Colleges in Massachusetts
This page aggregates every Title IV–eligible college and university with a primary campus in Massachusetts, drawing from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, IPEDS institutional reports, and de-identified IRS earnings linkage for federal-aid recipients. Coverage includes public flagships, regional comprehensives, community and technical colleges, private nonprofit institutions, and for-profit schools.
The state-aggregate statistics below include all reporting institutions in Massachusetts as a single denominator — community colleges, public universities, private nonprofits, and for-profit institutions are pooled. State averages are therefore useful for high-level framing (in-state tuition is X, average admission rate is Y, average earnings are Z) but should not be read as representative of any specific sector or institution. Drill into individual school profiles for the full picture: admissions, costs (sticker and net), federal-aid usage, completion, retention, demographics, and earnings outcomes 6 and 10 years after enrollment.
The most-recent Scorecard release is from September 2024. Tuition figures reflect institutional reports for the 2022–23 academic year and may differ from current-year prices. Earnings data has an inherent lag — the 10-year earnings horizon reflects students who enrolled approximately a decade prior to the data publication, as the IRS-matching process requires time to accumulate post-enrollment income.
Largest Colleges in Massachusetts by Enrollment
Highest Earnings 10-Year Median — Massachusetts
What the IPEDS Data Shows for Colleges in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 142 Title IV-participating postsecondary institutions in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the federal directory that captures every college eligible to award federal student aid. The ownership mix is 40 public institutions, 0 private nonprofits, and 0 private for-profit schools — a structural split that drives most of the tuition variation visible in the table below. Public institutions typically report substantially lower in-state tuition because state appropriations subsidize the published price, while private nonprofits often show higher sticker prices that are partially offset by institutional aid.
Cost and selectivity signals vary widely even within a single state. The average in-state tuition across Massachusetts institutions is $34,639, and the average admission rate (weighted by institutions that report one) sits at 62.1%. Admission rates from IPEDS exclude open-enrollment institutions, which is why community colleges and many for-profits show as unreported rather than at 100 percent. Looking at the table, the acceptance-rate column is blank for schools that don’t screen applicants, a meaningful distinction when evaluating selectivity alongside earnings.
Post-graduation outcomes tie cost to return. Graduates of Massachusetts colleges earn a mean of $59,746 ten years after enrollment, based on U.S. Treasury tax records linked to federal aid applicants through the College Scorecard data file. Because earnings depend heavily on field of study and local labor markets, state-level averages should be read alongside each school’s program mix. The table sorts every institution with reported IPEDS enrollment so prospective students can compare acceptance rates, enrollment scale, and median earnings side by side rather than relying on third-party rankings.
All Schools in Massachusetts
| School Name | City | Type | Enrollment | Acceptance Rate | 10yr Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst | Public | 23,671 | 59.7% | $71,631 |
| Boston University | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 18,248 | 11.1% | $83,238 |
| Northeastern University | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 17,326 | 5.2% | $92,538 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Boston | Public | 11,512 | 83.8% | $65,865 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Lowell | Public | 11,434 | 83.0% | $64,874 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private Nonprofit | 10,085 | 16.4% | $103,937 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Public | 8,612 | — | $47,618 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public | 7,829 | 87.8% | $57,466 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private Nonprofit | 7,601 | 3.6% | $101,817 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 7,468 | 43.5% | $33,647 |
| Tufts University | Medford | Private Nonprofit | 7,061 | 11.5% | $83,214 |
| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | 6,447 | — | $45,949 |
| Bristol Community College | Fall River | Public | 6,083 | — | $38,663 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private Nonprofit | 5,447 | 60.2% | $103,470 |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford | Public | 5,412 | — | $50,651 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | Public | 5,221 | 90.6% | $68,804 |
| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | 4,759 | — | $36,966 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private Nonprofit | 4,535 | 4.5% | $143,372 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | Private Nonprofit | 4,474 | 45.1% | $120,959 |
| North Shore Community College | Danvers | Public | 4,393 | — | $45,391 |
| Salem State University | Salem | Public | 4,291 | 95.9% | $56,662 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 4,268 | 82.3% | $67,506 |
| Massasoit Community College | Brockton | Public | 4,235 | — | $46,111 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | 3,930 | 88.0% | $60,624 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private Nonprofit | 3,916 | 70.0% | $75,584 |
| Emerson College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 3,870 | 51.3% | $62,832 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley Hills | Public | 3,837 | — | $52,654 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 3,747 | 91.2% | $82,721 |
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | 3,685 | — | $42,862 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | Private Nonprofit | 3,618 | 40.5% | $77,231 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | Public | 3,615 | 81.4% | $57,346 |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | 3,591 | — | $37,277 |
| MCPHS University | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 3,451 | 85.2% | $125,557 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | Private Nonprofit | 3,125 | 71.2% | $58,336 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Private Nonprofit | 3,106 | 17.6% | $90,543 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | 3,059 | — | $41,118 |
| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Public | 2,911 | — | $43,670 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | 2,752 | 86.9% | $53,874 |
| Babson College | Wellesley | Private Nonprofit | 2,728 | 17.1% | $123,938 |
| Western New England University | Springfield | Private Nonprofit | 2,603 | 83.5% | $73,157 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | 2,566 | 83.6% | $52,349 |
| Smith College | Northampton | Private Nonprofit | 2,544 | 21.0% | $64,027 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | Private Nonprofit | 2,528 | 66.3% | $77,745 |
| Quincy College | Quincy | Public | 2,300 | — | $52,506 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | Private Nonprofit | 2,300 | 14.1% | $84,803 |
| Clark University | Worcester | Private Nonprofit | 2,214 | 39.5% | $62,381 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | Private Nonprofit | 2,169 | 36.0% | $58,418 |
| Williams College | Williamstown | Private Nonprofit | 2,076 | 8.3% | $88,665 |
| Roxbury Community College | Roxbury Crossing | Public | 1,977 | — | $38,773 |
| Amherst College | Amherst | Private Nonprofit | 1,911 | 9.0% | $77,644 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 1,854 | 75.6% | $68,245 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | Public | 1,831 | 76.3% | $43,582 |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 1,802 | — | $92,538 |
| Curry College | Milton | Private Nonprofit | 1,780 | 87.6% | $54,400 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Norton | Private Nonprofit | 1,773 | 67.7% | $67,725 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | Private Nonprofit | 1,751 | 71.9% | $48,036 |
| Simmons University | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 1,670 | 70.0% | $63,494 |
| Assumption University | Worcester | Private Nonprofit | 1,669 | 83.0% | $74,895 |
| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | 1,395 | — | $37,132 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Buzzards Bay | Public | 1,395 | 94.7% | $82,392 |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Public | 1,358 | — | $38,832 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | Private Nonprofit | 1,278 | 69.2% | $52,119 |
| Lasell University | Newton | Private Nonprofit | 1,226 | 81.2% | $49,705 |
| Fisher College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 1,167 | 70.7% | $49,669 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | Private Nonprofit | 1,163 | 80.8% | $58,063 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | Private Nonprofit | 1,122 | 96.9% | $51,173 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private Nonprofit | 1,108 | 85.2% | $55,383 |
| Dean College | Franklin | Private Nonprofit | 1,089 | 73.7% | $38,109 |
| American International College | Springfield | Private Nonprofit | 1,017 | 99.6% | $53,124 |
| Regis College | Weston | Private Nonprofit | 956 | 69.8% | $52,873 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | Private Nonprofit | 949 | 85.3% | $51,540 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | Private Nonprofit | 906 | 50.3% | $46,651 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | Private Nonprofit | 839 | 75.3% | $46,938 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | Public | 713 | 89.7% | $48,102 |
| Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private Nonprofit | 618 | 60.5% | — |
| Cambridge College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 532 | — | $45,998 |
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Milton | Private Nonprofit | 525 | 50.0% | $62,200 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 483 | — | $57,556 |
| Urban College of Boston | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 438 | — | $35,472 |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | North Andover | Private For-Profit | 430 | — | $53,085 |
| The New England Conservatory of Music | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 393 | 41.1% | $34,483 |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Needham | Private Nonprofit | 377 | 25.2% | $129,455 |
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | Seekonk | Private For-Profit | 312 | — | $48,281 |
| Boston Architectural College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 280 | — | $62,123 |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | South Easton | Public | 260 | 70.6% | — |
| National Aviation Academy of New England | Concord | Private For-Profit | 241 | — | $59,009 |
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | Plymouth | Private For-Profit | 233 | — | $27,803 |
| Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | Private Nonprofit | 226 | — | $33,022 |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Great Barrington | Private Nonprofit | 225 | 95.9% | $46,543 |
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | Boston | Private For-Profit | 201 | — | — |
| COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester | Worcester | Private For-Profit | 192 | — | — |
| FINE Mortuary College | Norwood | Private For-Profit | 185 | — | — |
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | Westborough | Private For-Profit | 182 | — | $27,803 |
| Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education | Springfield | Private Nonprofit | 176 | — | $48,036 |
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | Woburn | Private For-Profit | 174 | — | — |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | Medford | Private Nonprofit | 174 | — | $101,466 |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 164 | — | $87,130 |
| North Bennet Street School | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 155 | — | $43,993 |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | Brockton | Private Nonprofit | 146 | 34.2% | $88,084 |
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | North Andover | Private For-Profit | 118 | — | $27,803 |
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | Worcester | Private For-Profit | 109 | — | $30,033 |
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | Fall River | Private For-Profit | 97 | — | $32,113 |
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | Malden | Private For-Profit | 95 | — | $23,921 |
| New England Hair Academy | Malden | Private For-Profit | 87 | — | — |
| Northpoint Bible College | Haverhill | Private Nonprofit | 86 | — | $42,210 |
| Greater Lowell Technical School | Tyngsboro | Public | 80 | 75.0% | — |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | Franklin | Public | 72 | — | — |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | Bourne | Public | 70 | 71.4% | — |
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | Lowell | Private For-Profit | 66 | — | — |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy | Worcester | Private For-Profit | 64 | — | — |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | Private Nonprofit | 64 | 79.6% | $51,724 |
| Sattler College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 57 | 69.0% | — |
| Monty Tech | Fitchburg | Public | 48 | 83.0% | — |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | Marlborough | Public | 47 | 85.5% | — |
| EINE Inc | Tewksbury | Private For-Profit | 47 | — | — |
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | Quincy | Private For-Profit | 44 | — | — |
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | Upton | Public | 42 | — | — |
| Charles H McCann Technical School | North Adams | Public | 41 | — | — |
| William James College | Newton | Private Nonprofit | 39 | — | — |
| Alexander Academy | Lunenburg | Private For-Profit | 39 | — | — |
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | Billerica | Public | 37 | — | — |
| Technology Learning Center | Oxford | Private For-Profit | 31 | — | — |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | Taunton | Private For-Profit | 23 | — | — |
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | West Springfield | Private For-Profit | 21 | — | $14,195 |
| Boston Baptist College | Boston | Private Nonprofit | 19 | 90.9% | $34,159 |
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | Fall River | Public | 17 | 39.2% | — |
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | New Bedford | Private For-Profit | 15 | — | — |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Cambridge | Private Nonprofit | 10 | — | $46,543 |
| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Private Nonprofit | 7 | — | — |
| Hebrew College | Newton | Private Nonprofit | 0 | — | — |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | Brookline | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Northampton | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | South Hamilton | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | Worcester | Public | — | — | — |
| New England College of Optometry | Boston | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| New England Law-Boston | Boston | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts School of Law | Andover | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | Northfield | Private Nonprofit | — | — | $55,619 |
| Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester | Worcester | Private For-Profit | — | — | $41,588 |
| Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton | Brockton | Private For-Profit | — | — | $41,588 |
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee | Chicopee | Private For-Profit | — | — | $41,588 |
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | Holyoke | Private Nonprofit | — | — | $46,543 |
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About This Data
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS institutional characteristics files. Enrollment, admissions, and earnings figures are the most recently available. Earnings represent median income 10 years after enrollment for students who received federal financial aid, drawn from U.S. Treasury tax records linked to federal student aid applicants.
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