For the 2024 Massachusetts admission, a total of 10,835 enrolled students have submitted the SAT scores and 2,928 students submitted the ACT scores.
The average SAT score of Massachusetts colleges is 1,302 and the ACT score is 30. The Massachusetts's average SAT score increased by 39 points compared to previous year's socre of 1,263.
Among Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University has the highest SAT score of 1,550.
The following table compares the SAT scores between four-years colleges in Massachusetts. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 1,550 20 | 35 | 3.00% -0.24% | 84.02% 1.06% |
| Williams College | 1,530 | 34 | 10.00% 1.50% | 46.99% 2.67% |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 1,530 -5 | 35 | 21.98% 2.84% | 49.02% 3.57% |
| Tufts University | 1,510 15 | 34 | 10.00% 0.31% | 50.00% -0.13% |
| Wellesley College | 1,510 40 | 34 1 | 14.00% 0.43% | 50.00% -0.78% |
| Amherst College | 1,500 40 | 33 | 10.00% 2.74% | 38.96% -4.32% |
| Northeastern University | 1,500 10 | 34 | 6.00% -0.80% | 50.00% 9.31% |
| Boston College | 1,490 15 | 34 | 16.00% -0.66% | 41.00% 6.40% |
| Smith College | 1,480 30 | 33 | 20.00% -2.86% | 32.98% -4.26% |
| Boston University | 1,470 30 | 33 | 11.00% -3.37% | 36.00% 4.68% |
| Brandeis University | 1,470 20 | 33 | 35.00% -4.41% | 22.01% -3.22% |
| Babson College | 1,440 35 | 31 -1 | 20.00% -2.35% | 40.03% 1.44% |
| Mount Holyoke College | 1,420 15 | 32 -1 | 37.99% -1.77% | 29.98% 2.03% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 1,390 35 | 31 | 58.00% -5.52% | 18.00% -1.36% |
| Emerson College | 1,340 40 | 31 1 | 47.00% 4.25% | 18.99% -0.37% |
| College of the Holy Cross | 1,340 10 | 30 | 21.00% -15.36% | 44.98% 9.68% |
| Bentley University | 1,330 3 | 31 1 | 48.00% -9.88% | 22.00% 1.60% |
| Simmons University | 1,330 80 | 29 | 66.00% -10.46% | 11.01% -1.80% |
| Clark University | 1,320 9 | 31 2 | 42.00% -8.32% | 14.00% -1.90% |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 1,310 50 | 31 1 | 70.99% -8.49% | 16.00% 0.58% |
| Endicott College | 1,260 | 27 | 72.01% -1.30% | 22.00% 0.12% |
| Emmanuel College | 1,250 35 | 29 | 81.00% 1.31% | 11.00% -1.32% |
| Gordon College | 1,250 -12 | 28 1 | 59.02% -32.74% | 22.01% -2.76% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 1,250 -5 | 27 -2 | 85.00% -0.95% | 19.00% 0.61% |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 1,240 117 | - | 88.00% -2.91% | 16.00% 2.36% |
| Western New England University | 1,230 26 | 26 -2 | 83.00% -5.01% | 13.00% 2.08% |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 1,220 -15 | 27 -1 | 85.00% -7.31% | 17.99% 1.71% |
| MCPHS University | 1,205 -35 | 27 | 85.01% -3.25% | 13.00% -2.09% |
| Lasell University | 1,190 -13 | 21 -6 | 81.99% 8.78% | 12.00% -3.14% |
| Suffolk University | 1,190 10 | 26 | 85.00% -1.79% | 14.00% -0.97% |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 1,180 10 | 27 | 83.00% 2.24% | 14.00% -1.49% |
| Framingham State University | 1,150 67 | - | 85.01% -2.40% | 14.01% 1.62% |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 1,150 5 | 24 1 | 92.00% -3.52% | 15.01% -0.62% |
| Worcester State University | 1,145 33 | - | 90.01% 2.35% | 21.00% 1.68% |
| Bridgewater State University | 1,130 25 | 21 -3 | 89.00% 1.29% | 21.00% 0.68% |
| Curry College | 1,130 6 | - | 92.00% 4.48% | 8.00% -3.80% |
| Springfield College | 1,120 -95 | - | 70.01% -5.62% | 19.01% -0.70% |
| Fitchburg State University | 1,110 30 | 24 2 | 90.01% 3.95% | 16.00% -2.31% |
| Nichols College | 1,110 45 | - | 88.00% 3.14% | 17.98% 2.14% |
| Salem State University | 1,090 | - | 96.00% 3.34% | 17.00% -1.29% |
| Eastern Nazarene College | 1,035 -103 | - | 58.96% -2.96% | 15.95% -0.95% |