For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts colleges is 38.32%, 263,689 accepted out of 688,115 applicants.
For Massachusetts college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 15,737 (2.34%) compared to last year, from 672,378 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 427, which is less than -0.81% last year.
Massachusetts colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.15% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Massachusetts colleges. The yield decreased by 0.55%.
Among Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University has the lowest acceptance rate of 3.00% with 1,708 accepted students out of 56,937 applicants. Northeastern University has the most number of applicants of 96,631 and University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,264.
Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Massachusetts Colleges
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics 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.
Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source:
IPEDS