Best Massachusetts State Schools

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Top Massachusetts State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 12 Massachusetts State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. Amherst College ranked top in the Best Massachusetts State Schools and Boston College and Boston University follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $63,991 for undergraduate programs $54,334 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Massachusetts State Programs is 1,481 and the acceptance rate is 17.97%. The average students to faculty ratio is 8.33 to 1 for top Massachusetts State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top Massachusetts State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
22 Amherst College
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Private, 4-yearsAmherst, MA
$67,280 $58,328 1,8987% 1,510 SAT
34 ACT
7 to 1
53 Boston College
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Private, 4-yearsChestnut Hill, MA
$67,680 $47,075 15,28717% 1,490 SAT
34 ACT
12 to 1
42 Boston University
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Private, 4-yearsBoston, MA
$65,168 $46,070 36,71414% 1,440 SAT
33 ACT
11 to 1
81 Brandeis University
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Private, 4-yearsWaltham, MA
$64,946 $37,319 5,58139% 1,470 SAT
33 ACT
10 to 1
4 Harvard University
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Private, 4-yearsCambridge, MA
$59,076 $55,433 30,6313% 1,550 SAT
35 ACT
7 to 1
94 College of the Holy Cross
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Private, 4-yearsWorcester, MA
$60,850 $39,014 3,08336% 1,350 SAT
30 ACT
10 to 1
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Private, 4-yearsCambridge, MA
$60,156 $44,422 11,8584% 1,560 SAT
35 ACT
3 to 1
227 Mount Holyoke College
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Private, 4-yearsSouth Hadley, MA
$64,142 $39,190 2,39240% 1,430 SAT
32 ACT
9 to 1
112 Smith College
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Private, 4-yearsNorthampton, MA
$61,568 $47,628 2,87323% 1,440 SAT
33 ACT
8 to 1
32 Tufts University
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Private, 4-yearsMedford, MA
$67,844 $49,857 13,43110% 1,510 SAT
34 ACT
10 to 1
31 Wellesley College
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Private, 4-yearsWellesley, MA
$64,320 $56,816 2,44714% 1,490 SAT
34 ACT
7 to 1
30 Williams College
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Private, 4-yearsWilliamstown, MA
$64,860 $57,850 2,2229% 1,530 SAT
35 ACT
6 to 1
Average$63,991
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$48,250 128,41717.97% 1,481 SAT
33.5000 ACT
8.33 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023