Massachusetts Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate

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 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.

Table. Massachusetts Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
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

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