The average graduation rate for Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges is 67.03%, transfer-out rate is 18.23%, and retention rate is 81.14%.

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The table below summarizes and compares the graduation, transfer-out, and retention rate for Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.

Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison between Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges

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Massachusetts 4-Year Colleges Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison Table
School NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateTransfer-out Rate (BS degree)Retention Rate (Full-time)Retention Rate (Part-time)
 American International CollegeSpringfield, MA36% -39% 67%50%
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA91% 4%4% 95%-
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA40% -- 68%-
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA72% -- 83%-
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA92% -- 95%-
Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA64% 26%- 68%-
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA47% 27%15% 70%-
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA43% 15%- 71%-
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA87% -4% 91%-
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA68% 11%12% 84%47%
Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA22% -30% 82%-
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA25% 62%- 100%-
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA90% 6%6% 95%-
Boston UniversityBoston, MA88% -- 94%-
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA87% 6%9% 92%-
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA56% -- 75%29%
Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA- 25%33% 100%13%
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA76% 17%17% 88%-
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA74% 19%28% 75%-
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA91% 2%6% 95%-
Curry CollegeMilton, MA52% 31%- 62%-
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA44% 40%47% 76%67%
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA49% -- 67%-
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA77% -- 88%-
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA65% -- 81%-
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA78% -- 85%50%
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA26% 39%34% 55%-
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA56% 24%27% 72%50%
Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA54% 27%31% 71%100%
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA93% 2%2% 99%-
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA68% -- 84%33%
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA60% -- 67%-
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA97% -- 98%-
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA60% -31% 67%-
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA64% -- 85%-
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA100% -- --
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA60% 31%31% 77%-
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA61% -25% 74%100%
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA81% -- 73%-
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA66% -- 84%33%
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA55% -- 64%67%
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA79% 3%- 78%-
MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA61% -21% 70%60%
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA68% 20%- 82%-
Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA61% -- 81%-
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA82% 11%14% 90%-
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA58% 8%- 72%-
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA91% 3%- 97%-
Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA31% -- 84%25%
Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA15% 25%- 62%33%
Regis CollegeWeston, MA66% 18%- 76%100%
Salem State UniversitySalem, MA55% -- 75%39%
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA74% 2%7% 81%-
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA88% 8%8% 91%-
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA73% -- 83%-
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA79% 18%19% 89%-
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA60% 25%31% 76%83%
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA80% 7%8% 93%100%
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA93% 4%3% 96%-
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA83% 11%15% 90%67%
University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA51% 24%29% 72%37%
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA54% 29%31% 67%50%
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA71% -- 84%41%
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA90% -- 95%-
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA68% 19%25% 82%50%
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA67% 22%23% 78%-
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA59% 15%- 75%17%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA79% -18% 81%-
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA95% -- 97%-
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA88% -- 91%-
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA58% 25%24% 75%75%
Average67.03%18.23%20.20%81.14%54.46%

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