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Best Colleges in Massachusetts (2026)

147 colleges ranked by graduate earnings, acceptance rates, and outcomes — powered by federal data from the U.S. Department of Education.

147

Colleges

$59,509

Avg Earnings (10yr)

$23,997

Avg Net Price

62%

Avg Admit Rate

64%

Avg Grad Rate

State Overview

Massachusetts is home to 147 colleges and universities, ranging from research universities to community colleges. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads the state in graduate earnings, with state alumni earning $59,509 on average ten years after enrollment. Whether you're looking for a flagship research university, a liberal arts college, or a career-focused program, Massachusetts offers diverse options across all price points.

Quick Facts — Massachusetts Colleges

Highest Earning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$143,372median earnings

Most Selective

Harvard University

4%acceptance rate

Best Grad Rate

Harvard University

97%6-yr grad rate

Most Affordable

Middlesex Community College

$2,624avg net price

Top 10 Colleges in Massachusetts by Graduate Earnings

Ranked by median earnings 10 years after enrollment. Public and private nonprofit only.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge·Private Nonprofit

Admit

Net Price

$20,111

Grad Rate

96%

Earnings

$143,372

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham·Private Nonprofit

Admit

25%

Net Price

$25,171

Grad Rate

94%

Earnings

$129,455

MCPHS University

Boston·Private Nonprofit

Admit

85%

Net Price

$39,545

Grad Rate

63%

Earnings

$125,557

Babson College

Wellesley·Private Nonprofit

Admit

17%

Net Price

$40,514

Grad Rate

93%

Earnings

$123,938

Bentley University

Waltham·Private Nonprofit

Admit

45%

Net Price

$37,930

Grad Rate

88%

Earnings

$120,959

Boston College

Chestnut Hill·Private Nonprofit

Admit

16%

Net Price

$41,704

Grad Rate

91%

Earnings

$103,937

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester·Private Nonprofit

Admit

60%

Net Price

$43,071

Grad Rate

89%

Earnings

$103,470

Harvard University

Cambridge·Private Nonprofit

Admit

Net Price

$19,066

Grad Rate

97%

Earnings

$101,817

Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing

Medford·Private Nonprofit

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$101,466

Northeastern University

Boston·Private Nonprofit

Admit

Net Price

$30,915

Grad Rate

90%

Earnings

$92,538

Most Affordable Colleges in Massachusetts

Lowest average net price after grants and scholarships. Public and private nonprofit only.

#1 Most AffordablePublic

Middlesex Community College

Bedford, MA

$2,624/ yr avg net

23% grad rate

#2 Most AffordablePublic

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

$5,547/ yr avg net

22% grad rate

#3 Most AffordablePublic

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, MA

$5,662/ yr avg net

29% grad rate

#4 Most AffordablePublic

Northern Essex Community College

Haverhill, MA

$6,046/ yr avg net

20% grad rate

#5 Most AffordablePrivate Nonprofit

Urban College of Boston

Boston, MA

$6,957/ yr avg net

Popular Majors

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All Colleges in Massachusetts

All 147 accredited institutions. Click column headers to sort.

School	City	Type	Admit Rate	Net Price	Grad Rate	Earnings (10yr)
Alexander Academy	Lunenburg	Private For-Profit	N/A	$32,061	62%	N/A
American International College	Springfield	Private Nonprofit	100%	$23,274	44%	$53,124
Amherst College	Amherst	Private Nonprofit	9%	$23,367	94%	$77,644
Anna Maria College	Paxton	Private Nonprofit	50%	$28,333	44%	$46,651
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School	Marlborough	Public	85%	$29,449	64%	N/A
Assumption University	Worcester	Private Nonprofit	83%	$29,498	75%	$74,895
Babson College	Wellesley	Private Nonprofit	17%	$40,514	93%	$123,938
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy	Worcester	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege	Holyoke	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46,543
Bard College at Simon's Rock	Great Barrington	Private Nonprofit	96%	$31,625	61%	$46,543
Bay Path University	Longmeadow	Private Nonprofit	85%	$14,271	51%	$55,383
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$15,488	46%	$57,556
Bentley University	Waltham	Private Nonprofit	45%	$37,930	88%	$120,959
Berklee College of Music	Boston	Private Nonprofit	44%	$49,465	67%	$33,647
Berkshire Community College	Pittsfield	Public	N/A	$9,921	21%	$38,832
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District	Upton	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Hills Regional Technical School	Canton	Public	100%	$16,405	N/A	N/A
Boston Architectural College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$25,865	36%	$62,123
Boston Baptist College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	91%	$17,933	44%	$34,159
Boston College	Chestnut Hill	Private Nonprofit	16%	$41,704	91%	$103,937
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc	Brookline	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston University	Boston	Private Nonprofit	11%	$24,402	89%	$83,238
Brandeis University	Waltham	Private Nonprofit	41%	$35,736	86%	$77,231
Bridgewater State University	Bridgewater	Public	88%	$16,383	54%	$57,466
Bristol Community College	Fall River	Public	N/A	$5,547	22%	$38,663
Bunker Hill Community College	Boston	Public	N/A	$7,818	16%	$47,618
Cambridge College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$31,072	N/A	$45,998
Cape Cod Community College	West Barnstable	Public	N/A	$8,296	22%	$43,670
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics	Woburn	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,086	95%	N/A
Charles H McCann Technical School	North Adams	Public	N/A	$14,998	94%	N/A
Clark University	Worcester	Private Nonprofit	40%	$28,714	77%	$62,381
COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester	Worcester	Private For-Profit	N/A	$24,598	84%	N/A
College of Our Lady of the Elms	Chicopee	Private Nonprofit	85%	$17,545	66%	$51,540
College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	Private Nonprofit	18%	$38,782	88%	$90,543
Conway School of Landscape Design	Northampton	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Curry College	Milton	Private Nonprofit	88%	$29,207	50%	$54,400
Dean College	Franklin	Private Nonprofit	74%	$30,684	48%	$38,109
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology	West Springfield	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,975	75%	$14,195
Diman Regional Technical Institute	Fall River	Public	39%	$21,734	74%	N/A
Eastern Nazarene College	Quincy	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$25,381	37%	$54,727
EINE Inc	Tewksbury	Private For-Profit	N/A	$22,951	N/A	N/A
Emerson College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	51%	$49,180	78%	$62,832
Emmanuel College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	76%	$26,706	67%	$68,245
Empire Beauty School-Malden	Malden	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,534	70%	$23,921
Endicott College	Beverly	Private Nonprofit	71%	$40,654	76%	$58,336
FINE Mortuary College	Norwood	Private For-Profit	N/A	$27,385	N/A	N/A
Fisher College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	71%	$26,649	28%	$49,669
Fitchburg State University	Fitchburg	Public	87%	$14,262	54%	$53,874
Framingham State University	Framingham	Public	84%	$16,114	49%	$52,349
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	Needham	Private Nonprofit	25%	$25,171	94%	$129,455
Gordon College	Wenham	Private Nonprofit	69%	$24,883	68%	$52,119
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary	South Hamilton	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Greater Lowell Technical School	Tyngsboro	Public	75%	$19,205	84%	N/A
Greenfield Community College	Greenfield	Public	N/A	$7,679	26%	$37,132
Hampshire College	Amherst	Private Nonprofit	75%	$24,034	56%	$46,938
Harvard University	Cambridge	Private Nonprofit	4%	$19,066	97%	$101,817
Hebrew College	Newton	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	Brookline	Private Nonprofit	80%	$25,203	55%	$51,724
Holyoke Community College	Holyoke	Public	N/A	$8,068	31%	$37,277
Hult International Business School	Cambridge	Private Nonprofit	60%	$45,447	66%	N/A
Jupiter Beauty Academy	Boston	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	85%	N/A
Laboure College of Healthcare	Milton	Private Nonprofit	50%	$36,863	N/A	$62,200
Lasell University	Newton	Private Nonprofit	81%	$27,511	56%	$49,705
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	Medford	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$101,466
Lesley University	Cambridge	Private Nonprofit	97%	$31,152	60%	$51,173
Longy School of Music of Bard College	Cambridge	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$38,530	55%	$46,543
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute	Lowell	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,839	73%	N/A
Massachusetts Bay Community College	Wellesley Hills	Public	N/A	$7,169	16%	$52,654
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	Boston	Public	76%	$24,100	69%	$43,582
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	Public	90%	$16,068	52%	$48,102
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	Private Nonprofit	5%	$20,111	96%	$143,372
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay	Public	95%	$21,582	77%	$82,392
Massachusetts School of Barbering	Quincy	Private For-Profit	N/A	$15,216	77%	N/A
Massachusetts School of Law	Andover	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Massasoit Community College	Brockton	Public	N/A	$8,460	21%	$46,111
MCPHS University	Boston	Private Nonprofit	85%	$39,545	63%	$125,557
Merrimack College	North Andover	Private Nonprofit	70%	$37,927	71%	$75,584
MGH Institute of Health Professions	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$87,130
Middlesex Community College	Bedford	Public	N/A	$2,624	23%	$50,651
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus	Pittsfield	Private For-Profit	N/A	$26,900	35%	$38,830
Montserrat College of Art	Beverly	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$33,216	57%	$33,022
Monty Tech	Fitchburg	Public	83%	$41,748	75%	N/A
Motoring Technical Training Institute	Seekonk	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,255	89%	$48,281
Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	Private Nonprofit	36%	$26,441	85%	$58,418
Mount Wachusett Community College	Gardner	Public	N/A	$7,931	27%	$41,118
National Aviation Academy of New England	Concord	Private For-Profit	N/A	$27,871	79%	$59,009
New England College of Optometry	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New England Hair Academy	Malden	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,917	70%	N/A
New England Law-Boston	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts	North Andover	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,164	74%	$53,085
Nichols College	Dudley	Private Nonprofit	81%	$33,036	63%	$58,063
North Bennet Street School	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$27,251	93%	$43,993
North Shore Community College	Danvers	Public	N/A	$9,000	18%	$45,391
Northeastern University	Boston	Private Nonprofit	5%	$30,915	90%	$92,538
Northeastern University Professional Programs	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$92,538
Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill	Public	N/A	$6,046	20%	$42,862
Northpoint Bible College	Haverhill	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$23,635	52%	$42,210
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary	Weston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton	Brockton	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$41,588
Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee	Chicopee	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$41,588
Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester	Worcester	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$41,588
Quincy College	Quincy	Public	N/A	$17,126	16%	$52,506
Quinsigamond Community College	Worcester	Public	N/A	$9,090	21%	$45,949
Regis College	Weston	Private Nonprofit	70%	$27,477	71%	$52,873
Rob Roy Academy-Fall River	Fall River	Private For-Profit	N/A	$29,124	85%	$32,113
Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford	New Bedford	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,805	N/A	N/A
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton	Taunton	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,493	N/A	N/A
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester	Worcester	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,383	89%	$30,033
Roxbury Community College	Roxbury Crossing	Public	N/A	$12,244	17%	$38,773
Saint John's Seminary	Brighton	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Salem State University	Salem	Public	96%	$15,996	52%	$56,662
Sattler College	Boston	Private Nonprofit	69%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing	Billerica	Public	N/A	$35,126	89%	N/A
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing	Brockton	Private Nonprofit	34%	$22,761	N/A	$88,084
Simmons University	Boston	Private Nonprofit	70%	$25,265	72%	$63,494
Smith College	Northampton	Private Nonprofit	21%	$27,579	89%	$64,027
Southeastern Technical Institute	South Easton	Public	71%	$7,060	69%	N/A
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District	Charlton	Public	4%	$34,539	80%	N/A
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover	North Andover	Private For-Profit	N/A	$38,758	N/A	$27,803
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth	Plymouth	Private For-Profit	N/A	$31,895	87%	$27,803
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro	Westborough	Private For-Profit	N/A	$28,170	76%	$27,803
Springfield College	Springfield	Private Nonprofit	72%	$30,587	71%	$48,036
Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education	Springfield	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$48,036
Springfield Technical Community College	Springfield	Public	N/A	$5,662	29%	$36,966
Stonehill College	Easton	Private Nonprofit	66%	$33,016	78%	$77,745
Suffolk University	Boston	Private Nonprofit	82%	$29,618	60%	$67,506
Technology Learning Center	Oxford	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
The New England Conservatory of Music	Boston	Private Nonprofit	41%	$46,754	76%	$34,483
Thomas Aquinas College - New England	Northfield	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$55,619
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School	Franklin	Public	N/A	$11,682	77%	N/A
Tufts University	Medford	Private Nonprofit	11%	$39,998	93%	$83,214
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Worcester	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Amherst	Public	60%	$22,383	83%	$71,631
University of Massachusetts-Boston	Boston	Public	84%	$17,707	50%	$65,865
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	Public	91%	$20,927	51%	$68,804
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Lowell	Public	83%	$17,163	67%	$64,874
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School	Bourne	Public	71%	$8,373	67%	N/A
Urban College of Boston	Boston	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$6,957	N/A	$35,472
Wellesley College	Wellesley	Private Nonprofit	14%	$25,496	91%	$84,803
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	Private Nonprofit	91%	$34,170	68%	$82,721
Western New England University	Springfield	Private Nonprofit	83%	$27,290	64%	$73,157
Westfield State University	Westfield	Public	81%	$16,721	55%	$57,346
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	Norton	Private Nonprofit	68%	$29,822	74%	$67,725
William James College	Newton	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Williams College	Williamstown	Private Nonprofit	8%	$17,716	95%	$88,665
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	Private Nonprofit	60%	$43,071	89%	$103,470
Worcester State University	Worcester	Public	88%	$13,381	58%	$60,624

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