Massachusetts Colleges and Universities
| Name City (control) | Total Students |
Full-Time Undergrads |
Percent Accepted | Percent Women | Resident Tuition & Fees | Non-Res. Tuition & Fees | Room & Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International College Springfield (private) | 1,815 | 1,214 | 83% | 58% | $20,990 | $20,990 | $9,270 |
| Amherst College Amherst (private) | 1,648 | 1,648 | 18% | 49% | $34,916 | $34,916 | $9,080 |
| Anna Maria College Paxton (private) | 1,200 | 598 | 87% | 60% | $23,234 | $23,234 | $8,410 |
| Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University Boston (private) | 6,539 | 1,085 | 71% | 75% | $23,450 | $23,450 | $12,100 |
| Assumption College Worcester (private) | 2,498 | 2,119 | 74% | 60% | $26,060 | $26,060 | $5,775 |
| Atlantic Union College South Lancaster (private) | 575 | 469 | 30% | 61% | $16,080 | $16,080 | $4,800 |
| Babson College Babson Park (private) | 3,359 | 1,776 | 36% | 38% | $34,112 | $34,112 | $11,670 |
| Bay Path College Longmeadow (private) | 1,479 | 1,049 | 78% | 100% | $22,073 | $22,073 | $9,200 |
| Bay State College Boston (private) | 757 | 522 | 79% | 75% | $16,250 | $16,250 | $10,075 |
| Becker College Worcester (private) | 1,660 | 910 | 77% | 75% | $21,460 | $21,460 | $8,500 |
| Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Boston (private) | 386 | — | 91% | — | $12,750 | $12,750 | — |
| Bentley College Waltham (private) | 5,497 | 3,994 | 39% | 40% | $30,044 | $30,044 | $10,530 |
| Berklee College of Music Boston (private) | 3,894 | 3,894 | 32% | 26% | $29,331 | $29,331 | $12,550 |
| Berkshire Community College Pittsfield (public) | 2,225 | 945 | 100% | 54% | $2,940 | $8,556 | — |
| Boston Architectural College Boston (private) | 1,019 | 526 | — | 38% | $9,276 | $9,276 | — |
| Boston Baptist College Boston (private) | 130 | 120 | — | 36% | $8,530 | $8,530 | $6,254 |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill (private) | 13,652 | 9,020 | 29% | 52% | $33,506 | $33,506 | $11,438 |
| Boston Conservatory Boston (private) | 518 | 423 | 43% | 71% | $27,835 | $27,835 | $14,320 |
| Boston University Boston (private) | 31,574 | 17,095 | 58% | 59% | $33,792 | $33,792 | $10,480 |
| Brandeis University Waltham (private) | 5,313 | 3,280 | 36% | 56% | $34,035 | $34,035 | $9,463 |
| Bridgewater State College Bridgewater (public) | 9,655 | 6,457 | 71% | 58% | $5,866 | $12,006 | $6,852 |
| Bristol Community College Fall River (public) | 6,873 | 3,097 | 80% | 58% | $3,120 | $8,064 | — |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston (public) | 7,837 | 2,388 | 69% | 56% | $2,400 | $7,344 | — |
| Cambridge College Cambridge (private) | 4,670 | 221 | — | 74% | $8,890 | $8,890 | — |
| Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable (public) | 4,212 | 1,465 | — | 54% | $3,660 | $9,840 | — |
| Clark University Worcester (private) | 3,071 | 2,115 | 59% | 60% | $31,465 | $31,465 | $5,900 |
| College of the Holy Cross Worcester (private) | 2,821 | 2,790 | 34% | 55% | $33,313 | $33,313 | $9,580 |
| Curry College Milton (private) | 3,073 | 1,970 | 69% | 53% | $24,300 | $24,300 | $9,640 |
| Dean College Franklin (private) | 1,106 | 975 | 73% | 45% | $25,420 | $25,420 | $10,960 |
| Eastern Nazarene College Quincy (private) | 1,212 | 1,043 | 61% | 61% | $20,574 | $20,574 | $7,395 |
| Elms College Chicopee (private) | 1,234 | 681 | 88% | 75% | $21,520 | $21,520 | $8,400 |
| Emerson College Boston (private) | 4,324 | 3,144 | 47% | 55% | $25,894 | $25,894 | $10,870 |
| Emmanuel College Boston (private) | 2,340 | 1,572 | 59% | 72% | $24,200 | $24,200 | $10,400 |
| Endicott College Beverly (private) | — | 1,721 | 44% | 56% | $21,374 | $21,374 | $10,254 |
| FINE Mortuary College, LLC Norwood (private) | 73 | — | — | — | $21,564 | $21,564 | — |
| Fisher College Boston (private) | 507 | 507 | 62% | 66% | $21,015 | $21,015 | $11,550 |
| Fitchburg State College Fitchburg (public) | 5,508 | 3,120 | 68% | 53% | $5,542 | $11,622 | $6,486 |
| Framingham State College Framingham (public) | 5,861 | 3,115 | 59% | 66% | $5,449 | $11,529 | $6,699 |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham (private) | 285 | 285 | 22% | 42% | — | — | $11,600 |
| Gibbs College Boston (private) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gordon College Wenham (private) | 1,660 | 1,488 | 82% | 63% | $24,278 | $24,278 | $6,640 |
| Greenfield Community College Greenfield (public) | 2,217 | 994 | 100% | 56% | $4,097 | $11,747 | — |
| Hampshire College Amherst (private) | 1,448 | 1,448 | 56% | 58% | $34,605 | $34,605 | $9,030 |
| Harvard University Cambridge (private) | 19,538 | 6,712 | 9% | 49% | $33,709 | $33,709 | $9,946 |
| Hebrew College Newton Centre (private) | 6 | 5 | — | 80% | $18,950 | $18,950 | — |
| Hellenic College Brookline (private) | 191 | 82 | 52% | 43% | $16,515 | $16,515 | $10,370 |
| Holyoke Community College Holyoke (public) | 6,297 | 3,265 | — | 56% | $2,768 | $7,712 | — |
| ITT Technical Institute Norwood (private) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ITT Technical Institute Woburn (private) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Labouré College Boston (private) | 432 | — | 21% | — | — | — | — |
| Lasell College Newton (private) | 1,253 | 1,194 | 67% | 69% | $20,900 | $20,900 | $9,200 |
| Lesley University Cambridge (private) | 6,539 | 1,085 | 71% | 75% | $25,850 | $25,850 | $12,100 |
| Marian Court College Swampscott (private) | 281 | 194 | 97% | 91% | $13,200 | $13,200 | — |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills (public) | 5,040 | 2,035 | 99% | 49% | $3,610 | $9,790 | — |
| Massachusetts College of Art Boston (public) | 2,286 | 1,499 | 59% | 64% | $7,200 | $20,600 | $11,090 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams (public) | 1,805 | 1,268 | 71% | 58% | $6,326 | $15,271 | $6,542 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston (private) | 3,298 | 2,084 | 72% | 67% | $21,880 | $21,880 | $11,300 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (private) | 10,253 | 4,068 | 13% | 44% | $33,600 | $33,600 | $9,950 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay (public) | 1,008 | 923 | 61% | 11% | $6,286 | $16,595 | $6,935 |
| Massasoit Community College Brockton (public) | 6,975 | 3,311 | — | 51% | $2,664 | $7,608 | — |
| Merrimack College North Andover (private) | 2,251 | 1,982 | 71% | 52% | $27,070 | $27,070 | $10,705 |
| Middlesex Community College Bedford (public) | 8,016 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montserrat College of Art Beverly (private) | 308 | 279 | 84% | 62% | $21,355 | $21,355 | $5,500 |
| Mount Holyoke College South Hadley (private) | 2,153 | 2,097 | 53% | 99% | $34,266 | $34,266 | $10,040 |
| Mount Ida College Newton (private) | 1,367 | 1,291 | 77% | 69% | $21,330 | $21,330 | $10,635 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner (public) | 3,937 | 1,745 | 98% | 58% | $4,410 | $10,560 | — |
| Newbury College Brookline (private) | 1,311 | 928 | 74% | 60% | $17,800 | $17,800 | $8,975 |
| New England College of Finance Boston (private) | 412 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| New England Conservatory of Music Boston (private) | 792 | 359 | 28% | 44% | $30,975 | $30,975 | $11,300 |
| New England Institute of Art Brookline (private) | 1,293 | 1,004 | 94% | 30% | $18,742 | $18,742 | $10,476 |
| Nichols College Dudley (private) | 1,470 | 918 | 93% | 35% | $23,900 | $23,900 | $8,800 |
| Northeastern University Boston (private) | 20,605 | 15,195 | 44% | 50% | $30,309 | $30,309 | $10,970 |
| Northern Essex Community College Haverhill (public) | 6,362 | 2,300 | 94% | 55% | $3,150 | $3,660 | — |
| North Shore Community College Danvers (public) | 6,910 | 2,873 | 80% | 54% | $2,784 | $8,352 | — |
| Pine Manor College Chestnut Hill (private) | 491 | 484 | 70% | 100% | $17,750 | $17,750 | $10,570 |
| Quincy College Quincy (public) | 4,000 | — | — | — | $4,625 | $4,625 | — |
| Quinsigamond Community College Worcester (public) | 5,970 | 2,761 | 100% | 54% | $3,055 | $7,999 | — |
| Regis College Weston (private) | 1,314 | 660 | 81% | 100% | $23,680 | $23,680 | $10,580 |
| Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing (public) | 2,382 | 1,124 | 83% | 62% | $2,838 | $8,142 | — |
| Salem State College Salem (public) | 10,230 | 5,624 | 83% | 62% | $5,970 | $12,110 | $5,380 |
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston (private) | 733 | 579 | 77% | 64% | $26,244 | $26,244 | $11,380 |
| Simmons College Boston (private) | 4,849 | 1,847 | 58% | 100% | $26,705 | $26,705 | $10,710 |
| Simon's Rock College of Bard Great Barrington (private) | 373 | 368 | 83% | 56% | $35,329 | $35,329 | $9,260 |
| Smith College Northampton (private) | 3,092 | 2,598 | 53% | 100% | $32,558 | $32,558 | $10,880 |
| Springfield College Springfield (private) | 3,155 | 2,172 | 69% | 47% | $22,715 | $22,715 | $8,130 |
| Springfield Technical Community College Springfield (public) | 5,992 | 2,545 | 82% | 52% | $3,456 | $9,966 | — |
| Stonehill College Easton (private) | 2,386 | 2,255 | 54% | 59% | $26,345 | $26,345 | $11,040 |
| Suffolk University Boston (private) | 8,863 | 4,490 | 82% | 57% | $22,690 | $22,690 | $12,756 |
| Tufts University Medford (private) | 9,638 | 4,938 | 26% | 50% | $34,730 | $34,730 | $9,770 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst (public) | 25,593 | 18,435 | 71% | 49% | $9,595 | $17,818 | $6,989 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston Boston (public) | 12,362 | 5,779 | 63% | 57% | $8,546 | $16,590 | — |
| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth North Dartmouth (public) | 8,756 | 6,600 | 66% | 49% | $8,309 | $14,991 | $8,162 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell (public) | 11,208 | 5,899 | 70% | 40% | $8,444 | $15,557 | $6,365 |
| University of Phoenix–Boston Campus Braintree (private) | 634 | 468 | — | 56% | $13,050 | $13,050 | — |
| University of Phoenix–Central Massachusetts Campus Westborough (private) | 267 | 189 | — | 47% | $13,050 | $13,050 | — |
| Urban College of Boston Boston (private) | 609 | 12 | 100% | 91% | — | — | — |
| Wellesley College Wellesley (private) | 2,318 | 2,200 | 36% | 100% | $33,072 | $33,072 | $10,216 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston (private) | 3,613 | 3,180 | 77% | 19% | $19,300 | $19,300 | $9,300 |
| Western New England College Springfield (private) | 3,653 | 2,405 | 73% | 38% | $37,658 | $37,658 | $9,998 |
| Westfield State College Westfield (public) | 5,426 | 4,062 | 73% | 55% | $5,950 | $12,030 | $6,470 |
| Wheaton College Norton (private) | 1,561 | 1,548 | 40% | 61% | $34,610 | $34,610 | $8,150 |
| Wheelock College Boston (private) | 1,023 | 685 | 74% | 95% | $24,890 | $24,890 | $9,910 |
| Williams College Williamstown (private) | 2,049 | 1,970 | 19% | 50% | $33,700 | $33,700 | $8,950 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester (private) | 3,918 | 2,820 | 66% | 25% | $33,318 | $33,318 | $9,950 |
| Worcester State College Worcester (public) | 5,440 | 3,296 | 55% | 59% | $5,539 | $11,619 | $7,738 |
Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.
Notes:
- Student enrollment includes full-time and part-time registered students, both graduate and undergraduate.
- Percent Accepted based on number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year applicants.
- Percent Woman based on number of full-time undergraduate students.
| Accredited U.S. and Canadian Colleges and Universities |
