For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduation rate of Massachusetts Colleges is 65.57%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2025 graduation rate decreased by 0.07%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of Massachusetts Colleges has decreased by 2.6% from 67.32% to 65.57%. Of the 78 Massachusetts Colleges, 28 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 36 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2025 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at Massachusetts Colleges graduation rate comparison table.
Comparison Table of Graduation Rate Changes for Massachusetts Colleges
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Graduation Rate Changes from 2019 to 2024 at Massachusetts Colleges | School Name | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Average |
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Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | - | 62.00% | 64.00%
2% | 65.00%
1% | 66.00%
1% | 64.25% |
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American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | 43.00% | 42.00%
1% | 36.00%
6% | 42.00%
6% | 45.00%
3% | 41.60% |
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Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | 94.00% | 92.00%
2% | 91.00%
1% | 93.00%
2% | 93.00% | 92.60% |
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Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | 49.00% | 47.00%
2% | 40.00%
7% | 40.00% | 46.00%
6% | 44.40% |
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Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | 73.00% | 71.00%
2% | 72.00%
1% | 74.00%
2% | 75.00%
1% | 73.00% |
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Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | 94.00% | 93.00%
1% | 92.00%
1% | 92.00% | 93.00%
1% | 92.80% |
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Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | 50.00% | 80.00%
30% | 25.00%
55% | 44.00%
19% | 14.00%
30% | 42.60% |
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Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | 59.00% | 50.00%
9% | 47.00%
3% | 56.00%
9% | 43.00%
13% | 51.00% |
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Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | 89.00% | 87.00%
2% | 87.00% | 88.00%
1% | 86.00%
2% | 87.40% |
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Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | 65.00% | 66.00%
1% | 68.00%
2% | 66.00%
2% | 67.00%
1% | 66.40% |
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Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | 33.00% | 68.00%
35% | 22.00%
46% | 38.00%
16% | 31.00%
7% | 38.40% |
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 91.00% | 90.00%
1% | 90.00% | 90.00% | 90.00% | 90.20% |
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Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 89.00% | 89.00% | 88.00%
1% | 89.00%
1% | 88.00%
1% | 88.60% |
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Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 89.00% | 87.00%
2% | 87.00% | 86.00%
1% | 86.00% | 87.00% |
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Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | 59.00% | 62.00%
3% | 56.00%
6% | 54.00%
2% | 53.00%
1% | 56.80% |
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Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | 20.00% | - | - | 12.00% | 11.00%
1% | 14.33% |
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Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | - | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
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Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | 74.00% | 78.00%
4% | 76.00%
2% | 77.00%
1% | 76.00%
1% | 76.20% |
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Curry CollegeMilton, MA | 54.00% | 54.00% | 52.00%
2% | 48.00%
4% | 51.00%
3% | 51.80% |
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Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | 51.00% | 48.00%
3% | 44.00%
4% | 43.00%
1% | 53.00%
10% | 47.80% |
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Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | 38.00% | 56.00%
18% | 49.00%
7% | 35.00%
14% | 39.00%
4% | 43.40% |
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Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | 78.00% | 78.00% | 77.00%
1% | 79.00%
2% | 77.00%
2% | 77.80% |
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Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | 61.00% | 70.00%
9% | 65.00%
5% | 65.00% | 67.00%
2% | 65.60% |
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Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | 78.00% | 77.00%
1% | 78.00%
1% | 75.00%
3% | 75.00% | 76.60% |
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Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | 34.00% | 35.00%
1% | 26.00%
9% | 28.00%
2% | 27.00%
1% | 30.00% |
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Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | 57.00% | 57.00% | 56.00%
1% | 52.00%
4% | 55.00%
3% | 55.40% |
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Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | 60.00% | 50.00%
10% | 54.00%
4% | 49.00%
5% | 47.00%
2% | 52.00% |
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Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 51.00% | 41.00%
10% | 43.00%
2% | 47.00%
4% | 45.00%
2% | 45.40% |
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Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | 72.00% | 72.00% | 68.00%
4% | 67.00%
1% | 68.00%
1% | 69.40% |
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Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | 66.00% | 62.00%
4% | 60.00%
2% | 57.00%
3% | 54.00%
3% | 59.80% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 97.00% | 96.00%
1% | 97.00%
1% | 97.00% | 97.00% | 96.80% |
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Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | 61.00% | 58.00%
3% | 60.00%
2% | 44.00%
16% | 44.00% | 53.40% |
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College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | 92.00% | 92.00% | 91.00%
1% | 89.00%
2% | 87.00%
2% | 90.20% |
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Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | 62.00% | 66.00%
4% | 60.00%
6% | 53.00%
7% | 58.00%
5% | 59.80% |
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Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | 60.00% | 60.00% | 61.00%
1% | 61.00% | 58.00%
3% | 60.00% |
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Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | 54.00% | - | 81.00% | 44.00%
37% | 77.00%
33% | 64.00% |
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University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | 68.00% | 69.00%
1% | 71.00%
2% | 70.00%
1% | 64.00%
6% | 68.40% |
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University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | 83.00% | 83.00% | 83.00% | 83.00% | 83.00% | 83.00% |
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University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | 49.00% | 49.00% | 51.00%
2% | 51.00% | 49.00%
2% | 49.80% |
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, MA | 70.00% | 67.00%
3% | 61.00%
6% | 63.00%
2% | 62.00%
1% | 64.60% |
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Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | 74.00% | 73.00%
1% | 66.00%
7% | 69.00%
3% | 68.00%
1% | 70.00% |
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | 84.00% | 77.00%
7% | 79.00%
2% | 79.00% | 74.00%
5% | 78.60% |
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William James CollegeNewton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | 73.00% | 69.00%
4% | 68.00%
1% | 72.00%
4% | 70.00%
2% | 70.40% |
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MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | 64.00% | 62.00%
2% | 61.00%
1% | 61.00% | 53.00%
8% | 60.20% |
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Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | 84.00% | 84.00% | 82.00%
2% | 85.00%
3% | 84.00%
1% | 83.80% |
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The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | 70.00% | 82.00%
12% | 80.00%
2% | 77.00%
3% | 73.00%
4% | 76.40% |
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Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | 54.00% | 57.00%
3% | 58.00%
1% | 63.00%
5% | 62.00%
1% | 58.80% |
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Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | 52.00% | 58.00%
6% | 55.00%
3% | 49.00%
6% | 55.00%
6% | 53.80% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 89.00% | 90.00%
1% | 91.00%
1% | 90.00%
1% | 90.00% | 90.00% |
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College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | 64.00% | 68.00%
4% | 74.00%
6% | 64.00%
10% | 68.00%
4% | 67.60% |
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Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | 15.00% | 13.00%
2% | 15.00%
2% | 16.00%
1% | 15.00%
1% | 14.80% |
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Regis CollegeWeston, MA | 64.00% | 60.00%
4% | 66.00%
6% | 69.00%
3% | 72.00%
3% | 66.20% |
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Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | 59.00% | 56.00%
3% | 55.00%
1% | 54.00%
1% | 49.00%
5% | 54.60% |
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Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | 79.00% | 70.00%
9% | 74.00%
4% | 71.00%
3% | 72.00%
1% | 73.20% |
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Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | 86.00% | 90.00%
4% | 88.00%
2% | 89.00%
1% | 89.00% | 88.40% |
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Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | 72.00% | 73.00%
1% | 73.00% | 67.00%
6% | 74.00%
7% | 71.80% |
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University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | 51.00% | 54.00%
3% | 54.00% | 48.00%
6% | 52.00%
4% | 51.80% |
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Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | 81.00% | 84.00%
3% | 79.00%
5% | 80.00%
1% | 76.00%
4% | 80.00% |
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Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | 60.00% | 60.00% | 60.00% | 59.00%
1% | 60.00%
1% | 59.80% |
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Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 93.00% | 93.00% | 93.00% | 93.00% | 93.00% | 93.00% |
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | 93.00% | 92.00%
1% | 90.00%
2% | 91.00%
1% | 91.00% | 91.40% |
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Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | 69.00% | 71.00%
2% | 68.00%
3% | 68.00% | 68.00% | 68.80% |
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Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | 63.00% | 63.00% | 67.00%
4% | 63.00%
4% | 63.00% | 63.80% |
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Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | 63.00% | 60.00%
3% | 59.00%
1% | 54.00%
5% | 54.00% | 58.00% |
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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | 77.00% | 72.00%
5% | 79.00%
7% | 75.00%
4% | 72.00%
3% | 75.00% |
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Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | 95.00% | 93.00%
2% | 95.00%
2% | 96.00%
1% | 93.00%
3% | 94.40% |
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Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | 88.00% | 87.00%
1% | 88.00%
1% | 88.00% | 89.00%
1% | 88.00% |
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Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | 58.00% | 60.00%
2% | 58.00%
2% | 55.00%
3% | 61.00%
6% | 58.40% |
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Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | 44.00% | 50.00%
6% | 31.00%
19% | 50.00%
19% | 54.00%
4% | 45.80% |
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Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | 93.00% | 97.00%
4% | 93.00%
4% | 92.00%
1% | 96.00%
4% | 94.20% |
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Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Sattler CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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| Average | 67.32% | 69.44%
2.12% | 67.07%
2.37% | 65.61%
1.46% | 65.57%
0.04% | 67.00% |
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