For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges is 64.01%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2024 acceptance rate decreased by 0.41%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges has increased by 4.8% from 59.21% to 64.01%. Of the 65 Massachusetts Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 41 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 24 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2024 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Massachusetts Colleges admission statistics comparison table.
Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Massachusetts Colleges
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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2019 to 2024 at Massachusetts Colleges | School Name | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 5-Year Change |
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Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | 43.35% | 45.15%
1.8% | 50.70%
5.55% | 47.74%
2.96% | 53.00%
5.26% | 9.65% |
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American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 64.58% | 69.38%
4.79% | 57.87%
11.51% | 89.36%
31.49% | 96.99%
7.63% | 32.41% |
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Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 11.31% | 11.83%
0.52% | 8.74%
3.08% | 7.26%
1.48% | 10.00%
2.74% | 1.3% |
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Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 74.05% | 86.07%
12.02% | 72.85%
13.22% | 69.58%
3.27% | 90.01%
20.43% | 15.96% |
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Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 81.08% | 80.92%
0.16% | 86.49%
5.57% | 82.30%
4.18% | 87.00%
4.7% | 5.93% |
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Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 26.41% | 26.97%
0.56% | 25.35%
1.61% | 22.35%
3% | 20.00%
2.35% | 6.41% |
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Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 90.91% | 77.78%
13.13% | 63.64%
14.14% | 100.00%
36.36% | 100.00% | 9.09% |
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Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 71.77% | 78.31%
6.54% | 75.41%
2.9% | 75.63%
0.23% | 72.98%
2.65% | 1.21% |
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Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 46.72% | 57.82%
11.1% | 60.94%
3.12% | 57.88%
3.06% | 48.00%
9.88% | 1.27% |
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Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 51.44% | 51.60%
0.16% | 55.17%
3.57% | 54.23%
0.95% | 50.01%
4.22% | 1.43% |
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Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 27.22% | 26.38%
0.84% | 19.04%
7.34% | 16.66%
2.38% | 16.00%
0.66% | 11.23% |
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Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 18.94% | 20.09%
1.15% | 18.65%
1.44% | 14.37%
4.28% | 11.00%
3.37% | 7.94% |
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Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 29.90% | 33.40%
3.5% | 39.14%
5.74% | 39.41%
0.27% | 35.00%
4.4% | 5.11% |
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Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 87.66% | 82.31%
5.35% | 86.38%
4.06% | 87.71%
1.34% | 89.00%
1.29% | 1.34% |
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Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | 20.83% | 51.06%
30.23% | 75.00%
23.94% | 38.84%
36.17% | 40.54%
1.71% | 19.71% |
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Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 52.78% | 47.13%
5.65% | 48.03%
0.9% | 50.32%
2.29% | 42.00%
8.32% | 10.78% |
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Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 87.06% | 92.71%
5.65% | 80.32%
12.39% | 87.52%
7.2% | 92.00%
4.49% | 4.94% |
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Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 68.82% | 70.52%
1.7% | 73.60%
3.08% | 75.95%
2.35% | 74.01%
1.94% | 5.19% |
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Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | 59.01% | 64.38%
5.37% | 64.08%
0.3% | 61.92%
2.16% | 58.96%
2.96% | 0.05% |
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Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 33.35% | 41.05%
7.7% | 45.28%
4.23% | 42.75%
2.54% | 47.00%
4.25% | 13.65% |
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Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 78.14% | 75.52%
2.62% | 73.88%
1.64% | 79.69%
5.81% | 81.00%
1.31% | 2.86% |
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Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 69.31% | 70.40%
1.09% | 77.21%
6.81% | 73.31%
3.9% | 72.01%
1.31% | 2.7% |
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Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 69.29% | 77.72%
8.42% | 72.35%
5.37% | 74.23%
1.88% | 71.01%
3.21% | 1.72% |
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Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 88.35% | 87.99%
0.36% | 85.27%
2.73% | 86.06%
0.79% | 90.01%
3.95% | 1.65% |
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Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 74.25% | 78.53%
4.28% | 83.80%
5.27% | 87.41%
3.61% | 85.01%
2.4% | 10.76% |
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Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 74.05% | 68.27%
5.77% | 77.43%
9.16% | 91.76%
14.33% | 59.02%
32.74% | 15.03% |
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Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 1.97% | 58.82%
56.85% | 75.15%
16.33% | 68.90%
6.25% | 69.99%
1.09% | 68.02% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 4.64% | 5.01%
0.37% | 4.01%
1% | 3.24%
0.77% | 3.00%
0.24% | 1.64% |
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Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 64.10% | 57.14%
6.96% | 75.68%
18.53% | 57.89%
17.78% | 90.48%
32.58% | 26.37% |
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College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 34.22% | 37.94%
3.72% | 42.87%
4.93% | 36.36%
6.52% | 21.00%
15.35% | 13.22% |
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Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 83.65% | 84.54%
0.89% | 85.06%
0.52% | 73.21%
11.85% | 81.99%
8.78% | 1.65% |
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Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 74.68% | 83.81%
9.13% | 86.95%
3.13% | 86.23%
0.72% | 93.98%
7.75% | 19.3% |
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Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | 72.97% | 90.00%
17.03% | 89.22%
0.78% | 89.02%
0.19% | 84.40%
4.62% | 11.43% |
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University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 73.35% | 75.20%
1.85% | 84.57%
9.37% | 85.95%
1.39% | 85.00%
0.95% | 11.65% |
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University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 63.80% | 65.32%
1.53% | 65.53%
0.21% | 63.52%
2.01% | 58.00%
5.52% | 5.8% |
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University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 76.14% | 79.68%
3.53% | 78.90%
0.78% | 80.76%
1.86% | 83.00%
2.24% | 6.86% |
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MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA | 85.33% | 91.12%
5.79% | 97.71%
6.59% | 88.26%
9.45% | 85.01%
3.25% | 0.32% |
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Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 57.82% | 70.27%
12.44% | 78.67%
8.4% | 78.64%
0.03% | 77.01%
1.63% | 19.18% |
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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 91.46% | 92.48%
1.02% | 90.08%
2.4% | 89.40%
0.69% | 95.00%
5.6% | 3.54% |
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William James CollegeNewton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 81.90% | 81.64%
0.26% | 80.30%
1.34% | 74.63%
5.67% | 74.00%
0.63% | 7.9% |
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MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 38.15% | 52.47%
14.32% | 52.30%
0.17% | 39.76%
12.54% | 37.99%
1.77% | 0.16% |
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The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 36.94% | 36.27%
0.67% | 43.28%
7.01% | 37.55%
5.73% | 42.96%
5.42% | 6.03% |
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Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 79.74% | 80.38%
0.63% | 84.77%
4.39% | 84.86%
0.09% | 88.00%
3.14% | 8.26% |
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Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 81.64% | 87.68%
6.03% | 90.96%
3.28% | 92.45%
1.49% | 92.03%
0.42% | 10.39% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 18.05% | 20.48%
2.42% | 18.38%
2.1% | 6.80%
11.58% | 6.00%
0.8% | 12.05% |
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College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 75.09% | 69.78%
5.31% | 67.92%
1.85% | 90.91%
22.99% | 88.00%
2.91% | 12.92% |
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Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 79.26% | 84.08%
4.82% | 89.06%
4.98% | 88.77%
0.29% | 89.00%
0.22% | 9.74% |
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Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 85.58% | 86.75%
1.17% | 90.01%
3.26% | 92.66%
2.65% | 96.00%
3.35% | 10.42% |
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Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 73.13% | 82.55%
9.41% | 83.53%
0.99% | 76.46%
7.08% | 66.00%
10.45% | 7.13% |
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Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA | 93.03% | 93.95%
0.92% | 80.09%
13.86% | 95.45%
15.36% | 97.21%
1.75% | 4.17% |
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Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 32.46% | 36.52%
4.06% | 29.91%
6.61% | 22.86%
7.05% | 20.00%
2.86% | 12.46% |
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Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 68.06% | 63.41%
4.65% | 76.90%
13.49% | 75.63%
1.27% | 70.01%
5.62% | 1.95% |
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University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 74.83% | 76.18%
1.35% | 92.22%
16.04% | 95.52%
3.3% | 92.00%
3.52% | 17.16% |
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Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 67.69% | 68.96%
1.27% | 72.00%
3.04% | 73.44%
1.43% | 73.00%
0.43% | 5.31% |
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Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 83.63% | 85.90%
2.26% | 88.03%
2.13% | 86.79%
1.24% | 85.00%
1.79% | 1.37% |
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Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 14.95% | 16.30%
1.35% | 11.43%
4.87% | 9.69%
1.74% | 10.00%
0.31% | 4.95% |
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 21.56% | 20.41%
1.16% | 16.18%
4.23% | 13.57%
2.61% | 14.00%
0.44% | 7.56% |
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Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 68.55% | 93.54%
24.98% | 89.54%
3.99% | 92.31%
2.76% | 85.00%
7.31% | 16.45% |
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Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 85.18% | 89.43%
4.25% | 89.88%
0.45% | 88.01%
1.88% | 83.00%
5.01% | 2.18% |
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Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 87.16% | 92.44%
5.28% | 94.35%
1.91% | 81.51%
12.84% | 81.00%
0.51% | 6.16% |
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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 73.89% | 77.10%
3.2% | 82.06%
4.97% | 79.48%
2.58% | 70.99%
8.49% | 2.9% |
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Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 12.60% | 15.12%
2.52% | 8.83%
6.29% | 8.50%
0.33% | 10.00%
1.51% | 2.59% |
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Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 49.37% | 59.05%
9.68% | 60.21%
1.17% | 57.48%
2.74% | 58.00%
0.52% | 8.63% |
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Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 65.89% | 81.03%
15.14% | 89.32%
8.29% | 87.66%
1.66% | 90.01%
2.35% | 24.12% |
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Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 15.69% | 16.44%
0.75% | 17.97%
1.53% | 19.14%
1.17% | 21.98%
2.84% | 6.29% |
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Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Average | 59.21% | 63.58%
4.36% | 65.08%
1.51% | 64.42%
0.66% | 64.01%
0.41% | 4.80% |
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