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.
Distribution of Acceptance Rate Changes
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.
Breakdown by Change Range:
- Increased by 20% or more: 2 schools (3.1%)
- Increased by 10-20%: 8 schools (12.5%)
- Increased by 5-10%: 10 schools (15.6%)
- Increased by 0-5%: 11 schools (17.2%)
- Decreased by 0-5%: 10 schools (15.6%)
- Decreased by 5-10%: 13 schools (20.3%)
- Decreased by 10-20%: 8 schools (12.5%)
- Decreased by 20% or more: 2 schools (3.1%)
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.
Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Massachusetts Colleges
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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2020 to 2025 at Massachusetts Colleges | School Name | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Change |
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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% |
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American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 69.38% | 57.87%
11.51% | 89.36%
31.49% | 96.90%
7.54% | 99.57%
2.67% | 30.19% |
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Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 11.83% | 8.74%
3.08% | 7.26%
1.48% | 9.82%
2.56% | 9.01%
0.81% | 2.82% |
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Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 86.07% | 72.85%
13.22% | 69.58%
3.27% | 89.56%
19.98% | 50.30%
39.25% | 35.76% |
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Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 80.92% | 86.49%
5.57% | 82.30%
4.18% | 86.54%
4.23% | 82.98%
3.55% | 2.07% |
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Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 26.97% | 25.35%
1.61% | 22.35%
3% | 19.74%
2.61% | 17.09%
2.65% | 9.88% |
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Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 77.78% | 63.64%
14.14% | 100.00%
36.36% | 100.00% | 90.91%
9.09% | 13.13% |
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Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 78.31% | 75.41%
2.9% | 75.63%
0.23% | 73.50%
2.14% | 85.20%
11.7% | 6.89% |
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Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 57.82% | 60.94%
3.12% | 57.88%
3.06% | 48.44%
9.44% | 45.05%
3.38% | 12.77% |
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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% |
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Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 26.38% | 19.04%
7.34% | 16.66%
2.38% | 15.65%
1.01% | 16.43%
0.77% | 9.96% |
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Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 20.09% | 18.65%
1.44% | 14.37%
4.28% | 10.85%
3.52% | 11.11%
0.26% | 8.98% |
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Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 33.40% | 39.14%
5.74% | 39.41%
0.27% | 35.31%
4.09% | 40.50%
5.19% | 7.1% |
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Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 82.31% | 86.38%
4.06% | 87.71%
1.34% | 89.19%
1.48% | 87.81%
1.38% | 5.49% |
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Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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% |
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Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 47.13% | 48.03%
0.9% | 50.32%
2.29% | 41.67%
8.66% | 39.54%
2.13% | 7.59% |
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Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 92.71% | 80.32%
12.39% | 87.52%
7.2% | 92.05%
4.53% | 87.65%
4.39% | 5.06% |
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Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 70.52% | 73.60%
3.08% | 75.95%
2.35% | 73.71%
2.24% | 73.71% | 3.19% |
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Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 41.05% | 45.28%
4.23% | 42.75%
2.53% | 47.48%
4.74% | 51.31%
3.83% | 10.26% |
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Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 75.52% | 73.88%
1.64% | 79.69%
5.81% | 80.60%
0.9% | 75.65%
4.94% | 0.13% |
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Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 70.40% | 77.21%
6.81% | 73.31%
3.9% | 72.29%
1.02% | 71.21%
1.09% | 0.8% |
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Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 77.72% | 72.35%
5.37% | 74.23%
1.88% | 70.75%
3.48% | 70.68%
0.07% | 7.03% |
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Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 87.99% | 85.27%
2.73% | 86.06%
0.79% | 89.94%
3.88% | 86.93%
3.01% | 1.06% |
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Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 78.53% | 83.80%
5.27% | 87.41%
3.61% | 84.87%
2.54% | 83.61%
1.26% | 5.08% |
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Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 68.27% | 77.43%
9.16% | 91.76%
14.33% | 58.78%
32.97% | 69.23%
10.45% | 0.96% |
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Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 58.82% | 75.15%
16.33% | 68.90%
6.25% | 70.35%
1.45% | 75.28%
4.93% | 16.46% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 5.01% | 4.01%
1% | 3.24%
0.77% | 3.45%
0.21% | 3.65%
0.2% | 1.36% |
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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% |
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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% |
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Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 84.54% | 85.06%
0.52% | 73.21%
11.85% | 82.25%
9.05% | 81.22%
1.03% | 3.31% |
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Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 83.81% | 86.95%
3.13% | 86.23%
0.72% | 94.42%
8.19% | 96.87%
2.45% | 13.06% |
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Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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% |
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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% |
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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% |
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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% |
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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% |
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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% |
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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% |
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William James CollegeNewton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 81.64% | 80.30%
1.34% | 74.63%
5.67% | 73.61%
1.03% | 70.02%
3.59% | 11.62% |
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MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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% |
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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% |
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Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 80.38% | 84.77%
4.39% | 84.86%
0.09% | 88.14%
3.28% | 80.84%
7.31% | 0.46% |
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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% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 20.48% | 18.38%
2.1% | 6.80%
11.58% | 5.65%
1.15% | 5.22%
0.43% | 15.26% |
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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% |
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Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 84.08% | 89.06%
4.98% | 88.77%
0.29% | 89.28%
0.51% | 69.78%
19.49% | 14.29% |
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Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 86.75% | 90.01%
3.26% | 92.66%
2.65% | 95.57%
2.91% | 95.88%
0.31% | 9.13% |
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Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 82.55% | 83.53%
0.99% | 76.46%
7.08% | 66.00%
10.45% | 69.98%
3.97% | 12.57% |
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Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 36.52% | 29.91%
6.61% | 22.86%
7.05% | 19.73%
3.14% | 21.00%
1.27% | 15.52% |
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Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 63.41% | 76.90%
13.49% | 75.63%
1.27% | 70.23%
5.4% | 71.89%
1.67% | 8.48% |
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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% |
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Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 68.96% | 72.00%
3.04% | 73.44%
1.43% | 72.56%
0.88% | 66.28%
6.28% | 2.68% |
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Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 85.90% | 88.03%
2.13% | 86.79%
1.24% | 84.74%
2.05% | 82.33%
2.41% | 3.56% |
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Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 16.30% | 11.43%
4.87% | 9.69%
1.74% | 10.13%
0.44% | 11.49%
1.36% | 4.81% |
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 20.41% | 16.18%
4.23% | 13.57%
2.61% | 13.91%
0.34% | 14.05%
0.14% | 6.36% |
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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% |
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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% |
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Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 92.44% | 94.35%
1.91% | 81.51%
12.84% | 80.74%
0.77% | 81.41%
0.67% | 11.03% |
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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% |
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Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 15.12% | 8.83%
6.29% | 8.50%
0.33% | 9.99%
1.49% | 8.25%
1.73% | 6.87% |
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Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 59.05% | 60.21%
1.17% | 57.48%
2.74% | 58.50%
1.02% | 60.16%
1.66% | 1.11% |
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Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 81.03% | 89.32%
8.29% | 87.66%
1.66% | 89.86%
2.2% | 87.99%
1.87% | 6.96% |
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Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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% |
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Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Sattler CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | 54.29% | 69.05%
14.76% | 14.76% |
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| Average | 61.77% | 63.51%
1.74% | 62.62%
0.89% | 62.17%
0.45% | 61.20%
0.97% | -0.56% |
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