Acceptance Rate Comparison between Massachusetts Colleges

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts Colleges is 37.06%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 19.35%. A total of 730,638 have applied, 270,762 admitted, and 52,397 students have enrolled one of Massachusetts Colleges.

Of the Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.65% acceptance rate, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the second lowest acceptance rate of 4.55%.

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2025 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Massachusetts Colleges
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
American International CollegeSpringfield, MA	2,540	2,529	284	99.57%	11.23%
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA	13,743	1,238	480	9.01%	38.77%
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA	6,906	3,474	225	50.30%	6.48%
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA	5,900	4,896	497	82.98%	10.15%
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA	9,381	1,603	625	17.09%	38.99%
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA	1,047	892	139	85.20%	15.58%
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA	11,012	4,961	1,056	45.05%	21.29%
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA	7,050	3,069	1,395	43.53%	45.45%
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA	11	10	1	90.91%	10.00%
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA	35,037	5,755	2,501	16.43%	43.46%
Boston UniversityBoston, MA	78,769	8,749	3,268	11.11%	37.35%
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA	10,462	4,237	735	40.50%	17.35%
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA	9,096	7,987	1,551	87.81%	19.42%
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA	11,452	4,528	486	39.54%	10.73%
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA	1,269	1,082	118	85.26%	10.91%
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA	9,568	1,685	835	17.61%	49.55%
Curry CollegeMilton, MA	5,313	4,657	535	87.65%	11.49%
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA	4,617	3,403	296	73.71%	8.70%
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA	10,378	5,325	828	51.31%	15.55%
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA	6,099	4,614	516	75.65%	11.18%
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA	5,522	3,932	836	71.21%	21.26%
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA	3,527	2,493	153	70.68%	6.14%
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA	4,582	3,983	539	86.93%	13.53%
Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA	4,532	3,789	587	83.61%	15.49%
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA	1,000	252	110	25.20%	43.65%
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA	2,366	1,638	353	69.23%	21.55%
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA	2,132	1,605	231	75.28%	14.39%
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA	54,008	1,970	1,647	3.65%	83.60%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA	54	43	11	79.63%	25.58%
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA	1,761	1,065	139	60.48%	13.05%
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA	32	16	16	50.00%	100.00%
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA	3,057	2,483	341	81.22%	13.73%
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA	2,526	2,447	193	96.87%	7.89%
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA	2,756	2,102	363	76.27%	17.27%
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA	1,208	1,084	125	89.74%	11.53%
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, MA	6,010	5,121	673	85.21%	13.14%
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA	28,232	1,284	1,102	4.55%	85.83%
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA	1,265	1,198	457	94.70%	38.15%
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA	14,070	9,852	971	70.02%	9.86%
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA	5,226	1,883	512	36.03%	27.19%
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA	2,296	1,856	336	80.84%	18.10%
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA	98,425	5,133	2,759	5.22%	53.75%
Regis CollegeWeston, MA	3,432	2,395	180	69.78%	7.52%
Salem State UniversitySalem, MA	7,953	7,625	858	95.88%	11.25%
Sattler CollegeBoston, MA	42	29	20	69.05%	68.97%
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA	4,773	3,340	361	69.98%	10.81%
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA	8,666	1,820	645	21.00%	35.44%
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA	3,284	2,361	448	71.89%	18.98%
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA	8,383	5,556	777	66.28%	13.98%
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA	10,308	8,487	923	82.33%	10.88%
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA	1,112	457	135	41.10%	29.54%
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA	34,432	3,957	1,801	11.49%	45.51%
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA	50,261	30,020	5,388	59.73%	17.95%
University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA	21,262	17,813	2,187	83.78%	12.28%
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA	10,669	9,670	1,303	90.64%	13.47%
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA	13,781	11,444	2,068	83.04%	18.07%
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA	8,714	1,224	583	14.05%	47.63%
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA	5,985	5,459	1,084	91.21%	19.86%
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA	7,567	6,317	790	83.48%	12.51%
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA	6,816	5,549	841	81.41%	15.16%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA	5,835	3,952	511	67.73%	12.93%
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA	15,411	1,272	547	8.25%	43.00%
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA	12,559	7,555	1,366	60.16%	18.08%
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA	5,156	4,537	756	87.99%	16.66%
Average	11,416	4,231	819	37.06%	19.35%

*The admission data is updated with academic year 2024-2025 data from National Center For Education Statistics (January 2, 2025).

Massachusetts Colleges with Outstanding Admission Statistics

Tightest Schools to Admit (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

Harvard University 3.65%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.55%
Northeastern University 5.22%
Amherst College 9.01%
Williams College 8.25%

Favored Schools to Enroll (Highest Admission Yield)

Laboure College of Healthcare 100.00%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 85.83%
Harvard University 83.60%
Sattler College 68.97%
Northeastern University 53.75%