Acceptance Rate Comparison between Massachusetts Private Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Private Colleges is 28.09%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 22.46%.
A total of 582,266 have applied, 163,551 admitted, and 36,737 students have enrolled one of Massachusetts Private Colleges.
Of the Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.24% acceptance rate, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the second lowest acceptance rate of 3.96%.

Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Massachusetts Private Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
American International College Springfield, MA2,7072,419331 89.36%13.68%
Amherst College Amherst, MA14,8641,079467 7.26%43.28%
Anna Maria College Paxton, MA3,5142,445202 69.58%8.26%
Assumption University Worcester, MA4,0353,321369 82.30%11.11%
Babson College Wellesley, MA7,6071,700656 22.35%38.59%
Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA15414794 95.45%63.95%
Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA788596139 75.63%23.32%
Bay State College Boston, MA1095225 47.71%48.08%
Bentley University Waltham, MA9,6625,5921,141 57.88%20.40%
Berklee College of Music Boston, MA7,2863,9511,627 54.23%41.18%
Boston Baptist College Boston, MA13135 100.00%38.46%
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA40,4946,7482,335 16.66%34.60%
Boston University Boston, MA80,79611,6073,635 14.37%31.32%
Brandeis University Waltham, MA9,9173,908986 39.41%25.23%
Clark University Worcester, MA8,7874,422703 50.32%15.90%
College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA1,1771,070146 90.91%13.64%
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA7,0362,558903 36.36%35.30%
Curry College Milton, MA4,7434,151490 87.52%11.80%
Dean College Franklin, MA4,8603,691343 75.95%9.29%
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA68842672 61.92%16.90%
Emerson College Boston, MA12,1095,1761,002 42.75%19.36%
Emmanuel College Boston, MA5,7864,611568 79.69%12.32%
Endicott College Beverly, MA5,4303,981871 73.31%21.88%
Fisher College Boston, MA3,3332,474194 74.23%7.84%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA86216575 19.14%45.45%
Gordon College Wenham, MA1,3951,280317 91.76%24.77%
Hampshire College Amherst, MA2,0901,440228 68.90%15.83%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA61,2211,9841,646 3.24%82.96%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA38224 57.89%18.18%
Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA2,2791,088215 47.74%19.76%
Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA1034012 38.83%30.00%
Lasell University Newton, MA2,8332,074314 73.21%15.14%
Lesley University Cambridge, MA3,1442,711240 86.23%8.85%
Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA827311 89.02%15.07%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA33,7671,3371,136 3.96%84.97%
MCPHS University Boston, MA5,6985,029759 88.26%15.09%
Merrimack College North Andover, MA13,1759,8331,182 74.63%12.02%
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA4,8941,946544 39.76%27.95%
Nichols College Dudley, MA2,3582,001317 84.86%15.84%
Northeastern University Boston, MA91,0006,1912,519 6.80%40.69%
Regis College Weston, MA2,8412,522203 88.77%8.05%
Simmons University Boston, MA4,0013,059392 76.46%12.81%
Smith College Northampton, MA7,2691,662619 22.86%37.24%
Springfield College Springfield, MA3,5492,684529 75.63%19.71%
Stonehill College Easton, MA7,2695,338737 73.44%13.81%
Suffolk University Boston, MA9,6998,4181,260 86.79%14.97%
The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA81530648 37.55%15.69%
Tufts University Medford, MA34,8823,3811,695 9.69%50.13%
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA8,4911,152585 13.57%50.78%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA5,5375,111832 92.31%16.28%
Western New England University Springfield, MA6,1285,393589 88.01%10.92%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA4,0313,204494 79.48%15.42%
Williams College Williamstown, MA15,3211,302577 8.50%44.32%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA11,5996,6671,354 57.48%20.31%
Average10,7833,02968028.09%22.46%
*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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