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Colleges in Massachusetts: Complete List & Stats (2024)

Last updated: 2024 BLS data · Page refreshed:

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

2024 College Scorecard data · Updated 2026

141
Colleges
$34,638
Avg Tuition
62%
Avg Accept Rate
$59,854
Avg Earnings (10yr)

Massachusetts is home to 141 colleges and universities, ranging from 40 public institutions to 101 private colleges. Average in-state tuition is $34,638, with costs ranging from $787 to $70,704. Graduates from Massachusetts colleges earn a median of $59,854 ten years after enrollment.The average acceptance rate across Massachusetts institutions is 62%.

Most Affordable
$787
Highest Earnings
$143,372
Best Graduation Rate
100%

All 141 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 $44,230 100% $53,124
Amherst College Amherst $70,480 9% $77,644
Anna Maria College Paxton $44,571 50% $46,651
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough N/A 85% N/A
Assumption University Worcester $51,356 83% $74,895

B

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Babson College Wellesley $57,152 17% $123,938
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy Worcester N/A N/A N/A
Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege Holyoke N/A N/A $46,543
Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington $68,780 96% $46,543
Bay Path University Longmeadow $38,302 85% $55,383
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston $18,906 N/A $57,556
Bentley University Waltham $61,000 45% $120,959
Berklee College of Music Boston $52,040 44% $33,647
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield $6,164 N/A $38,832
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton N/A N/A N/A
Boston Architectural College Boston $27,470 N/A $62,123
Boston Baptist College Boston $14,304 91% $34,159
Boston College Chestnut Hill $70,702 16% $103,937
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline N/A N/A N/A
Boston University Boston $68,102 11% $83,238
Brandeis University Waltham $68,080 40% $77,231
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater $11,808 88% $57,466
Bristol Community College Fall River $5,832 N/A $38,663
Bunker Hill Community College Boston $6,168 N/A $47,618

C

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Cambridge College Boston $18,378 N/A $45,998
Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable $6,000 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 $58,867 40% $62,381
COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester Worcester N/A N/A N/A
College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee $43,325 85% $51,540
College of the Holy Cross Worcester $64,500 18% $90,543
Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton N/A N/A N/A
Curry College Milton $47,970 88% $54,400

D

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Dean College Franklin $46,526 74% $38,109
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield N/A N/A $14,195
Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River N/A 39% N/A

E

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
EINE Inc Tewksbury N/A N/A N/A
Emerson College Boston $57,056 51% $62,832
Emmanuel College Boston $48,550 76% $68,245
Empire Beauty School-Malden Malden N/A N/A $23,921
Endicott College Beverly $40,650 71% $58,336

F

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
FINE Mortuary College Norwood $19,450 N/A N/A
Fisher College Boston $35,689 71% $49,669
Fitchburg State University Fitchburg $11,346 87% $53,874
Framingham State University Framingham $11,920 84% $52,349
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham $66,398 25% $129,455

G

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Gordon College Wenham $30,700 69% $52,119
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton N/A N/A N/A
Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro N/A 75% N/A
Greenfield Community College Greenfield $5,810 N/A $37,132

H

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Hampshire College Amherst $58,896 75% $46,938
Harvard University Cambridge $61,676 4% $101,817
Hebrew College Newton N/A N/A N/A
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline $22,490 80% $51,724
Holyoke Community College Holyoke $5,988 N/A $37,277
Hult International Business School Cambridge $57,160 60% 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 $30,618 50% $62,200
Lasell University Newton $27,040 81% $49,705
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford $31,038 N/A $101,466
Lesley University Cambridge $34,256 97% $51,173
Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge $55,275 N/A $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 $5,856 N/A $52,654
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston $15,400 76% $43,582
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams $12,436 90% $48,102
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge $62,396 5% $143,372
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay $11,420 95% $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 $40,530 85% $125,557
Merrimack College North Andover $53,962 70% $75,584
MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston N/A N/A $87,130
Middlesex Community College Bedford $6,048 N/A $50,651
Montserrat College of Art Beverly $40,690 N/A $33,022
Monty Tech Fitchburg N/A 83% N/A
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley $67,018 36% $58,418
Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner $6,160 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 $42,705 81% $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 $66,162 5% $92,538
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston N/A N/A $92,538
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill $6,732 N/A $42,862
Northpoint Bible College Haverhill $14,160 N/A $42,210

P

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
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 $8,938 N/A $52,506
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester $6,262 N/A $45,949

R

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Regis College Weston $49,680 70% $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 $6,024 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 $12,338 96% $56,662
Sattler College Boston $787 69% N/A
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica N/A N/A N/A
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton N/A 34% $88,084
Simmons University Boston $46,874 70% $63,494
Smith College Northampton $65,178 21% $64,027
Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton N/A 71% 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 $45,174 72% $48,036
Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education Springfield N/A N/A $48,036
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield $5,904 N/A $36,966
Stonehill College Easton $57,490 66% $77,745
Suffolk University Boston $47,550 82% $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 $60,750 41% $34,483
Thomas Aquinas College - New England Northfield $30,200 N/A $55,619
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin N/A N/A N/A
Tufts University Medford $70,704 11% $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 $17,772 60% $71,631
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston $15,908 84% $65,865
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth $15,612 91% $68,804
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell $16,966 83% $64,874
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Bourne N/A 71% N/A
Urban College of Boston Boston $7,608 N/A $35,472

W

College City Tuition Accept Rate Earnings (10yr)
Wellesley College Wellesley $67,176 14% $84,803
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston $42,884 91% $82,721
Western New England University Springfield $47,820 83% $73,157
Westfield State University Westfield $12,179 81% $57,346
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton $63,960 68% $67,725
William James College Newton N/A N/A N/A
Williams College Williamstown $68,560 8% $88,665
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester $60,965 60% $103,470
Worcester State University Worcester $11,786 88% $60,624

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many colleges are in Massachusetts?
There are 141 colleges and universities in Massachusetts, including 40 public and 101 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 $34,638. Tuition ranges from $787 to $70,704 depending on the institution.
How much do Massachusetts college graduates earn?
Graduates from Massachusetts colleges earn an average median salary of $59,854 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 62%. 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.

Our Methodology · Data Sources · Source: College Scorecard

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