Colleges in Massachusetts
145 degree-granting institutions in Massachusetts (MA). Median net price $24,883. Median graduation rate 68.4%. Compare cost, outcomes, admission rates, and program mix using official U.S. College Scorecard data.
Median net price
$24,883
Median grad rate
68.4%
Median admission rate
71%
Median size
1,108
Most affordable colleges in Massachusetts
Lowest median net price after grant aid.
Highest graduation rates in Massachusetts
Share of students completing a degree on time.
Colleges by city
Cities in Massachusetts with 3 or more institutions.
| School | State | Type | Net price | Grad rate | Admission | Size | Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Academy Lunenburg, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $32,061 | 50.0% | Not available | 39 | Partial | |
| American International College Springfield, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $23,274 | 45.9% | 100% | 1,017 | Complete | |
| Amherst College Amherst, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $23,367 | 93.9% | 9% | 1,911 | Complete | |
| Anna Maria College Paxton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $28,333 | 46.2% | 50% | 906 | Complete | |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $29,449 | 50.0% | 85% | 47 | Partial | |
| Assumption University Worcester, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,498 | 75.2% | 83% | 1,669 | Complete | |
| Babson College Wellesley, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $40,514 | 93.1% | 17% | 2,728 | Complete | |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy Worcester, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 64 | Missing | |
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege Holyoke, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | 53% | Not available | Partial | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $31,625 | 68.3% | 96% | 225 | Complete | |
| Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $14,271 | 43.9% | 85% | 1,108 | Complete | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $15,488 | 45.8% | Not available | 483 | Complete | |
| Bentley University Waltham, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $37,930 | 86.8% | 45% | 4,474 | Complete | |
| Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $49,465 | 67.3% | 44% | 7,468 | Complete | |
| Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $9,921 | 20.0% | Not available | 1,358 | Partial | |
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 42 | Missing | |
| Boston Architectural College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,865 | 31.6% | Not available | 280 | Complete | |
| Boston Baptist College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $17,933 | 14.3% | 91% | 19 | Complete | |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $41,704 | 90.8% | 16% | 10,085 | Complete | |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Boston University Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $24,402 | 88.7% | 11% | 18,248 | Complete | |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $35,736 | 86.0% | 41% | 3,618 | Complete | |
| Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $16,383 | 53.4% | 88% | 7,829 | Complete | |
| Bristol Community College Fall River, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $5,547 | 22.5% | Not available | 6,083 | Partial | |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $7,818 | 13.2% | Not available | 8,612 | Partial | |
| Cambridge College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $31,072 | 11.1% | Not available | 532 | Complete | |
| Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $8,296 | 22.3% | Not available | 2,911 | Partial | |
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,086 | 96.0% | Not available | 174 | Partial | |
| Charles H McCann Technical School North Adams, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $14,998 | 100.0% | Not available | 41 | Partial | |
| Clark University Worcester, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $28,714 | 76.9% | 40% | 2,214 | Complete | |
| COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $24,598 | 81.4% | Not available | 192 | Partial | |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $17,545 | 68.1% | 85% | 949 | Complete | |
| College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $38,782 | 87.3% | 18% | 3,106 | Complete | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Curry College Milton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,207 | 51.1% | 88% | 1,780 | Complete | |
| Dean College Franklin, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $30,684 | 53.6% | 74% | 1,089 | Complete | |
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,975 | 66.7% | Not available | 21 | Partial | |
| Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $21,734 | 75.0% | 39% | 17 | Partial | |
| Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,381 | 39.3% | Not available | 23 | Complete | |
| EINE Inc Tewksbury, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,951 | 100.0% | Not available | 47 | Partial | |
| Emerson College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $49,180 | 77.1% | 51% | 3,870 | Complete | |
| Emmanuel College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $26,706 | 67.5% | 76% | 1,854 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Malden Malden, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,534 | 78.0% | Not available | 95 | Partial | |
| Endicott College Beverly, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $40,654 | 75.6% | 71% | 3,125 | Complete | |
| FINE Mortuary College Norwood, MA | MA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $27,385 | 100.0% | Not available | 185 | Partial | |
| Fisher College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $26,649 | 27.8% | 71% | 1,167 | Complete | |
| Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $14,262 | 55.1% | 87% | 2,752 | Complete | |
| Framingham State University Framingham, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $16,114 | 47.8% | 84% | 2,566 | Complete | |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,171 | 96.4% | 25% | 377 | Complete | |
| Gordon College Wenham, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $24,883 | 68.5% | 69% | 1,278 | Complete | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $19,205 | 100.0% | 75% | 80 | Partial | |
| Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $7,679 | 30.8% | Not available | 1,395 | Partial | |
| Hampshire College Amherst, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $24,034 | 54.3% | 75% | 839 | Complete | |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $19,066 | 97.6% | 4% | 7,601 | Complete | |
| Hebrew College Newton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 0 | Missing | |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,203 | 44.4% | 80% | 64 | Complete | |
| Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $8,068 | 29.4% | Not available | 3,591 | Partial | |
| Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $45,447 | 66.7% | 60% | 618 | Complete | |
| Jupiter Beauty Academy Boston, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | 84.4% | Not available | 201 | Partial | |
| Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $36,863 | 100.0% | 50% | 525 | Complete | |
| Lasell University Newton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,511 | 58.6% | 81% | 1,226 | Complete | |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 174 | Partial | |
| Lesley University Cambridge, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $31,152 | 58.0% | 97% | 1,122 | Complete | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $38,530 | 77.8% | 53% | 10 | Complete | |
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute Lowell, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,839 | 82.3% | Not available | 66 | Partial | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $7,169 | 17.2% | Not available | 3,837 | Partial | |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $24,100 | 68.9% | 76% | 1,831 | Complete | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $16,068 | 55.6% | 90% | 713 | Complete | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,111 | 96.4% | 5% | 4,535 | Complete | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $21,582 | 74.1% | 95% | 1,395 | Complete | |
| Massachusetts School of Barbering Quincy, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $15,216 | 100.0% | Not available | 44 | Partial | |
| Massachusetts School of Law Andover, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $8,460 | 19.4% | Not available | 4,235 | Partial | |
| MCPHS University Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $39,545 | 62.0% | 85% | 3,451 | Complete | |
| Merrimack College North Andover, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $37,927 | 70.0% | 70% | 3,916 | Complete | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 164 | Partial | |
| Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $2,624 | 23.4% | Not available | 5,412 | Partial | |
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus Pittsfield, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $26,900 | 55.6% | Not available | 46 | Partial | |
| Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $33,216 | 53.5% | Not available | 226 | Complete | |
| Monty Tech Fitchburg, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $41,748 | 66.7% | 83% | 48 | Partial | |
| Motoring Technical Training Institute Seekonk, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,255 | 89.2% | Not available | 312 | Partial | |
| Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $26,441 | 84.4% | 36% | 2,169 | Complete | |
| Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $7,931 | 23.8% | Not available | 3,059 | Partial | |
| National Aviation Academy of New England Concord, MA | MA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $27,871 | 75.0% | Not available | 241 | Partial | |
| New England College of Optometry Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| New England Hair Academy Malden, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,917 | 66.7% | Not available | 87 | Partial | |
| New England Law-Boston Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts North Andover, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,164 | 73.7% | Not available | 430 | Partial | |
| Nichols College Dudley, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $33,036 | 62.6% | 81% | 1,163 | Complete | |
| North Bennet Street School Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $27,251 | 90.0% | Not available | 155 | Partial | |
| North Shore Community College Danvers, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $9,000 | 17.8% | Not available | 4,393 | Partial | |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $30,915 | 90.5% | 5% | 17,326 | Complete | |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 7% | 1,802 | Partial | |
| Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $6,046 | 20.9% | Not available | 3,685 | Partial | |
| Northpoint Bible College Haverhill, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $23,635 | 54.4% | Not available | 86 | Complete | |
| Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton Brockton, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee Chicopee, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester Worcester, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Quincy College Quincy, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $17,126 | 15.1% | Not available | 2,300 | Complete | |
| Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $9,090 | 21.6% | Not available | 6,447 | Partial | |
| Regis College Weston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,477 | 72.2% | 70% | 956 | Complete | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River Fall River, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $29,124 | 86.8% | Not available | 97 | Partial | |
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford New Bedford, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,805 | 75.0% | Not available | 15 | Partial | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton Taunton, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,493 | 81.3% | Not available | 23 | Partial | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,383 | 90.3% | Not available | 109 | Partial | |
| Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $12,244 | 28.3% | Not available | 1,977 | Partial | |
| Saint John's Seminary Brighton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 7 | Missing | |
| Salem State University Salem, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $15,996 | 49.8% | 96% | 4,291 | Complete | |
| Sattler College Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | 81.3% | 69% | 57 | Partial | |
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $35,126 | 80.0% | Not available | 37 | Partial | |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $22,761 | 33.3% | 34% | 146 | Complete | |
| Simmons University Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,265 | 72.3% | 70% | 1,670 | Complete | |
| Smith College Northampton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,579 | 89.0% | 21% | 2,544 | Complete | |
| Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $7,060 | 74.4% | 71% | 260 | Partial | |
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District Charlton, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $34,539 | 88.9% | 4% | 40 | Partial | |
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $38,758 | Not available | Not available | 118 | Partial | |
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $31,895 | 87.1% | Not available | 233 | Partial | |
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $28,170 | 77.3% | Not available | 182 | Partial | |
| Springfield College Springfield, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $30,587 | 74.2% | 72% | 1,751 | Complete | |
| Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education Springfield, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 72% | 176 | Partial | |
| Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA | MA | Public, 2-year | $5,662 | 31.8% | Not available | 4,759 | Partial | |
| Stonehill College Easton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $33,016 | 76.0% | 66% | 2,528 | Complete | |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,618 | 60.9% | 82% | 4,268 | Complete | |
| Technology Learning Center Oxford, MA | MA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 31 | Missing | |
| The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $46,754 | 73.4% | 41% | 393 | Complete | |
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England Northfield, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 83% | Not available | Partial | |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $11,682 | 70.2% | Not available | 72 | Partial | |
| Tufts University Medford, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $39,998 | 93.5% | 11% | 7,061 | Complete | |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $22,383 | 83.3% | 60% | 23,671 | Complete | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $17,707 | 49.4% | 84% | 11,512 | Complete | |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $20,927 | 52.1% | 91% | 5,221 | Complete | |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $17,163 | 64.8% | 83% | 11,434 | Complete | |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Bourne, MA | MA | Public, <2-year | $8,373 | 76.0% | 71% | 70 | Partial | |
| Urban College of Boston Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $6,957 | 0.0% | Not available | 438 | Partial | |
| Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,496 | 91.5% | 14% | 2,300 | Complete | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $34,170 | 68.2% | 91% | 3,747 | Complete | |
| Western New England University Springfield, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,290 | 64.0% | 83% | 2,603 | Complete | |
| Westfield State University Westfield, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $16,721 | 54.4% | 81% | 3,615 | Complete | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,822 | 72.8% | 68% | 1,773 | Complete | |
| William James College Newton, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 39 | Missing | |
| Williams College Williamstown, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $17,716 | 93.6% | 8% | 2,076 | Complete | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | MA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $43,071 | 89.7% | 60% | 5,447 | Complete | |
| Worcester State University Worcester, MA | MA | Public, 4-year | $13,381 | 61.5% | 88% | 3,930 | Complete |
Frequently asked questions
How many colleges are there in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has 145 degree-granting institutions tracked by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, spanning public, private nonprofit, and for-profit schools.
What is the average cost of college in Massachusetts?
The median net price across Massachusetts colleges is $24,883 per year. Net price is what a typical student pays after grant aid and scholarships — a much better number than sticker price.
Which Massachusetts colleges have the highest graduation rates?
The top performers by graduation rate include Charles H McCann Technical School (100.0%), EINE Inc (100.0%), FINE Mortuary College (100.0%). Sort the table by graduation rate to see the full ranking.
Is the data on this page up to date?
Yes. All figures come from the latest College Scorecard release published by the U.S. Department of Education.