For the academic year 2024-2025, the average tuition & fees of Massachusetts Colleges is $43,459. Compared to last year's tuition, the 2025 tuition & fees of Massachusetts Colleges is increased by 3.45%.
Over the past 5 years, the tuition & fees of Massachusetts Colleges has increased by 13.36% from $38,338 to $43,459.
5-Year Tuition Increase Rate Distribution
The following breakdown shows how tuition rates have changed over the past 5 years for 78 schools in Massachusetts Colleges:
Over the 5-year period, 10 schools (13%) experienced tuition increases exceeding 20%, 45 schools (58.4%) saw increases between 10% and 20%, 13 schools (16.9%) had moderate increases of 5% to 10%, 4 schools (5.2%) experienced minimal increases under 5%, and 5 schools (6.5%) actually decreased or stayed the same.
- 10 schools (13%) - Tuition increased by more than 20%
- 45 schools (58.4%) - Tuition increased by 10% to 20%
- 13 schools (16.9%) - Tuition increased by 5% to 10%
- 4 schools (5.2%) - Tuition increased by 0% to 5%
- 5 schools (6.5%) - Tuition decreased
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Comparison Table of Tuition Changes for Massachusetts Colleges
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Tuition Inflation from 2020 to 2025 at Massachusetts Colleges | School Name | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Inflation Rate |
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Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | $38,778 | $43,724
12.75% | $48,585
11.12% | $50,936
4.84% | $53,688
5.40% | 38.45% |
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American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | $38,220 | $39,370
3.01% | $40,550
3.00% | $42,970
5.97% | $44,230
2.93% | 15.72% |
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Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | $60,890 | $61,150
0.43% | $64,100
4.82% | $67,280
4.96% | $70,480
4.76% | 15.75% |
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Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | $39,420 | $40,208
2.00% | $41,010
1.99% | $43,064
5.01% | $44,571
3.50% | 13.07% |
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Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | $43,978 | $45,900
4.37% | $47,508
3.50% | $49,414
4.01% | $51,356
3.93% | 16.78% |
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Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | $54,144 | $54,944
1.48% | $54,944 | $56,032
1.98% | $57,152
2.00% | 5.56% |
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Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | $12,600 | $12,600 | $12,600 | $14,304
13.52% | $14,304 | 13.52% |
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Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | $35,781 | $35,781 | $35,781 | $37,227
4.04% | $38,302
2.89% | 7.05% |
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Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | $53,790 | $54,910
2.08% | $56,500
2.90% | $58,150
2.92% | $61,000
4.90% | 13.40% |
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Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | $45,660 | $46,800
2.50% | $48,330
3.27% | $50,270
4.01% | $52,040
3.52% | 13.97% |
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Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | $24,238 | $22,144
8.64% | $22,144 | $26,800
21.03% | $27,470
2.50% | 13.33% |
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | $60,202 | $61,706
2.50% | $64,176
4.00% | $67,680
5.46% | $70,702
4.47% | 17.44% |
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Boston UniversityBoston, MA | $58,072 | $59,816
3.00% | $62,360
4.25% | $65,168
4.50% | $68,102
4.50% | 17.27% |
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Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | $57,230 | $60,006
4.85% | $62,322
3.86% | $64,946
4.21% | $68,080
4.83% | 18.96% |
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Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | $16,872 | $16,872 | $17,191
1.89% | $17,529
1.97% | $17,874
1.97% | 5.94% |
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Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | $16,266 | $16,442
1.08% | $17,190
4.55% | $18,072
5.13% | $18,378
1.69% | 12.98% |
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Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | $32,813 | $32,813 | $32,813 | $33,663
2.59% | $30,468
9.49% | 7.15% |
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Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | $48,602 | $50,302
3.50% | $52,352
4.08% | $55,160
5.36% | $58,467
6.00% | 20.30% |
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Curry CollegeMilton, MA | $42,055 | $43,270
2.89% | $44,530
2.91% | $45,820
2.90% | $47,570
3.82% | 13.11% |
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Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | $41,318 | $42,346
2.49% | $43,400
2.49% | $44,960
3.59% | $46,526
3.48% | 12.60% |
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Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | $30,706 | $30,966
0.85% | $27,990
9.61% | $28,610
2.22% | $29,924
4.59% | 2.55% |
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Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | $50,444 | $51,286
1.67% | $52,496
2.36% | $54,816
4.42% | $57,056
4.09% | 13.11% |
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Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | $42,516 | $43,572
2.48% | $44,908
3.07% | $46,686
3.96% | $48,550
3.99% | 14.19% |
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Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | $35,320 | $36,614
3.66% | $37,776
3.17% | $39,212
3.80% | $40,650
3.67% | 15.09% |
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Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | $32,700 | $33,500
2.45% | $34,150
1.94% | $35,013
2.53% | $35,689
1.93% | 9.14% |
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Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | $16,645 | $16,735
0.54% | $17,001
1.59% | $17,126
0.74% | $17,426
1.75% | 4.69% |
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Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | $17,460 | $17,460 | $17,460 | $17,710
1.43% | $18,000
1.64% | 3.09% |
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Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | $17,550 | $17,550 | $17,550 | $18,906
7.73% | $18,906 | 7.73% |
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Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | $39,230 | $26,250
33.09% | $27,040
3.01% | $28,100
3.92% | $30,700
9.25% | 21.74% |
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Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA | $51,768 | $52,738
1.87% | $54,452
3.25% | $56,630
4.00% | $58,896
4.00% | 13.77% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $53,968 | $55,587
3.00% | $57,261
3.01% | $59,076
3.17% | $61,676
4.40% | 14.28% |
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Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | $22,490 | $22,490 | $22,490 | $22,490 | $22,490 | - |
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College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | $54,770 | $56,540
3.23% | $58,360
3.22% | $60,850
4.27% | $64,500
6.00% | 17.77% |
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Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | $39,000 | $42,000
7.69% | $42,630
1.50% | $26,000
39.01% | $27,040
4.00% | 30.67% |
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Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | $29,550 | $29,550 | $31,364
6.14% | $32,780
4.51% | $34,256
4.50% | 15.93% |
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Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | $46,880 | $48,800
4.10% | $50,675
3.84% | $52,925
4.44% | $55,275
4.44% | 17.91% |
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University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | $33,624 | $33,624 | $34,550
2.75% | $35,396
2.45% | $36,264
2.45% | 7.85% |
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University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | $36,427 | $36,964
1.47% | $38,171
3.27% | $39,293
2.94% | $40,449
2.94% | 11.04% |
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University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | $35,139 | $35,139 | $36,105
2.75% | $37,171
2.95% | $38,115
2.54% | 8.47% |
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, MA | $34,650 | $35,810
3.35% | $37,230
3.97% | $38,850
4.35% | $40,530
4.32% | 16.97% |
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Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | $39,800 | $39,800 | $40,960
2.91% | $42,180
2.98% | $43,400
2.89% | 9.05% |
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $53,450 | $55,878
4.54% | $57,986
3.77% | $60,156
3.74% | $62,396
3.72% | 16.74% |
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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | $25,434 | $25,104
1.30% | $24,522
2.32% | $23,910
2.50% | $23,722
0.79% | 6.73% |
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William James CollegeNewton, MA | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,635
0.09% | $10,655
0.19% | $11,800
10.75% | 11.06% |
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Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | $45,074 | $46,916
4.09% | $49,196
4.86% | $51,786
5.26% | $53,962
4.20% | 19.72% |
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MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | $78,241 | $83,176
6.31% | $86,395
3.87% | $93,980
8.78% | $95,932
2.08% | 22.61% |
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Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | $35,300 | $36,450
3.26% | $37,850
3.84% | $39,000
3.04% | $40,690
4.33% | 15.27% |
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Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | $54,618 | $56,518
3.48% | $58,498
3.50% | $64,142
9.65% | $67,018
4.48% | 22.70% |
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The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | $52,440 | $53,730
2.46% | $55,910
4.06% | $58,550
4.72% | $60,750
3.76% | 15.85% |
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Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | $36,540 | $37,300
2.08% | $38,650
3.62% | $40,375
4.46% | $42,705
5.77% | 16.87% |
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Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | $20,251 | $20,251 | $20,535
1.40% | $20,829
1.43% | $21,381
2.65% | 5.58% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | $55,452 | $57,592
3.86% | $60,192
4.51% | $63,141
4.90% | $66,162
4.78% | 19.31% |
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College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | $38,391 | $39,449
2.76% | $40,635
3.01% | $42,061
3.51% | $43,325
3.01% | 12.85% |
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Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | $6,960 | $7,176
3.10% | $7,344
2.34% | $7,536
2.61% | $8,938
18.60% | 28.42% |
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Regis CollegeWeston, MA | $43,716 | $44,809
2.50% | $46,150
2.99% | $47,770
3.51% | $49,680
4.00% | 13.64% |
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Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA | $26,200 | $26,724
2.00% | $28,060
5.00% | $29,463
5.00% | $30,642
4.00% | 16.95% |
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Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | $18,480 | $18,480 | $18,961
2.60% | $18,961 | $19,531
3.01% | 5.69% |
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Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | $41,917 | $43,062
2.73% | $44,350
2.99% | $45,538
2.68% | $46,874
2.93% | 11.83% |
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Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | $54,224 | $56,114
3.49% | $58,768
4.73% | $61,568
4.76% | $65,178
5.86% | 20.20% |
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Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | $39,720 | $39,720 | $41,694
4.97% | $43,707
4.83% | $44,974
2.90% | 13.23% |
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University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | $30,153 | $30,153 | $30,992
2.78% | $31,750
2.45% | $32,567
2.57% | 8.01% |
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Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | $46,642 | $47,808
2.50% | $50,762
6.18% | $53,400
5.20% | $56,370
5.56% | 20.86% |
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Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | $41,648 | $41,648 | $43,332
4.04% | $45,380
4.73% | $47,550
4.78% | 14.17% |
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Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | $60,862 | $63,000
3.51% | $65,222
3.53% | $67,844
4.02% | $70,704
4.22% | 16.17% |
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | $58,448 | $60,752
3.94% | $61,920
1.92% | $64,320
3.88% | $67,176
4.44% | 14.93% |
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Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | $35,970 | $37,650
4.67% | $38,760
2.95% | $41,010
5.80% | $42,884
4.57% | 19.22% |
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Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | $39,216 | $40,380
2.97% | $44,500
10.20% | $46,430
4.34% | $47,820
2.99% | 21.94% |
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Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | $17,219 | $17,219 | $17,580
2.10% | $17,962
2.17% | $18,259
1.65% | 6.04% |
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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | $56,366 | $58,180
3.22% | $60,230
3.52% | $62,080
3.07% | $63,960
3.03% | 13.47% |
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Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | $50,450 | $59,660
18.26% | $61,770
3.54% | $64,860
5.00% | $68,560
5.70% | 35.90% |
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Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | $54,216 | $55,531
2.43% | $56,896
2.46% | $58,870
3.47% | $60,765
3.22% | 12.08% |
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Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | $16,666 | $16,666 | $16,866
1.20% | $17,366
2.96% | $17,866
2.88% | 7.20% |
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Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | $13,493 | $13,670
1.31% | $14,160
3.58% | $14,160 | $14,160 | 4.94% |
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Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA | $54,700 | $56,342
3.00% | $58,110
3.14% | $61,802
6.35% | $63,742
3.14% | 16.53% |
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Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | $18,000 | $18,000 | $18,540
3.00% | $19,152
3.30% | $19,887
3.84% | 10.48% |
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Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | $13,386 | $13,392
0.04% | $46,397
246.45% | $48,899
5.39% | $50,688
3.66% | 278.66% |
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Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA | $26,000 | $26,000 | $27,000
3.85% | $28,700
6.30% | $30,200
5.23% | 16.15% |
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Sattler CollegeBoston, MA | - | - | - | $10,450 | $450
95.69% | 95.69% |
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| Average | $38,338 | $39,210
2.28% | $40,888
4.28% | $42,011
2.75% | $43,459
3.45% | 13.36% |
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*The tuition data is updated with the academic year 2024-2025 data from IPEDS