For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges is 38.47%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 20.40%. A total of 672,378 have applied, 258,661 admitted, and 52,776 students have enrolled one of Massachusetts Colleges.
Of the Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.24% acceptance rate, and Northeastern University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 6.80%.
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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Massachusetts Colleges | School Name | Applicants | Admitted |
Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Admission Yield |
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American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 2,707 | 2,419 | 331 |
89.36% | 13.68% |
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Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 14,864 | 1,079 | 467 |
7.26% | 43.28% |
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Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 3,514 | 2,445 | 202 |
69.58% | 8.26% |
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Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 4,035 | 3,321 | 369 |
82.30% | 11.11% |
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Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 7,607 | 1,700 | 656 |
22.35% | 38.59% |
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Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA | 154 | 147 | 94 |
95.45% | 63.95% |
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Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 788 | 596 | 139 |
75.63% | 23.32% |
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Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 9,662 | 5,592 | 1,141 |
57.88% | 20.40% |
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Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 7,286 | 3,951 | 1,627 |
54.23% | 41.18% |
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Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 13 | 13 | 5 |
100.00% | 38.46% |
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 40,494 | 6,748 | 2,335 |
16.66% | 34.60% |
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Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 80,796 | 11,607 | 3,635 |
14.37% | 31.32% |
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Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 9,917 | 3,908 | 986 |
39.41% | 25.23% |
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Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 8,807 | 7,725 | 1,570 |
87.71% | 20.32% |
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Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 8,787 | 4,422 | 703 |
50.32% | 15.90% |
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College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 1,177 | 1,070 | 146 |
90.91% | 13.64% |
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College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 7,036 | 2,558 | 903 |
36.36% | 35.30% |
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Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 4,743 | 4,151 | 490 |
87.52% | 11.80% |
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Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 4,860 | 3,691 | 343 |
75.95% | 9.29% |
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Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | 688 | 426 | 72 |
61.92% | 16.90% |
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Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 12,109 | 5,176 | 1,002 |
42.75% | 19.36% |
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Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 5,786 | 4,611 | 568 |
79.69% | 12.32% |
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Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 5,430 | 3,981 | 871 |
73.31% | 21.88% |
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Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 3,333 | 2,474 | 194 |
74.23% | 7.84% |
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Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 3,084 | 2,654 | 486 |
86.06% | 18.31% |
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Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 4,526 | 3,956 | 490 |
87.41% | 12.39% |
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Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 862 | 165 | 75 |
19.14% | 45.45% |
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Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 1,395 | 1,280 | 317 |
91.76% | 24.77% |
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Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 2,090 | 1,440 | 228 |
68.90% | 15.83% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 61,221 | 1,984 | 1,646 |
3.24% | 82.96% |
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Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 38 | 22 | 4 |
57.89% | 18.18% |
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Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | 2,279 | 1,088 | 215 |
47.74% | 19.76% |
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Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | 103 | 40 | 12 |
38.83% | 30.00% |
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Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 2,833 | 2,074 | 314 |
73.21% | 15.14% |
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Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 3,144 | 2,711 | 240 |
86.23% | 8.85% |
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Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | 82 | 73 | 11 |
89.02% | 15.07% |
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Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 2,598 | 2,043 | 409 |
78.64% | 20.02% |
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Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 1,456 | 1,346 | 177 |
92.45% | 13.15% |
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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 1,028 | 919 | 317 |
89.40% | 34.49% |
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MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA | 5,698 | 5,029 | 759 |
88.26% | 15.09% |
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Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 13,175 | 9,833 | 1,182 |
74.63% | 12.02% |
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Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 4,894 | 1,946 | 544 |
39.76% | 27.95% |
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Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 2,358 | 2,001 | 317 |
84.86% | 15.84% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 91,000 | 6,191 | 2,519 |
6.80% | 40.69% |
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Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 2,841 | 2,522 | 203 |
88.77% | 8.05% |
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Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 5,093 | 4,719 | 863 |
92.66% | 18.29% |
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Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 4,001 | 3,059 | 392 |
76.46% | 12.81% |
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Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 7,269 | 1,662 | 619 |
22.86% | 37.24% |
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Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 3,549 | 2,684 | 529 |
75.63% | 19.71% |
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Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 7,269 | 5,338 | 737 |
73.44% | 13.81% |
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Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 9,699 | 8,418 | 1,260 |
86.79% | 14.97% |
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The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 815 | 306 | 48 |
37.55% | 15.69% |
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Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 34,882 | 3,381 | 1,695 |
9.69% | 50.13% |
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University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 45,451 | 28,871 | 5,589 |
63.52% | 19.36% |
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University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 19,512 | 15,757 | 2,441 |
80.76% | 15.49% |
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University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 8,837 | 8,441 | 1,319 |
95.52% | 15.63% |
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University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 12,253 | 10,532 | 1,937 |
85.95% | 18.39% |
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 8,491 | 1,152 | 585 |
13.57% | 50.78% |
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Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 5,537 | 5,111 | 832 |
92.31% | 16.28% |
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Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 6,128 | 5,393 | 589 |
88.01% | 10.92% |
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Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 6,625 | 5,400 | 803 |
81.51% | 14.87% |
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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 4,031 | 3,204 | 494 |
79.48% | 15.42% |
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Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 15,321 | 1,302 | 577 |
8.50% | 44.32% |
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Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 11,599 | 6,667 | 1,354 |
57.48% | 20.31% |
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Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 4,718 | 4,136 | 799 |
87.66% | 19.32% |
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| Average | 10,344 | 3,979 | 812 | 38.47% | 20.40% |
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*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).
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