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% |