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Acceptance rates, test-score ranges, and average net price for selective colleges in Massachusetts — source-cited from College Scorecard / IPEDS. Want the number that matters for your student? Model your admit odds at each.
| College | City | Accept. | SAT 25–75 | Avg net price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | Cambridge | 4% | 1510–1580 | $19,066 |
| MIT | Cambridge | 5% | 1520–1580 | $20,111 |
| Northeastern | Boston | 5% | 1440–1540 | $30,915 |
| Williams | Williamstown | 8% | 1490–1570 | $17,716 |
| Amherst | Amherst |
Figures are estimates compiled from public datasets (College Scorecard / IPEDS) and primary sources; verify with each institution before relying on them.
These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.
| 9% |
| 1490–1580 |
| $23,367 |
| BU | Boston | 11% | 1420–1530 | $24,402 |
| Tufts | Medford | 11% | 1470–1560 | $39,998 |
| Wellesley | Wellesley | 14% | 1460–1560 | $25,496 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | 16% | 1440–1540 | $41,704 |
| Babson | Wellesley | 17% | 1390–1530 | $40,514 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | 18% | 1240–1410 | $38,782 |
| Smith | Northampton | 21% | 1420–1540 | $27,579 |
| Mount Holyoke | South Hadley | 36% | 1380–1530 | $26,441 |
| Clark University | Worcester | 40% | 1288–1460 | $28,714 |
| Brandeis | Waltham | 41% | 1390–1520 | $35,736 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | 44% | — | $49,465 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | 45% | 1280–1430 | $37,930 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | 50% | — | $28,333 |
| Emerson College | Boston | 51% | 1270–1420 | $49,180 |
| UMass Amherst | Amherst | 60% | 1310–1500 | $22,383 |
| WPI | Worcester | 60% | — | $43,071 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | 66% | — | $33,016 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Norton | 68% | 1220–1390 | $29,822 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | 69% | 1130–1355 | $24,883 |
| Regis College | Weston | 70% | — | $27,477 |
| Simmons University | Boston | 70% | 1220–1390 | $25,265 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | 70% | — | $37,927 |
| Fisher College | Boston | 71% | — | $26,649 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | 71% | 1193–1340 | $40,654 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | 72% | 1080–1330 | $30,587 |
| Dean College | Franklin | 74% | — | $30,684 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | 76% | 1170–1340 | $26,706 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | 76% | — | $24,100 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | 81% | 1028–1236 | $33,036 |
| Lasell University | Newton | 81% | 1030–1158 | $27,511 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | 81% | — | $16,721 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | 82% | 1090–1300 | $29,618 |
| Assumption University | Worcester | 83% | — | $29,498 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Lowell | 83% | 1180–1370 | $17,163 |
| Western New England University | Springfield | 83% | 1090–1300 | $27,290 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | 84% | 1100–1280 | $16,114 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Boston | 84% | 1070–1290 | $17,707 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | 85% | 1010–1210 | $14,271 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston | 85% | 1160–1416 | $39,545 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | 85% | — | $17,545 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | 87% | 1060–1230 | $14,262 |
| Curry College | Milton | 88% | 1050–1230 | $29,207 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | 88% | 1060–1263 | $16,383 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | 88% | 1026–1283 | $13,381 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | 91% | 1050–1270 | $20,927 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | 91% | 1110–1320 | $34,170 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Buzzards Bay | 95% | — | $21,582 |
| Salem State University | Salem | 96% | — | $15,996 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | 97% | — | $31,152 |
| American International College | Springfield | 100% | — | $23,274 |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | — | — | $9,921 |
| Bristol Community College | Fall River | — | — | $5,547 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | — | — | $7,818 |
| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | — | — | $8,296 |
| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | — | — | $7,679 |