How Acceptance Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Massachusetts Private Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Private Colleges is 57.96%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate decreased by 0.83%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Massachusetts Private Colleges has increased by 2.51% from 55.45% to 57.96%. Of the 54 Massachusetts Private Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 29 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 25 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Massachusetts Private Colleges admission statistics comparison table.

Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Massachusetts Private Colleges

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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Massachusetts Private Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Change
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA57.09%43.35%
13.73%
45.15%
1.8%
50.70%
5.55%
47.74%
2.96%
9.34%
American International CollegeSpringfield, MA68.39%64.58%
3.81%
69.38%
4.79%
57.87%
11.51%
89.36%
31.49%
20.97%
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA12.82%11.31%
1.51%
11.83%
0.52%
8.74%
3.08%
7.26%
1.48%
5.56%
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA73.62%74.05%
0.43%
86.07%
12.02%
72.85%
13.22%
69.58%
3.27%
4.04%
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA81.07%81.08%
0.01%
80.92%
0.16%
86.49%
5.57%
82.30%
4.18%
1.24%
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA24.41%26.41%
2%
26.97%
0.56%
25.35%
1.61%
22.35%
3%
2.06%
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA77.27%90.91%
13.64%
77.78%
13.13%
63.64%
14.14%
100.00%
36.36%
22.73%
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA60.41%71.77%
11.36%
78.31%
6.54%
75.41%
2.9%
75.63%
0.23%
15.22%
Bay State CollegeBoston, MA69.27%66.67%
2.61%
34.14%
32.53%
50.00%
15.86%
47.71%
2.29%
21.57%
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA43.21%46.72%
3.51%
57.82%
11.1%
60.94%
3.12%
57.88%
3.06%
14.66%
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA47.64%51.44%
3.8%
51.60%
0.16%
55.17%
3.57%
54.23%
0.95%
6.59%
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA27.89%27.22%
0.66%
26.38%
0.84%
19.04%
7.34%
16.66%
2.38%
11.22%
Boston UniversityBoston, MA22.09%18.94%
3.15%
20.09%
1.15%
18.65%
1.44%
14.37%
4.28%
7.73%
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA31.15%29.90%
1.25%
33.40%
3.5%
39.14%
5.74%
39.41%
0.27%
8.26%
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA18.07%20.83%
2.76%
51.06%
30.23%
75.00%
23.94%
38.84%
36.17%
20.76%
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA59.39%52.78%
6.6%
47.13%
5.65%
48.03%
0.9%
50.32%
2.29%
9.06%
Curry CollegeMilton, MA92.71%87.06%
5.65%
92.71%
5.65%
80.32%
12.39%
87.52%
7.2%
5.19%
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA82.86%68.82%
14.04%
70.52%
1.7%
73.60%
3.08%
75.95%
2.35%
6.91%
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA63.68%59.01%
4.68%
64.38%
5.37%
64.08%
0.3%
61.92%
2.16%
1.77%
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA35.64%33.35%
2.29%
41.05%
7.7%
45.28%
4.23%
42.75%
2.54%
7.11%
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA77.00%78.14%
1.14%
75.52%
2.62%
73.88%
1.64%
79.69%
5.81%
2.69%
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA80.49%69.31%
11.18%
70.40%
1.09%
77.21%
6.81%
73.31%
3.9%
7.17%
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA67.28%69.29%
2.02%
77.72%
8.42%
72.35%
5.37%
74.23%
1.88%
6.95%
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA75.47%74.05%
1.43%
68.27%
5.77%
77.43%
9.16%
91.76%
14.33%
16.28%
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA62.85%1.97%
60.88%
58.82%
56.85%
75.15%
16.33%
68.90%
6.25%
6.04%
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA4.73%4.64%
0.1%
5.01%
0.37%
4.01%
1%
3.24%
0.77%
1.49%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA41.46%64.10%
22.64%
57.14%
6.96%
75.68%
18.53%
57.89%
17.78%
16.43%
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA38.01%34.22%
3.78%
37.94%
3.72%
42.87%
4.93%
36.36%
6.52%
1.65%
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA79.78%83.65%
3.87%
84.54%
0.89%
85.06%
0.52%
73.21%
11.85%
6.57%
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA75.72%74.68%
1.04%
83.81%
9.13%
86.95%
3.13%
86.23%
0.72%
10.51%
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA90.63%72.97%
17.65%
90.00%
17.03%
89.22%
0.78%
89.02%
0.19%
1.6%
MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA93.48%85.33%
8.15%
91.12%
5.79%
97.71%
6.59%
88.26%
9.45%
5.22%
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA6.74%6.70%
0.05%
7.26%
0.56%
4.11%
3.15%
3.96%
0.15%
2.79%
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA82.76%81.90%
0.86%
81.64%
0.26%
80.30%
1.34%
74.63%
5.67%
8.13%
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA50.91%38.15%
12.75%
52.47%
14.32%
52.30%
0.17%
39.76%
12.54%
11.14%
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA36.47%36.94%
0.46%
36.27%
0.67%
43.28%
7.01%
37.55%
5.73%
1.07%
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA82.26%79.74%
2.52%
80.38%
0.63%
84.77%
4.39%
84.86%
0.09%
2.6%
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA19.34%18.05%
1.29%
20.48%
2.42%
18.38%
2.1%
6.80%
11.58%
12.53%
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA67.47%75.09%
7.62%
69.78%
5.31%
67.92%
1.85%
90.91%
22.99%
23.44%
Regis CollegeWeston, MA77.53%79.26%
1.73%
84.08%
4.82%
89.06%
4.98%
88.77%
0.29%
11.25%
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA69.72%73.13%
3.42%
82.55%
9.41%
83.53%
0.99%
76.46%
7.08%
6.74%
Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA80.78%93.03%
12.25%
93.95%
0.92%
80.09%
13.86%
95.45%
15.36%
14.67%
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA30.95%32.46%
1.51%
36.52%
4.06%
29.91%
6.61%
22.86%
7.05%
8.09%
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA63.17%68.06%
4.89%
63.41%
4.65%
76.90%
13.49%
75.63%
1.27%
12.45%
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA69.57%67.69%
1.88%
68.96%
1.27%
72.00%
3.04%
73.44%
1.43%
3.86%
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA85.33%83.63%
1.7%
85.90%
2.26%
88.03%
2.13%
86.79%
1.24%
1.46%
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA14.62%14.95%
0.33%
16.30%
1.35%
11.43%
4.87%
9.69%
1.74%
4.93%
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA19.54%21.56%
2.02%
20.41%
1.16%
16.18%
4.23%
13.57%
2.61%
5.98%
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA76.04%68.55%
7.49%
93.54%
24.98%
89.54%
3.99%
92.31%
2.76%
16.27%
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA85.37%85.18%
0.19%
89.43%
4.25%
89.88%
0.45%
88.01%
1.88%
2.64%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA69.84%73.89%
4.05%
77.10%
3.2%
82.06%
4.97%
79.48%
2.58%
9.64%
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA12.97%12.60%
0.37%
15.12%
2.52%
8.83%
6.29%
8.50%
0.33%
4.47%
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA41.59%49.37%
7.77%
59.05%
9.68%
60.21%
1.17%
57.48%
2.74%
15.89%
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA15.72%15.69%
0.03%
16.44%
0.75%
17.97%
1.53%
19.14%
1.17%
3.42%
Average55.45%53.97%
1.48%
57.74%
3.77%
58.79%
1.05%
57.96%
0.83%
2.51%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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