How Graduation Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduation rate of Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges is 59.14%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 graduation rate decreased by 3.17%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges has decreased by 7.58% from 63.99% to 59.14%. Of the 143 Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges, 39 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 81 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2023 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges graduation rate comparison table.

Comparison Table of Graduation Rate Changes for Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges

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Graduation Rate Changes from 2017 to 2022 at Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Average
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA---62.00%64.00%
2%
63.00%
American International CollegeSpringfield, MA47.00%43.00%
4%
43.00%42.00%
1%
36.00%
6%
42.20%
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA93.00%95.00%
2%
94.00%
1%
92.00%
2%
91.00%
1%
93.00%
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA46.00%45.00%
1%
49.00%
4%
47.00%
2%
40.00%
7%
45.40%
Assabet Valley Regional Technical SchoolMarlborough, MA94.00%----94.00%
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA75.00%69.00%
6%
73.00%
4%
71.00%
2%
72.00%
1%
72.00%
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA91.00%93.00%
2%
94.00%
1%
93.00%
1%
92.00%
1%
92.60%
Bancroft School of Massage TherapyWorcester, MA-----0.00%
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA70.00%35.00%
35%
50.00%
15%
80.00%
30%
25.00%
55%
52.00%
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA59.00%54.00%
5%
59.00%
5%
50.00%
9%
47.00%
3%
53.80%
Bay State CollegeBoston, MA38.00%33.00%
5%
18.00%
15%
16.00%
2%
23.00%
7%
25.60%
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA89.00%89.00%89.00%87.00%
2%
87.00%88.20%
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA64.00%65.00%
1%
65.00%66.00%
1%
68.00%
2%
65.60%
Berkshire Community CollegePittsfield, MA19.00%24.00%
5%
20.00%
4%
17.00%
3%
16.00%
1%
19.20%
Empire Beauty School-BostonBoston, MA56.00%----56.00%
Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA20.00%13.00%
7%
33.00%
20%
68.00%
35%
22.00%
46%
31.20%
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA92.00%94.00%
2%
91.00%
3%
90.00%
1%
90.00%91.40%
Boston UniversityBoston, MA88.00%88.00%89.00%
1%
89.00%88.00%
1%
88.40%
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA88.00%87.00%
1%
89.00%
2%
87.00%
2%
87.00%87.60%
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA60.00%61.00%
1%
59.00%
2%
62.00%
3%
56.00%
6%
59.60%
Bristol Community CollegeFall River, MA20.00%18.00%
2%
19.00%
1%
20.00%
1%
21.00%
1%
19.60%
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of NursingBrockton, MA50.00%75.00%
25%
75.00%57.00%
18%
-64.25%
Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, MA14.00%14.00%15.00%
1%
15.00%16.00%
1%
14.80%
Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA17.00%8.00%
9%
20.00%
12%
--15.00%
Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, MA22.00%23.00%
1%
15.00%
8%
26.00%
11%
23.00%
3%
21.80%
Catherine Hinds Institute of EstheticsWoburn, MA89.00%----89.00%
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA-50.00%-100.00%100.00%83.33%
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA77.00%78.00%
1%
74.00%
4%
78.00%
4%
76.00%
2%
76.60%
Curry CollegeMilton, MA53.00%52.00%
1%
54.00%
2%
54.00%52.00%
2%
53.00%
Lincoln Technical Institute-SomervilleSomerville, MA55.00%----55.00%
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA39.00%43.00%
4%
51.00%
8%
48.00%
3%
44.00%
4%
45.00%
Diman Regional Technical InstituteFall River, MA70.00%----70.00%
National Aviation Academy of New EnglandConcord, MA78.00%64.00%
14%
74.00%
10%
72.00%
2%
72.00%72.00%
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA46.00%40.00%
6%
38.00%
2%
56.00%
18%
49.00%
7%
45.80%
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA79.00%82.00%
3%
78.00%
4%
78.00%77.00%
1%
78.80%
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA66.00%65.00%
1%
61.00%
4%
70.00%
9%
65.00%
5%
65.40%
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA76.00%74.00%
2%
78.00%
4%
77.00%
1%
78.00%
1%
76.60%
Rob Roy Academy-Fall RiverFall River, MA48.00%----48.00%
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA24.00%33.00%
9%
34.00%
1%
35.00%
1%
26.00%
9%
30.40%
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA61.00%57.00%
4%
57.00%57.00%56.00%
1%
57.60%
Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA56.00%61.00%
5%
60.00%
1%
50.00%
10%
54.00%
4%
56.20%
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA45.00%46.00%
1%
51.00%
5%
41.00%
10%
43.00%
2%
45.20%
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA70.00%69.00%
1%
72.00%
3%
72.00%68.00%
4%
70.20%
Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield, MA21.00%27.00%
6%
27.00%26.00%
1%
32.00%
6%
26.60%
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA66.00%62.00%
4%
66.00%
4%
62.00%
4%
60.00%
2%
63.20%
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA98.00%97.00%
1%
97.00%96.00%
1%
97.00%
1%
97.00%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA69.00%62.00%
7%
61.00%
1%
58.00%
3%
60.00%
2%
62.00%
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA92.00%89.00%
3%
92.00%
3%
92.00%91.00%
1%
91.20%
Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, MA20.00%22.00%
2%
22.00%22.00%24.00%
2%
22.00%
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA61.00%59.00%
2%
62.00%
3%
66.00%
4%
60.00%
6%
61.60%
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of NursingMedford, MA100.00%----100.00%
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA61.00%59.00%
2%
60.00%
1%
60.00%61.00%
1%
60.20%
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA56.00%50.00%
6%
54.00%
4%
-81.00%60.25%
Lowell Academy Hairstyling InstituteLowell, MA59.00%----59.00%
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA63.00%66.00%
3%
68.00%
2%
69.00%
1%
71.00%
2%
67.40%
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA80.00%81.00%
1%
83.00%
2%
83.00%83.00%82.00%
University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA48.00%49.00%
1%
49.00%49.00%51.00%
2%
49.20%
Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, MA19.00%19.00%20.00%
1%
17.00%
3%
18.00%
1%
18.60%
MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA69.00%74.00%
5%
70.00%
4%
67.00%
3%
61.00%
6%
68.20%
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA63.00%70.00%
7%
74.00%
4%
73.00%
1%
66.00%
7%
69.20%
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA94.00%95.00%
1%
95.00%96.00%
1%
94.00%
2%
94.80%
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA73.00%76.00%
3%
84.00%
8%
77.00%
7%
79.00%
2%
77.80%
William James CollegeNewton, MA-----0.00%
Massachusetts School of BarberingQuincy, MA100.00%----100.00%
Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, MA17.00%18.00%
1%
19.00%
1%
16.00%
3%
18.00%
2%
17.60%
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA71.00%74.00%
3%
73.00%
1%
69.00%
4%
68.00%
1%
71.00%
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA-----0.00%
Middlesex Community CollegeBedford, MA21.00%20.00%
1%
20.00%20.00%16.00%
4%
19.40%
Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA55.00%57.00%
2%
64.00%
7%
62.00%
2%
61.00%
1%
59.80%
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA83.00%82.00%
1%
84.00%
2%
84.00%82.00%
2%
83.00%
Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, MA18.00%22.00%
4%
25.00%
3%
21.00%
4%
27.00%
6%
22.60%
Rob Roy Academy-New BedfordNew Bedford, MA48.00%----48.00%
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA85.00%80.00%
5%
70.00%
10%
82.00%
12%
80.00%
2%
79.40%
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA55.00%58.00%
3%
54.00%
4%
57.00%
3%
58.00%
1%
56.40%
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA56.00%61.00%
5%
52.00%
9%
58.00%
6%
55.00%
3%
56.40%
North Bennet Street SchoolBoston, MA87.00%72.00%
15%
87.00%
15%
90.00%
3%
85.00%
5%
84.20%
North Shore Community CollegeDanvers, MA22.00%24.00%
2%
24.00%21.00%
3%
20.00%
1%
22.20%
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA88.00%89.00%
1%
89.00%90.00%
1%
91.00%
1%
89.40%
Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, MA15.00%18.00%
3%
17.00%
1%
14.00%
3%
18.00%
4%
16.40%
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA66.00%72.00%
6%
64.00%
8%
68.00%
4%
74.00%
6%
68.80%
Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA16.00%15.00%
1%
15.00%13.00%
2%
15.00%
2%
14.80%
Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, MA18.00%21.00%
3%
22.00%
1%
20.00%
2%
21.00%
1%
20.40%
Regis CollegeWeston, MA57.00%67.00%
10%
64.00%
3%
60.00%
4%
66.00%
6%
62.80%
Roxbury Community CollegeRoxbury Crossing, MA9.00%39.00%
30%
50.00%
11%
27.00%
23%
13.00%
14%
27.60%
Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA-----0.00%
Salem State UniversitySalem, MA58.00%57.00%
1%
59.00%
2%
56.00%
3%
55.00%
1%
57.00%
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA80.00%80.00%79.00%
1%
70.00%
9%
74.00%
4%
76.60%
Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA60.00%68.00%
8%
61.00%
7%
69.00%
8%
64.00%
5%
64.40%
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA89.00%88.00%
1%
86.00%
2%
90.00%
4%
88.00%
2%
88.20%
Southeastern Technical InstituteSouth Easton, MA85.00%----85.00%
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA72.00%73.00%
1%
72.00%
1%
73.00%
1%
73.00%72.60%
Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, MA22.00%22.00%23.00%
1%
24.00%
1%
21.00%
3%
22.40%
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA56.00%59.00%
3%
51.00%
8%
54.00%
3%
54.00%54.80%
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA79.00%82.00%
3%
81.00%
1%
84.00%
3%
79.00%
5%
81.00%
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA59.00%57.00%
2%
60.00%
3%
60.00%60.00%59.20%
Rob Roy Academy-TauntonTaunton, MA29.00%----29.00%
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA93.00%94.00%
1%
93.00%
1%
93.00%93.00%93.20%
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA92.00%91.00%
1%
93.00%
2%
92.00%
1%
90.00%
2%
91.60%
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA66.00%72.00%
6%
69.00%
3%
71.00%
2%
68.00%
3%
69.20%
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA60.00%64.00%
4%
63.00%
1%
63.00%67.00%
4%
63.40%
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA63.00%61.00%
2%
63.00%
2%
60.00%
3%
59.00%
1%
61.20%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA78.00%75.00%
3%
77.00%
2%
72.00%
5%
79.00%
7%
76.20%
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA95.00%95.00%95.00%93.00%
2%
95.00%
2%
94.60%
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA87.00%89.00%
2%
88.00%
1%
87.00%
1%
88.00%
1%
87.80%
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA57.00%57.00%58.00%
1%
60.00%
2%
58.00%
2%
58.00%
Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA46.00%54.00%
8%
44.00%
10%
50.00%
6%
31.00%
19%
45.00%
Blue Hills Regional Technical SchoolCanton, MA100.00%----100.00%
Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage TherapyMedford, MA89.00%----89.00%
New England Hair AcademyMalden, MA63.00%----63.00%
Rob Roy Academy-WorcesterWorcester, MA42.00%----42.00%
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical SchoolBourne, MA88.00%----88.00%
Greater Lowell Technical SchoolTyngsboro, MA100.00%----100.00%
Empire Beauty School-MaldenMalden, MA70.00%----70.00%
EINE IncTewksbury, MA50.00%----50.00%
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical NursingBillerica, MA93.00%----93.00%
Motoring Technical Training InstituteSeekonk, MA86.00%----86.00%
Charles H McCann Technical SchoolNorth Adams, MA89.00%----89.00%
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield CampusPittsfield, MA36.00%----36.00%
Urban College of BostonBoston, MA-7.00%25.00%
18%
30.00%
5%
12.00%
18%
18.50%
Monty TechFitchburg, MA86.00%----86.00%
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-WorcesterWorcester, MA90.00%----90.00%
FINE Mortuary CollegeNorwood, MA100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA93.00%96.00%
3%
93.00%
3%
97.00%
4%
93.00%
4%
94.40%
Spa Tech Institute-WestboroWestborough, MA88.00%----88.00%
Spa Tech Institute-PlymouthPlymouth, MA85.00%----85.00%
DiGrigoli School of CosmetologyWest Springfield, MA63.00%----63.00%
Millennium Training InstituteWoburn, MA95.00%----95.00%
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School DistrictUpton, MA-----0.00%
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School DistrictCharlton, MA100.00%----100.00%
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High SchoolFranklin, MA100.00%----100.00%
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of MassachusettsNorth Andover, MA77.00%----77.00%
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA-----0.00%
Alexander AcademyLunenburg, MA64.00%----64.00%
Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA-----0.00%
Jupiter Beauty AcademyBoston, MA83.00%----83.00%
Northern Vermont University - Northern Essex Community CollegeLawrence, MA-----0.00%
Bard College - Holyoke MicrocollegeHolyoke, MA-----0.00%
Porter and Chester Institute - ChicopeeChicopee, MA-----0.00%
Porter and Chester Institute - BrocktonBrockton, MA-----0.00%
Porter and Chester Institute of WorcesterWorcester, MA-----0.00%
Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA-----0.00%
Technology Learning CenterOxford, MA-----0.00%
Spa Tech Institute-North AndoverNorth Andover, MA-----0.00%
Average63.99%58.99%
5%
59.90%
0.91%
61.08%
1.18%
59.14%
1.93%
60.62%
*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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