Massachusetts Private Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Massachusetts Private Colleges is 25.33% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Harvard University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 84.02% and Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (73.68%) and Northeastern University (50.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Massachusetts Private Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Harvard University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 84.02% and Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has the second highest yield of 73.68%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $58,781 and graduate tuition & fees is $43,697 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 23.05% and the average SAT score is 1,491 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Massachusetts Private Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 84.02%
1.06%
3.00%1,550$59,07630,63197.00%7 to 1
2
19
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MAPrivate, 4-year 73.68%
55.50%
90.48%-$22,49013160.00%7 to 1
3
4
Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 50.00%
9.31%
6.00%1,500$63,14130,01391.00%16 to 1
3
-
Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year 50.00%
0.13%
10.00%1,510$67,84413,43193.00%10 to 1
3
1
Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year 50.00%
0.78%
14.00%1,510$64,3202,44790.00%7 to 1
6
2
Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year 46.99%
2.67%
10.00%1,530$64,8602,22295.00%6 to 1
7
2
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year 44.98%
9.68%
21.00%1,340$60,8503,08391.00%10 to 1
8
2
Berklee College of Music Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 41.99%
0.81%
50.01%-$50,2708,28268.00%10 to 1
9
1
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year 41.00%
6.40%
16.00%1,490$67,68015,28790.00%12 to 1
10
5
Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year 38.96%
4.32%
10.00%1,500$67,2801,89891.00%7 to 1
Average52.16%23.05%1,491$58,78110,74386.60%9 to 1