Colleges in Massachusetts: Complete List & Stats (2024)

145 colleges and universities with tuition, admissions, and earnings data

2024 College Scorecard data · Updated 2026

145
Colleges
$32,144
Avg Tuition
63%
Avg Accept Rate
$59,612
Avg Earnings (10yr)

Massachusetts is home to 145 colleges and universities, ranging from 42 public institutions to 103 private colleges. Average in-state tuition is $32,144, with costs ranging from $5,280 to $65,222. Graduates from Massachusetts colleges earn a median of $59,612 ten years after enrollment.The average acceptance rate across Massachusetts institutions is 63%.

Most Affordable
$5,280
Highest Earnings
$143,372
Best Graduation Rate
97%

All 145 Colleges in Massachusetts

A B C D E F G H J L M N P Q R S T U W

A

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Alexander Academy Lunenburg N/A N/A N/A
American International College Springfield $40,550 89% $53,124
Amherst College Amherst $64,100 7% $77,644
Anna Maria College Paxton $41,010 70% $46,651
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough N/A 47% N/A
Assumption University Worcester $47,508 82% $74,895

B

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Babson College Wellesley $54,944 22% $123,938
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy Worcester N/A N/A N/A
Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege Holyoke $15,000 N/A $46,543
Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington $64,951 95% $46,543
Bay Path University Longmeadow $35,781 76% $55,383
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston $18,228 N/A $57,556
Bentley University Waltham $56,500 58% $120,959
Berklee College of Music Boston $48,330 54% $33,647
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield $5,492 N/A $38,832
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton N/A N/A N/A
Blue Hills Regional Technical School Canton N/A 40% N/A
Boston Architectural College Boston $22,144 N/A $62,123
Boston Baptist College Boston $12,600 100% $34,159
Boston College Chestnut Hill $64,176 17% $103,937
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline N/A N/A N/A
Boston University Boston $62,360 14% $83,238
Brandeis University Waltham $62,322 39% $77,231
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater $11,051 88% $57,466
Bristol Community College Fall River $5,280 N/A $38,663
Bunker Hill Community College Boston $5,280 N/A $47,618

C

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Cambridge College Boston $17,190 N/A $45,998
Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable $5,592 N/A $43,670
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn N/A N/A N/A
Charles H McCann Technical School North Adams N/A N/A N/A
Clark University Worcester $52,352 50% $62,381
College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee $40,635 91% $51,540
College of the Holy Cross Worcester $58,360 36% $90,543
Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton N/A N/A N/A
Curry College Milton $44,920 88% $54,400

D

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Dean College Franklin $43,400 76% $38,109
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield N/A N/A $14,195
Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River N/A 100% N/A

E

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy $27,990 62% $54,727
EINE Inc Tewksbury N/A N/A N/A
Emerson College Boston $53,232 43% $62,832
Emmanuel College Boston $44,908 80% $68,245
Empire Beauty School-Malden Malden N/A N/A $23,921
Endicott College Beverly $37,776 73% $58,336

F

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
FINE Mortuary College Norwood $20,795 N/A N/A
Fisher College Boston $34,150 74% $49,669
Fitchburg State University Fitchburg $10,921 86% $53,874
Framingham State University Framingham $11,380 87% $52,349
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham $60,766 19% $129,455

G

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Gordon College Wenham $27,040 92% $52,119
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton N/A N/A N/A
Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro N/A 100% N/A
Greenfield Community College Greenfield $5,642 N/A $37,132

H

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Hampshire College Amherst $54,452 69% $46,938
Harvard University Cambridge $57,261 3% $101,817
Hebrew College Newton Centre N/A N/A N/A
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline $22,490 58% $51,724
Holyoke Community College Holyoke $5,570 N/A $37,277
Hult International Business School Cambridge $50,825 48% N/A

J

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Jupiter Beauty Academy Boston N/A N/A N/A

L

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Laboure College of Healthcare Milton $32,813 39% $62,200
Lasell University Newton $42,630 73% $49,705
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford $27,587 N/A $101,466
Lesley University Cambridge $31,364 86% $51,173
Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge $50,675 89% $46,543
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute Lowell N/A N/A N/A

M

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills $5,376 N/A $52,654
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston $14,570 79% $43,582
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams $11,590 92% $48,102
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge $57,986 4% $143,372
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay $10,634 89% $82,392
Massachusetts School of Barbering Quincy N/A N/A N/A
Massachusetts School of Law Andover N/A N/A N/A
Massasoit Community College Brockton $5,376 N/A $46,111
MCPHS University Boston $37,230 88% $125,557
Merrimack College North Andover $49,196 75% $75,584
MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston N/A N/A $87,130
Middlesex Community College Bedford $6,048 N/A $50,651
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus Pittsfield $16,052 N/A $38,830
Montserrat College of Art Beverly $37,850 N/A $33,022
Monty Tech Fitchburg N/A 79% N/A
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley $58,498 40% $58,418
Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner $5,760 N/A $41,118

N

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
National Aviation Academy of New England Concord N/A N/A $59,009
New England College of Optometry Boston N/A N/A N/A
New England Hair Academy Malden N/A N/A N/A
New England Law-Boston Boston N/A N/A N/A
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts North Andover N/A N/A $53,085
Nichols College Dudley $38,800 85% $58,063
North Bennet Street School Boston N/A N/A $43,993
North Shore Community College Danvers $5,352 N/A $45,391
Northeastern University Boston $60,192 7% $92,538
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston N/A N/A $92,538
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill $5,688 N/A $42,862
Northpoint Bible College Haverhill $14,160 N/A $42,210

P

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary Weston N/A N/A N/A
Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton Brockton $15,856 N/A $41,588
Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee Chicopee $15,856 N/A $41,588
Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester Worcester $15,856 N/A $41,588

Q

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Quincy College Quincy $7,344 N/A $52,506
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester $5,830 N/A $45,949

R

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Regis College Weston $46,150 89% $52,873
Rob Roy Academy-Fall River Fall River N/A N/A $32,113
Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford New Bedford N/A N/A N/A
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton Taunton N/A N/A N/A
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester Worcester N/A N/A $30,033
Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing $5,784 N/A $38,773

S

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Saint John's Seminary Brighton N/A N/A N/A
Salem State University Salem $11,978 93% $56,662
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica N/A N/A N/A
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton N/A 9% $88,084
Simmons University Boston $44,350 76% $63,494
Smith College Northampton $58,768 23% $64,027
Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton N/A 31% N/A
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District Charlton N/A N/A N/A
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover N/A N/A $27,803
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth N/A N/A $27,803
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough N/A N/A $27,803
Springfield College Springfield $41,694 76% $48,036
Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education Springfield N/A N/A $48,036
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield $5,520 N/A $36,966
Stonehill College Easton $52,000 73% $77,745
Suffolk University Boston $43,332 87% $67,506

T

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Technology Learning Center Oxford N/A N/A N/A
The New England Conservatory of Music Boston $55,910 38% $34,483
Thomas Aquinas College - New England Northfield $27,000 N/A $55,619
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester Worcester N/A N/A N/A
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin N/A N/A N/A
Tufts University Medford $65,222 10% $83,214

U

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester N/A N/A N/A
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst $16,952 64% $71,631
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston $15,132 81% $65,865
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth $14,854 96% $68,804
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell $16,182 86% $64,874
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Bourne N/A 86% N/A
Urban College of Boston Boston $7,104 N/A $35,472

W

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Wellesley College Wellesley $61,920 14% $84,803
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston $38,760 92% $82,721
Western New England University Springfield $44,500 88% $73,157
Westfield State University Westfield $11,500 82% $57,346
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton $60,230 79% $67,725
William James College Newton N/A N/A N/A
Williams College Williamstown $61,770 8% $88,665
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester $57,096 57% $103,470
Worcester State University Worcester $10,786 88% $60,624

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many colleges are in Massachusetts?
There are 145 colleges and universities in Massachusetts, including 42 public and 103 private institutions, according to 2024 College Scorecard data.
What is the average college tuition in Massachusetts?
The average in-state tuition across Massachusetts colleges is $32,144. Tuition ranges from $5,280 to $65,222 depending on the institution.
How much do Massachusetts college graduates earn?
Graduates from Massachusetts colleges earn an average median salary of $59,612 ten years after enrollment, based on 2024 College Scorecard data.
What is the average acceptance rate in Massachusetts?
The average acceptance rate across Massachusetts colleges is 63%. Rates vary widely from highly selective institutions to open-admission colleges.

Data Source & Methodology

College data is sourced from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2024 data). Includes tuition, admissions, graduation rates, and post-graduation earnings for federally funded institutions.

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