| School Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Admission Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International College Springfield, MA | 2,707 | 2,419 | 331 | 89.36% | 13.68% |
| Amherst College Amherst, MA | 14,864 | 1,079 | 467 | 7.26% | 43.28% |
| Anna Maria College Paxton, MA | 3,514 | 2,445 | 202 | 69.58% | 8.26% |
| Assumption University Worcester, MA | 4,035 | 3,321 | 369 | 82.30% | 11.11% |
| Babson College Wellesley, MA | 7,607 | 1,700 | 656 | 22.35% | 38.59% |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA | 154 | 147 | 94 | 95.45% | 63.95% |
| Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | 788 | 596 | 139 | 75.63% | 23.32% |
| Bay State College Boston, MA | 109 | 52 | 25 | 47.71% | 48.08% |
| Bentley University Waltham, MA | 9,662 | 5,592 | 1,141 | 57.88% | 20.40% |
| Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | 7,286 | 3,951 | 1,627 | 54.23% | 41.18% |
| Boston Baptist College Boston, MA | 13 | 13 | 5 | 100.00% | 38.46% |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | 40,494 | 6,748 | 2,335 | 16.66% | 34.60% |
| Boston University Boston, MA | 80,796 | 11,607 | 3,635 | 14.37% | 31.32% |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | 9,917 | 3,908 | 986 | 39.41% | 25.23% |
| Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA | 8,807 | 7,725 | 1,570 | 87.71% | 20.32% |
| Clark University Worcester, MA | 8,787 | 4,422 | 703 | 50.32% | 15.90% |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA | 1,177 | 1,070 | 146 | 90.91% | 13.64% |
| College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | 7,036 | 2,558 | 903 | 36.36% | 35.30% |
| Curry College Milton, MA | 4,743 | 4,151 | 490 | 87.52% | 11.80% |
| Dean College Franklin, MA | 4,860 | 3,691 | 343 | 75.95% | 9.29% |
| Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA | 688 | 426 | 72 | 61.92% | 16.90% |
| Emerson College Boston, MA | 12,109 | 5,176 | 1,002 | 42.75% | 19.36% |
| Emmanuel College Boston, MA | 5,786 | 4,611 | 568 | 79.69% | 12.32% |
| Endicott College Beverly, MA | 5,430 | 3,981 | 871 | 73.31% | 21.88% |
| Fisher College Boston, MA | 3,333 | 2,474 | 194 | 74.23% | 7.84% |
| Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA | 3,084 | 2,654 | 486 | 86.06% | 18.31% |
| Framingham State University Framingham, MA | 4,526 | 3,956 | 490 | 87.41% | 12.39% |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA | 862 | 165 | 75 | 19.14% | 45.45% |
| Gordon College Wenham, MA | 1,395 | 1,280 | 317 | 91.76% | 24.77% |
| Hampshire College Amherst, MA | 2,090 | 1,440 | 228 | 68.90% | 15.83% |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 61,221 | 1,984 | 1,646 | 3.24% | 82.96% |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA | 38 | 22 | 4 | 57.89% | 18.18% |
| Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA | 2,279 | 1,088 | 215 | 47.74% | 19.76% |
| Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA | 103 | 40 | 12 | 38.83% | 30.00% |
| Lasell University Newton, MA | 2,833 | 2,074 | 314 | 73.21% | 15.14% |
| Lesley University Cambridge, MA | 3,144 | 2,711 | 240 | 86.23% | 8.85% |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA | 82 | 73 | 11 | 89.02% | 15.07% |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA | 2,598 | 2,043 | 409 | 78.64% | 20.02% |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA | 1,456 | 1,346 | 177 | 92.45% | 13.15% |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 33,767 | 1,337 | 1,136 | 3.96% | 84.97% |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA | 1,028 | 919 | 317 | 89.40% | 34.49% |
| MCPHS University Boston, MA | 5,698 | 5,029 | 759 | 88.26% | 15.09% |
| Merrimack College North Andover, MA | 13,175 | 9,833 | 1,182 | 74.63% | 12.02% |
| Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | 4,894 | 1,946 | 544 | 39.76% | 27.95% |
| Nichols College Dudley, MA | 2,358 | 2,001 | 317 | 84.86% | 15.84% |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | 91,000 | 6,191 | 2,519 | 6.80% | 40.69% |
| Regis College Weston, MA | 2,841 | 2,522 | 203 | 88.77% | 8.05% |
| Salem State University Salem, MA | 5,093 | 4,719 | 863 | 92.66% | 18.29% |
| Simmons University Boston, MA | 4,001 | 3,059 | 392 | 76.46% | 12.81% |
| Smith College Northampton, MA | 7,269 | 1,662 | 619 | 22.86% | 37.24% |
| Springfield College Springfield, MA | 3,549 | 2,684 | 529 | 75.63% | 19.71% |
| Stonehill College Easton, MA | 7,269 | 5,338 | 737 | 73.44% | 13.81% |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA | 9,699 | 8,418 | 1,260 | 86.79% | 14.97% |
| The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | 815 | 306 | 48 | 37.55% | 15.69% |
| Tufts University Medford, MA | 34,882 | 3,381 | 1,695 | 9.69% | 50.13% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | 45,451 | 28,871 | 5,589 | 63.52% | 19.36% |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | 19,512 | 15,757 | 2,441 | 80.76% | 15.49% |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA | 8,837 | 8,441 | 1,319 | 95.52% | 15.63% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA | 12,253 | 10,532 | 1,937 | 85.95% | 18.39% |
| Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | 8,491 | 1,152 | 585 | 13.57% | 50.78% |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA | 5,537 | 5,111 | 832 | 92.31% | 16.28% |
| Western New England University Springfield, MA | 6,128 | 5,393 | 589 | 88.01% | 10.92% |
| Westfield State University Westfield, MA | 6,625 | 5,400 | 803 | 81.51% | 14.87% |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA | 4,031 | 3,204 | 494 | 79.48% | 15.42% |
| Williams College Williamstown, MA | 15,321 | 1,302 | 577 | 8.50% | 44.32% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | 11,599 | 6,667 | 1,354 | 57.48% | 20.31% |
| Worcester State University Worcester, MA | 4,718 | 4,136 | 799 | 87.66% | 19.32% |
| Average | 10,541 | 3,881 | 805 | 36.82% | 20.74% |