The average acceptance rate for Massachusetts Colleges in the 2024-2025 academic year is 61.20%. This represents a 0.97% decrease compared to the previous year's acceptance rate.
Analyzing acceptance rate trends over the past 5 years (2020-2025), Massachusetts Colleges has experienced a 0.56% decrease in acceptance rates, moving from 61.77% to 61.20%. Among the 64 competitive 4-year colleges in Massachusetts Colleges, 31 schools have increased their acceptance rates while 33 schools have become more selective over this 5-year period.
The following analysis shows how acceptance rates have changed over the past 5 years for Massachusetts Colleges. Out of 64 schools with available data, 31 schools (48.4%) have seen an increase in their acceptance rates, while 33 schools (51.6%) experienced a decrease.
For comprehensive admission data including acceptance rates, number of applicants, admitted students, and enrolled students for 2025, visit our Massachusetts Colleges admission statistics comparison table.
| School Name | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | 45.15% | 50.70% 5.55% | 47.74% 2.96% | 53.35% 5.61% | 60.48% 7.13% | 15.33% |
| American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 69.38% | 57.87% 11.51% | 89.36% 31.49% | 96.90% 7.54% | 99.57% 2.67% | 30.19% |
| Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 11.83% | 8.74% 3.08% | 7.26% 1.48% | 9.82% 2.56% | 9.01% 0.81% | 2.82% |
| Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 86.07% | 72.85% 13.22% | 69.58% 3.27% | 89.56% 19.98% | 50.30% 39.25% | 35.76% |
| Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 80.92% | 86.49% 5.57% | 82.30% 4.18% | 86.54% 4.23% | 82.98% 3.55% | 2.07% |
| Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 26.97% | 25.35% 1.61% | 22.35% 3% | 19.74% 2.61% | 17.09% 2.65% | 9.88% |
| Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 77.78% | 63.64% 14.14% | 100.00% 36.36% | 100.00% | 90.91% 9.09% | 13.13% |
| Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 78.31% | 75.41% 2.9% | 75.63% 0.23% | 73.50% 2.14% | 85.20% 11.7% | 6.89% |
| Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 57.82% | 60.94% 3.12% | 57.88% 3.06% | 48.44% 9.44% | 45.05% 3.38% | 12.77% |
| Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 51.60% | 55.17% 3.57% | 54.23% 0.95% | 49.91% 4.32% | 43.53% 6.38% | 8.07% |
| Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 26.38% | 19.04% 7.34% | 16.66% 2.38% | 15.65% 1.01% | 16.43% 0.77% | 9.96% |
| Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 20.09% | 18.65% 1.44% | 14.37% 4.28% | 10.85% 3.52% | 11.11% 0.26% | 8.98% |
| Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 33.40% | 39.14% 5.74% | 39.41% 0.27% | 35.31% 4.09% | 40.50% 5.19% | 7.1% |
| Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 82.31% | 86.38% 4.06% | 87.71% 1.34% | 89.19% 1.48% | 87.81% 1.38% | 5.49% |
| Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | 51.06% | 75.00% 23.94% | 38.84% 36.17% | 40.54% 1.71% | 50.00% 9.46% | 1.06% |
| Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 47.13% | 48.03% 0.9% | 50.32% 2.29% | 41.67% 8.66% | 39.54% 2.13% | 7.59% |
| Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 92.71% | 80.32% 12.39% | 87.52% 7.2% | 92.05% 4.53% | 87.65% 4.39% | 5.06% |
| Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 70.52% | 73.60% 3.08% | 75.95% 2.35% | 73.71% 2.24% | 73.71% | 3.19% |
| Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 41.05% | 45.28% 4.23% | 42.75% 2.53% | 47.48% 4.74% | 51.31% 3.83% | 10.26% |
| Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 75.52% | 73.88% 1.64% | 79.69% 5.81% | 80.60% 0.9% | 75.65% 4.94% | 0.13% |
| Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 70.40% | 77.21% 6.81% | 73.31% 3.9% | 72.29% 1.02% | 71.21% 1.09% | 0.8% |
| Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 77.72% | 72.35% 5.37% | 74.23% 1.88% | 70.75% 3.48% | 70.68% 0.07% | 7.03% |
| Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 87.99% | 85.27% 2.73% | 86.06% 0.79% | 89.94% 3.88% | 86.93% 3.01% | 1.06% |
| Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 78.53% | 83.80% 5.27% | 87.41% 3.61% | 84.87% 2.54% | 83.61% 1.26% | 5.08% |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 68.27% | 77.43% 9.16% | 91.76% 14.33% | 58.78% 32.97% | 69.23% 10.45% | 0.96% |
| Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 58.82% | 75.15% 16.33% | 68.90% 6.25% | 70.35% 1.45% | 75.28% 4.93% | 16.46% |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 5.01% | 4.01% 1% | 3.24% 0.77% | 3.45% 0.21% | 3.65% 0.2% | 1.36% |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 57.14% | 75.68% 18.53% | 57.89% 17.78% | 90.48% 32.58% | 79.63% 10.85% | 22.49% |
| College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 37.94% | 42.87% 4.93% | 36.36% 6.52% | 21.10% 15.26% | 17.61% 3.48% | 20.33% |
| Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 84.54% | 85.06% 0.52% | 73.21% 11.85% | 82.25% 9.05% | 81.22% 1.03% | 3.31% |
| Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 83.81% | 86.95% 3.13% | 86.23% 0.72% | 94.42% 8.19% | 96.87% 2.45% | 13.06% |
| Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 75.20% | 84.57% 9.37% | 85.95% 1.39% | 85.24% 0.72% | 83.04% 2.2% | 7.85% |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 65.32% | 65.53% 0.21% | 63.52% 2.01% | 57.77% 5.75% | 59.73% 1.96% | 5.59% |
| University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 79.68% | 78.90% 0.78% | 80.76% 1.86% | 82.96% 2.2% | 83.78% 0.82% | 4.1% |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, MA | 91.12% | 97.71% 6.59% | 88.26% 9.45% | 85.21% 3.05% | 85.21% | 5.91% |
| Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 70.27% | 78.67% 8.4% | 78.64% 0.03% | 77.47% 1.17% | 76.27% 1.2% | 6% |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 7.26% | 4.11% 3.15% | 3.96% 0.15% | 4.74% 0.78% | 4.55% 0.19% | 2.71% |
| Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 92.48% | 90.08% 2.4% | 89.40% 0.69% | 94.55% 5.16% | 94.70% 0.15% | 2.22% |
| William James CollegeNewton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 81.64% | 80.30% 1.34% | 74.63% 5.67% | 73.61% 1.03% | 70.02% 3.59% | 11.62% |
| MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 52.47% | 52.30% 0.17% | 39.76% 12.54% | 38.29% 1.47% | 36.03% 2.26% | 16.44% |
| The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 36.27% | 43.28% 7.01% | 37.55% 5.73% | 42.75% 5.21% | 41.10% 1.66% | 4.83% |
| Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 80.38% | 84.77% 4.39% | 84.86% 0.09% | 88.14% 3.28% | 80.84% 7.31% | 0.46% |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 87.68% | 90.96% 3.28% | 92.45% 1.49% | 92.35% 0.09% | 89.74% 2.62% | 2.06% |
| Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 20.48% | 18.38% 2.1% | 6.80% 11.58% | 5.65% 1.15% | 5.22% 0.43% | 15.26% |
| College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 69.78% | 67.92% 1.85% | 90.91% 22.99% | 87.66% 3.25% | 85.26% 2.39% | 15.49% |
| Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 84.08% | 89.06% 4.98% | 88.77% 0.29% | 89.28% 0.51% | 69.78% 19.49% | 14.29% |
| Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 86.75% | 90.01% 3.26% | 92.66% 2.65% | 95.57% 2.91% | 95.88% 0.31% | 9.13% |
| Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 82.55% | 83.53% 0.99% | 76.46% 7.08% | 66.00% 10.45% | 69.98% 3.97% | 12.57% |
| Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 36.52% | 29.91% 6.61% | 22.86% 7.05% | 19.73% 3.14% | 21.00% 1.27% | 15.52% |
| Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 63.41% | 76.90% 13.49% | 75.63% 1.27% | 70.23% 5.4% | 71.89% 1.67% | 8.48% |
| University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 76.18% | 92.22% 16.04% | 95.52% 3.3% | 92.16% 3.36% | 90.64% 1.52% | 14.45% |
| Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 68.96% | 72.00% 3.04% | 73.44% 1.43% | 72.56% 0.88% | 66.28% 6.28% | 2.68% |
| Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 85.90% | 88.03% 2.13% | 86.79% 1.24% | 84.74% 2.05% | 82.33% 2.41% | 3.56% |
| Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 16.30% | 11.43% 4.87% | 9.69% 1.74% | 10.13% 0.44% | 11.49% 1.36% | 4.81% |
| Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 20.41% | 16.18% 4.23% | 13.57% 2.61% | 13.91% 0.34% | 14.05% 0.14% | 6.36% |
| Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 93.54% | 89.54% 3.99% | 92.31% 2.76% | 85.37% 6.94% | 91.21% 5.84% | 2.33% |
| Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 89.43% | 89.88% 0.45% | 88.01% 1.88% | 83.26% 4.75% | 83.48% 0.22% | 5.95% |
| Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 92.44% | 94.35% 1.91% | 81.51% 12.84% | 80.74% 0.77% | 81.41% 0.67% | 11.03% |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 77.10% | 82.06% 4.97% | 79.48% 2.58% | 71.33% 8.15% | 67.73% 3.6% | 9.37% |
| Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 15.12% | 8.83% 6.29% | 8.50% 0.33% | 9.99% 1.49% | 8.25% 1.73% | 6.87% |
| Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 59.05% | 60.21% 1.17% | 57.48% 2.74% | 58.50% 1.02% | 60.16% 1.66% | 1.11% |
| Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 81.03% | 89.32% 8.29% | 87.66% 1.66% | 89.86% 2.2% | 87.99% 1.87% | 6.96% |
| Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 16.44% | 17.97% 1.53% | 19.14% 1.17% | 21.66% 2.52% | 25.20% 3.54% | 8.76% |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sattler CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | 54.29% | 69.05% 14.76% | 14.76% |
| Average | 61.77% | 63.51% 1.74% | 62.62% 0.89% | 62.17% 0.45% | 61.20% 0.97% | -0.56% |