Colleges
Colleges in Massachusetts
132 colleges and universities in Massachusetts that participate in federal student aid, with cost, completion and earnings.
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Best value in Massachusetts, measured as median earnings ten years after starting divided by yearly net price (bachelor's colleges with 1,000+ undergraduates): Massachusetts Institute of Technology (10.3×), Harvard University (6.4×), Williams College (6.3×).
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| College | City | Type | Undergrads | Net price / yr | Grad rate | Earnings, 10 yrs | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst | Public | 23,671 | $22,857 | 81% | $80,486 | $21,500 |
| Boston University | Boston | Private nonprofit | 18,248 | $36,503 | 90% | $89,087 | $17,500 |
| Northeastern University | Boston | Private nonprofit | 17,326 | $17,850 | 91% | $99,371 | $20,000 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Boston | Public | 11,512 | $22,548 | 51% | $70,597 | $22,089 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Lowell | Public | 11,434 | $17,362 | 69% | $77,989 | $23,250 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private nonprofit | 10,085 | $38,930 | 90% | $112,178 | $19,000 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Public | 8,612 | $5,976 | 21% | $51,734 | $10,500 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public | 7,829 | $18,061 | 52% | $61,441 | $23,465 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private nonprofit | 7,601 | $19,148 | 97% | $121,957 | $17,559 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | Private nonprofit | 7,468 | $47,587 | 73% | $43,451 | $25,000 |
| Tufts University | Medford | Private nonprofit | 7,061 | $38,797 | 94% | $89,187 | $16,250 |
| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | 6,447 | $6,588 | 23% | $51,435 | $18,993 |
| Bristol Community College | Fall River | Public | 6,083 | $10,095 | 23% | $47,512 | $12,000 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private nonprofit | 5,447 | $43,885 | 90% | $113,513 | $27,000 |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford | Public | 5,412 | $3,970 | 26% | $54,021 | $8,225 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | Public | 5,221 | $20,319 | 49% | $68,878 | $25,000 |
| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | 4,759 | $2,020 | 36% | $45,410 | $7,605 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private nonprofit | 4,535 | $14,815 | 96% | $152,553 | $14,000 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | Private nonprofit | 4,474 | $38,969 | 88% | $126,427 | $24,250 |
| North Shore Community College | Danvers | Public | 4,393 | $5,287 | 24% | $51,866 | $9,000 |
| Salem State University | Salem | Public | 4,291 | $12,921 | 49% | $62,762 | $22,250 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | Private nonprofit | 4,268 | $40,008 | 59% | $75,345 | $26,976 |
| Massasoit Community College | Brockton | Public | 4,235 | $6,492 | 25% | $50,480 | $8,368 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | 3,930 | $13,866 | 57% | $65,784 | $19,223 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private nonprofit | 3,916 | $39,219 | 69% | $74,412 | $27,000 |
| Emerson College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 3,870 | $49,215 | 80% | $67,317 | $23,250 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley Hills | Public | 3,837 | $1,756 | 26% | $55,472 | $7,623 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | Private nonprofit | 3,747 | $30,134 | 63% | $94,995 | $25,000 |
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | 3,685 | $6,427 | 28% | $49,727 | $8,775 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | Private nonprofit | 3,618 | $30,606 | 81% | $85,519 | $18,338 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | Public | 3,615 | $16,484 | 49% | $63,082 | $20,510 |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | 3,591 | $6,427 | 35% | $44,609 | $10,500 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston | Private nonprofit | 3,451 | $43,891 | 61% | $103,156 | $25,000 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | Private nonprofit | 3,125 | $39,219 | 74% | $77,059 | $27,000 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Private nonprofit | 3,106 | $38,829 | 86% | $100,485 | $21,500 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | 3,059 | $4,452 | 33% | $46,748 | $8,373 |
| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Public | 2,911 | $7,964 | 24% | $48,297 | $10,014 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | 2,752 | $13,803 | 53% | $63,428 | $20,615 |
| Babson College | Wellesley | Private nonprofit | 2,728 | $34,096 | 92% | $138,950 | $18,293 |
| Western New England University | Springfield | Private nonprofit | 2,603 | $27,077 | 64% | $81,107 | $25,000 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | 2,566 | $15,951 | 46% | $63,249 | $24,000 |
| Smith College | Northampton | Private nonprofit | 2,544 | $25,519 | 86% | $69,936 | $8,000 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | Private nonprofit | 2,528 | $36,082 | 74% | $84,633 | $25,000 |
| Quincy College | Quincy | Public | 2,300 | $16,530 | 17% | $55,527 | $15,500 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | Private nonprofit | 2,300 | $23,995 | 91% | $90,458 | $9,788 |
| Clark University | Worcester | Private nonprofit | 2,214 | $29,446 | 77% | $67,223 | $27,000 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | Private nonprofit | 2,169 | $30,861 | 82% | $66,117 | $20,984 |
| Williams College | Williamstown | Private nonprofit | 2,076 | $15,157 | 95% | $95,954 | $8,000 |
| Roxbury Community College | Roxbury Crossing | Public | 1,977 | $11,168 | 33% | $46,578 | — |
| Amherst College | Amherst | Private nonprofit | 1,911 | $19,536 | 93% | $95,161 | $13,250 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 1,854 | $27,196 | 64% | $73,794 | $27,000 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | Public | 1,831 | $26,397 | 59% | $52,923 | $23,607 |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | Boston | Private nonprofit | 1,802 | — | — | $99,371 | $20,000 |
| Curry College | Milton | Private nonprofit | 1,780 | $30,155 | 50% | $69,321 | $26,000 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Norton | Private nonprofit | 1,773 | $31,147 | 72% | $71,967 | $23,750 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | Private nonprofit | 1,751 | $28,053 | 71% | $59,623 | $27,000 |
| Simmons University | Boston | Private nonprofit | 1,670 | $23,444 | 77% | $79,784 | $23,335 |
| Assumption University | Worcester | Private nonprofit | 1,669 | $28,788 | 73% | $73,712 | $27,000 |
| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | 1,395 | $7,949 | 44% | $47,015 | $7,400 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Buzzards Bay | Public | 1,395 | $23,759 | 73% | $104,098 | $25,000 |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Public | 1,358 | $8,257 | 31% | $44,851 | $10,037 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | Private nonprofit | 1,278 | $25,227 | 71% | $59,863 | $23,750 |
| Lasell University | Newton | Private nonprofit | 1,226 | $26,341 | 64% | $64,330 | $26,500 |
| Fisher College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 1,167 | $22,042 | 40% | $52,749 | $23,000 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | Private nonprofit | 1,163 | $31,983 | 54% | $66,716 | $26,046 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | Private nonprofit | 1,122 | $31,777 | 42% | $57,844 | $22,000 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private nonprofit | 1,108 | $16,390 | 42% | $57,958 | $25,000 |
| Dean College | Franklin | Private nonprofit | 1,089 | $32,629 | 53% | $47,982 | $26,500 |
| American International College | Springfield | Private nonprofit | 1,017 | $24,178 | 38% | $66,151 | $27,000 |
| Regis College | Weston | Private nonprofit | 956 | $25,506 | 71% | $69,534 | $25,000 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | Private nonprofit | 949 | $16,237 | 63% | $64,534 | $23,000 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | Private nonprofit | 839 | $23,030 | 58% | $47,422 | $22,869 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | Public | 713 | $11,402 | 47% | $52,507 | $21,500 |
| Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private nonprofit | 618 | $47,733 | 60% | — | $19,500 |
| Cambridge College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 532 | $31,462 | 100% | $58,665 | $23,042 |
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Milton | Private nonprofit | 525 | — | — | $84,123 | $26,433 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston | Private nonprofit | 483 | $18,833 | 31% | $60,106 | $7,332 |
| Urban College of Boston | Boston | Private nonprofit | 438 | $9,953 | — | $37,211 | — |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | North Andover | Private for-profit | 430 | $15,086 | 74% | $57,895 | $6,967 |
| The New England Conservatory of Music | Boston | Private nonprofit | 393 | $50,840 | 74% | $40,481 | $21,750 |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Needham | Private nonprofit | 377 | $17,057 | 96% | $138,832 | $13,845 |
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | Seekonk | Private for-profit | 312 | $39,271 | 88% | $50,283 | $6,500 |
| Boston Architectural College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 280 | $30,907 | 37% | $72,049 | $36,127 |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | South Easton | Public | 260 | $13,664 | 61% | $55,272 | $8,250 |
| National Aviation Academy of New England | Concord | Private for-profit | 241 | $31,132 | 82% | $72,372 | $14,777 |
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | Plymouth | Private for-profit | 233 | $41,410 | 86% | $34,472 | $6,333 |
| Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | Private nonprofit | 226 | $35,385 | 63% | $40,733 | $27,000 |
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | Boston | Private for-profit | 201 | — | 92% | — | $3,666 |
| COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester | Worcester | Private for-profit | 192 | $29,930 | 84% | $32,595 | $6,222 |
| FINE Mortuary College | Norwood | Private for-profit | 185 | $27,510 | 33% | $62,057 | $29,834 |
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | Westborough | Private for-profit | 182 | $34,403 | 94% | $34,472 | $6,333 |
| Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education | Springfield | Private nonprofit | 176 | — | — | $59,623 | $27,000 |
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | Woburn | Private for-profit | 174 | $15,842 | 96% | $36,616 | $6,333 |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | Boston | Private nonprofit | 164 | — | — | $89,549 | $18,649 |
| North Bennet Street School | Boston | Private nonprofit | 155 | $34,051 | 75% | $53,769 | — |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | Brockton | Private nonprofit | 146 | $22,139 | 0% | $75,046 | $16,500 |
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | North Andover | Private for-profit | 118 | $30,773 | 77% | $34,472 | $6,333 |
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | Worcester | Private for-profit | 109 | $25,302 | 72% | $30,890 | $9,500 |
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | Fall River | Private for-profit | 97 | $28,634 | 75% | $28,435 | $6,333 |
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | Malden | Private for-profit | 95 | $17,590 | 70% | $32,104 | $9,847 |
| New England Hair Academy | Malden | Private for-profit | 87 | $21,671 | 77% | $31,091 | $9,500 |
| Greater Lowell Technical School | Tyngsboro | Public | 80 | $30,662 | 69% | $78,185 | $5,500 |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | Franklin | Public | 72 | $9,805 | 100% | $69,316 | — |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | Bourne | Public | 70 | $15,847 | 88% | $71,936 | $9,500 |
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | Lowell | Private for-profit | 66 | $17,071 | 100% | $37,383 | $6,222 |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | Private nonprofit | 64 | $19,821 | 38% | $62,251 | — |
| Sattler College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 57 | — | 68% | — | — |
| Monty Tech | Fitchburg | Public | 48 | $38,117 | 100% | $66,820 | — |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | Marlborough | Public | 47 | $18,521 | 6% | $70,787 | — |
| EINE Inc | Tewksbury | Private for-profit | 47 | $40,351 | 100% | $40,687 | — |
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | Quincy | Private for-profit | 44 | $16,942 | 75% | $28,638 | $9,500 |
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | Upton | Public | 42 | — | — | $68,400 | — |
| Charles H McCann Technical School | North Adams | Public | 41 | $13,465 | 92% | $44,105 | — |
| William James College | Newton | Private nonprofit | 39 | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Academy | Lunenburg | Private for-profit | 39 | $32,762 | 76% | $33,440 | $9,750 |
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | Billerica | Public | 37 | $37,114 | 70% | $77,527 | $8,816 |
| Technology Learning Center | Oxford | Private for-profit | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | Taunton | Private for-profit | 23 | $23,209 | 44% | $25,128 | — |
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | West Springfield | Private for-profit | 21 | $14,132 | 65% | $34,570 | $8,827 |
| Boston Baptist College | Boston | Private nonprofit | 19 | $16,125 | 64% | $42,516 | — |
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | Fall River | Public | 17 | — | 14% | $72,084 | — |
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | New Bedford | Private for-profit | 15 | $27,076 | 85% | $31,145 | — |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Cambridge | Private nonprofit | 10 | — | 56% | $54,555 | $22,500 |
| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Private nonprofit | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hebrew College | Newton | Private nonprofit | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Sorted by size; click a column to re-sort.
