Colleges / Massachusetts Colleges in Massachusetts. All 63 four-year colleges in Massachusetts that report admissions (13 public, 50 private), with acceptance rates, SAT ranges, average price after grants and the first 2026–27 deadline. Most applied to first. Open a college to check your chances.
College Admitted SAT middle 50% Net price First deadline Northeastern Boston 5.2% 1450–1520 $34,770 ED Nov 1 Boston University Boston 13% 1420–1510 $27,551 ED Nov 2 UMass Amherst Amherst 60% 1330–1480 $22,954 EA Nov 5 Harvard Cambridge 4.2% 1450–1560 $17,900 REA Nov 1 Boston College Chestnut Hill 16% 1460–1520 $32,590 ED Nov 1 Tufts Medford 11% 1460–1520 $33,333 ED Nov 2 MIT Cambridge 4.6% 1520–1570 $21,519 – UMass Boston Boston 83% 1090–1290 $17,554 EA Nov 1 Amherst Amherst 7.7% 1470–1540 $17,965 ED Nov 9 Williams Williamstown 8.6% 1490–1550 $16,988 ED Nov 15 Merrimack College North Andover 74% – $38,849 ED Nov 15 UMass Lowell Lowell 83% 1200–1360 $17,624 EA Nov 5 Western New England University Springfield 91% 1130–1310 $31,548 EA Nov 15 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester 62% – $47,799 ED Nov 1 Bentley University Waltham 47% 1230–1370 $43,858 ED Nov 15 Emerson College Boston 48% 1250–1410 $50,703 ED Nov 1 Clark University Worcester 41% 1270–1410 $32,767 ED Nov 1 UMass Dartmouth North Dartmouth 91% 1050–1260 $20,696 EA Nov 15 Babson College Wellesley 16% 1410–1510 $30,220 ED Nov 1 Suffolk University Boston 85% 1090–1280 $33,089 EA Nov 15 Brandeis Waltham 45% 1370–1470 $44,668 ED Nov 2 College of the Holy Cross Worcester 21% 1270–1420 $35,455 ED Nov 15 Bridgewater State University Bridgewater 89% 1040–1230 $16,230 EA Nov 15 Wellesley Wellesley 15% 1460–1540 $21,501 ED Nov 1 Smith College Northampton 22% 1420–1520 $27,823 ED Nov 15 Salem State University Salem 96% 1000–1170 $19,324 EA Nov 15 Stonehill College Easton 73% – $31,134 ED Nov 1 Curry College Milton 92% 1020–1240 $30,367 EA Dec 15 Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston 88% 1180–1390 $35,585 ED Nov 1 Berklee College of Music Boston 55% – $48,608 – Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton 63% 1215–1370 $31,638 ED Nov 15 MCPHS University Boston 85% 1080–1340 $37,182 EA Nov 1 Emmanuel College Boston 81% 1170–1330 $33,214 ED Nov 1 Westfield State University Westfield 87% 997.5–1207.5 $17,723 EA Nov 15 Endicott College Beverly 72% 1160–1340 $39,988 – Dean College Franklin 74% – $31,472 EA Nov 1 Worcester State University Worcester 88% 970–1200 $14,307 EA Nov 15 Assumption University Worcester 87% – $29,072 ED Nov 1 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley 38% 1365–1485 $35,782 ED Nov 15 Framingham State University Framingham 85% 1070–1255 $16,640 EA Nov 15 Springfield College Springfield 74% 1070–1260 $29,198 ED Dec 1 Anna Maria College Paxton 90% – $28,732 – Fitchburg State University Fitchburg 89% 1000–1170 $15,820 Rolling Fisher College Boston 71% – $27,827 Rolling Lasell University Newton 82% 1085–1260 $28,477 EA Nov 15 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston 78% – $24,159 EA Dec 1 Simmons University Boston 83% 1080–1250 $29,575 EA Nov 1 Lesley University Cambridge 94% – $33,111 EA Dec 1 Regis College Weston 89% – $30,212 EA Nov 1 Hult International Business School Cambridge 53% – $51,986 RD Nov 1 American International College Springfield 97% – $21,454 Rolling Nichols College Dudley 88% 1000–1190 $31,032 Rolling Gordon College Wenham 90% 1100–1303 $25,250 ED Nov 1 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams 92% – $17,705 EA Dec 1 College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee 88% 1150–1320 $22,311 EA Nov 15 Hampshire College Amherst 75% – $27,556 – Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay 92% – $20,759 EA Nov 1 Bay Path University Longmeadow 74% – $14,935 Rolling The New England Conservatory of Music Boston 43% – $49,544 – Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham 22% 1500–1560 $40,370 RD Dec 15 Eastern Nazarene College Quincy 59% 883–1180 $21,370 – Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington 97% – $45,395 EA Dec 1 Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge 84% – $45,752 –
ED = early decision, EA = early action, REA = restrictive early action, RD = regular decision. Deadlines are from Common App’s requirements grid; colleges not on the Common App show a dash. Admit rates come from each college’s Common Data Set when it publishes one, otherwise IPEDS (fall 2023 ). All application deadlines .
Hardest colleges to get into in Massachusetts Harvard admitted 4.2% of 47,893 applicants.MIT admitted 4.6% of 29,281 applicants.Northeastern admitted 5.2% of 98,425 applicants.Amherst admitted 7.7% of 15,819 applicants.Williams admitted 8.6% of 15,520 applicants.Which of these fit you?
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