17,153 | 71.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Framingham State University Framingham, MAPublic, 4-year | 85.01% 2.40% | 14.01% | 1,150 | $17,710 ($11,630) | 4,111 | 54.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MAPublic, 4-year | 89.00% 1.29% | 21.00% | 1,130 | $17,529 ($11,389) | 9,604 | 56.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MAPublic, 4-year | 90.01% 3.95% | 16.00% | 1,110 | $17,126 ($11,046) | 6,554 | 56.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 7 - | Worcester State University Worcester, MAPublic, 4-year | 90.01% 2.35% | 21.00% | 1,145 | $17,366 ($11,286) | 5,311 | 58.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 9 3 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MAPublic, 4-year | 92.00% 3.52% | 15.01% | 1,150 | $31,750 ($15,208) | 7,457 | 54.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 10 - | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MAPublic, 4-year | 92.03% 0.42% | 13.03% | - | $20,829 ($11,884) | 938 | 55.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | 84.51% | 16.50% | 1,188 | $25,213 ($13,375) | 10,365 | 59.70% | 14 to 1 |