Colleges in Massachusetts


Massachusetts has 74 private and 14 public 4-year colleges that enroll 51,564 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $29,652 for in-state students and $42,040 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Massachusetts charge around $55,600 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2020-2021 academic year, Massachusetts provided $26.2 million in financial aid to 11,268 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $908.5 million in grants and scholarships to 41,231 students.

Massachusetts receives 1.1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13,937 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $68.1 million in pell grant ($4,960 per student on average), and 29,301 students received a total amount of $151.4 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,211 per student on average).

Net price Acceptance Rate Graduation Rate
Monty Tech Less than 2 year $15,441 100.0% 100.0%
Harvard University 4 year $18,037 97.6% 5.0%
Williams College 4 year $22,356 96.0% 15.1%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 year $19,998 95.6% 7.3%
Amherst College 4 year $18,832 94.7% 11.8%
Babson College 4 year $31,559 94.7% 27.0%
Tufts University 4 year $32,720 93.9% 16.3%
Wellesley College 4 year $21,614 93.7% 20.4%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 4 year $34,297 93.7% 16.4%
College of the Holy Cross 4 year $32,061 92.8% 37.9%
Boston College 4 year $30,192 91.7% 26.4%
Northeastern University 4 year $37,738 89.8% 20.5%
Bentley University 4 year $42,759 89.6% 57.8%
Brandeis University 4 year $41,222 89.2% 33.4%
Boston University 4 year $29,154 89.0% 20.1%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4 year $45,834 89.0% 59.0%
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Less than 2 year $12,545 88.9% 66.7%
Smith College 4 year $28,422 86.5% 36.5%
Massachusetts Maritime Academy 4 year $17,635 84.7% 92.5%
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Less than 2 year $18,864 84.2% 87.5%
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