Massachusetts Best Colleges Comparison

Colleges In Massachusetts Statistics

There are 183 colleges in Massachusetts - 43 public and 140 private schools. The 2020 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $26,401 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $26,730. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,209 and the average acceptance rate is 59% for Massachusetts Best Colleges Comparison.

Next table shows the key academic facts for all colleges in Massachusetts. You may want to check more statistics and compare all Massachusetts colleges at Massachusetts Statistics page.

2019-2020 Colleges In Massachusetts Statistics
	Top 20 colleges in Massachusetts	All colleges in Massachusetts
Number of Schools	20 schools (2 public, 18 private)	183 schools (43 public, 140 private)
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$16,019 (in-state) $51,963 (out-of-state)	$9,286 (in-state) $26,401 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$15,685 (in-state) $41,128 (out-of-state)	$13,486 (in-state) $26,730 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid	$33,191	$12,631
Test Scores	1,382 SAT, 38 ACT	1,209 SAT, 31 ACT
Acceptance Rate	34.75%	59.05%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	34.15%	34.23%
Population	220,933	509,374
Undergraduate	137,417	365,492
Graduate	83,516	143,882
Graduation Rate	86.45%	63.49%
Transfer-out Rate	9.17%	18.84%
Students to Faculty Ratio	10.70 to 1	12.09 to 1

Top Colleges In Massachusetts Comparison

Next table lists the top 20 colleges in Massachusetts for academic year 2019-2020. Harvard University ranked top in the Massachusetts Best Colleges Comparison and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Williams College follows it. The 2020 average tuition & fees is $51,963 for undergraduate programs $41,128 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top colleges in Massachusetts is 1,382 and the acceptance rate is 34.75%. The average students to faculty ratio is 10.70 to 1 for top colleges in Massachusetts. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2019-2020 Top colleges in Massachusetts Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Tuition & Fees	Average Financial Aid	Population	Acceptance Rate	Test Scores	Students to Faculty Ratio
1	Harvard University Private, 4 yearsCambridge, MA	$51,925	$47,145	31,566	5%	1,515 SAT 34 ACT	7 to 1
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private, 4 yearsCambridge, MA	$53,790	$44,820	11,574	7%	1,540 SAT 35 ACT	3 to 1
3	Williams College Private, 4 yearsWilliamstown, MA	$57,280	$48,763	2,149	13%	1,480 SAT 34 ACT	6 to 1
4	Amherst College Private, 4 yearsAmherst, MA	$58,640	$50,424	1,855	11%	1,415 SAT 32 ACT	7 to 1
5	Tufts University Private, 4 yearsMedford, MA	$58,578	$39,546	11,586	15%	1,465 SAT 33 ACT	9 to 1
6	Wellesley College Private, 4 yearsWellesley, MA	$56,052	$47,105	2,534	22%	1,445 SAT 33 ACT	8 to 1
7	Boston University Private, 4 yearsBoston, MA	$55,892	$33,085	34,657	19%	1,425 SAT 32 ACT	10 to 1
8	Boston College Private, 4 yearsChestnut Hill, MA	$57,910	$39,582	14,720	27%	1,420 SAT 33 ACT	13 to 1
9	Northeastern UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsBoston, MA	$53,506	$28,199	21,627	18%	1,465 SAT 34 ACT	14 to 1
10	Brandeis University Private, 4 yearsWaltham, MA	$57,216	$35,228	5,800	30%	1,435 SAT 32 ACT	10 to 1
11	Bentley University Private, 4 yearsWaltham, MA	$51,830	$28,540	5,460	47%	1,320 SAT 29 ACT	11 to 1
12	Mount Holyoke College Private, 4 yearsSouth Hadley, MA	$52,258	$33,041	2,335	38%	1,395 SAT 91 ACT	9 to 1
13	Emerson College Private, 4 yearsBoston, MA	$49,152	$19,525	4,573	33%	1,305 SAT 29 ACT	15 to 1
14	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Public, 4 yearsLowell, MA	$33,574 ($15,648)	$8,824	18,242	73%	1,235 SAT 27 ACT	17 to 1
15	Smith College Private, 4 yearsNorthampton, MA	$54,224	$42,165	2,903	32%	-	9 to 1
16	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Public, 4 yearsAmherst, MA	$35,710 ($16,389)	$9,757	30,593	64%	1,290 SAT 29 ACT	17 to 1
17	Wheaton College Private, 4 yearsNorton, MA	$54,568	$30,277	1,760	74%	1,265 SAT 84 ACT	11 to 1
18	Suffolk University Private, 4 yearsBoston, MA	$40,104	$19,339	7,186	84%	1,115 SAT 24 ACT	15 to 1
19	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Private, 4 yearsWorcester, MA	$52,320	$20,699	6,874	49%	-	13 to 1
20	College of the Holy Cross Private, 4 yearsWorcester, MA	$54,740	$37,758	2,939	34%	1,345 SAT 30 ACT	10 to 1
	Average	$51,963 ($16,019)	$33,191	220,933	34.75%	1,382 SAT 37.5000 ACT	10.70 to 1

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.