The average acceptance rate of the 12 public Massachusetts colleges that have competitive admission is 85.44% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.83%. The acceptance rate at 5 public Massachusetts colleges increased and the rate of 7 colleges decreased.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 59.73%. Westfield State University (81.41%) and University of Massachusetts-Lowell (83.04%) are following it in the list of Tightest Massachusetts Public Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Westfield State University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,820 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,747 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year | 59.73% 1.96% | 17.95% | 1,420 | $40,449 ($17,772) | 31,726 | 83.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 2 - | Westfield State University Westfield, MAPublic, 4-year | 81.41% 0.67% | 15.16% | - | $18,259 ($12,179) | 4,588 | 54.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 3 2 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, 4-year | 83.04% 2.20% | 18.07% | 1,280 | $36,264 ($16,966) | 16,598 | 65.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 4 - | Framingham State University Framingham, MAPublic, 4-year | 83.61% 1.26% | 15.49% | 1,180 | $18,000 ($11,920) | 4,002 | 48.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 5 2 | University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MAPublic, 4-year | 83.78% 0.82% | 12.28% | 1,190 | $38,115 ($15,898) | 15,575 | 49.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MAPublic, 4-year | 86.93% 3.01% | 13.53% | 1,150 | $17,426 ($11,346) | 5,892 | 55.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MAPublic, 4-year | 87.81% 1.38% | 19.42% | 1,170 | $17,874 ($11,734) | 9,727 | 53.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Worcester State University Worcester, MAPublic, 4-year | 87.99% 1.87% | 16.66% | 1,150 | $17,866 ($11,786) | 5,745 | 61.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MAPublic, 4-year | 89.74% 2.61% | 11.53% | - | $21,381 ($12,436) | 896 | 56.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 10 1 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MAPublic, 4-year | 90.64% 1.52% | 13.47% | 1,170 | $32,567 ($15,612) | 7,968 | 52.00% | 16 to 1 |
| Average | 83.47% | 15.36% | 1,214 | $25,820 ($13,765) | 10,272 | 57.60% | 15 to 1 |