2024-2025 Acceptance Rate of Massachusetts Colleges

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Massachusetts colleges is 37.06%, 270,762 accepted out of 730,638 applicants.

For Massachusetts college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 15,763 (2.21%) compared to last year, from 714,875 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 1,056, which is less than -1.98% last year.

Massachusetts colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.07% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Massachusetts colleges. The yield decreased by 0.86%.

Among Massachusetts colleges, Harvard University has the lowest acceptance rate of 3.65% with 1,970 accepted students out of 54,008 applicants. Northeastern University has the most number of applicants of 98,425 and University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,388.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Massachusetts Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Massachusetts. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Massachusetts Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Harvard University	54,008 -2,929	1,970 5	1,647 2	3.65% 0.20%	83.60% -0.12%
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District	107 98	4 -5	4 -5	3.74% -96.26%	100.00%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	28,232 1,328	1,284 10	1,102 11	4.55% -0.19%	85.83% 0.19%
Northeastern University	98,425 1,794	5,133 -326	2,759 15	5.22% -0.43%	53.75% 3.48%
Williams College	15,411 3,946	1,272 127	547 6	8.25% -1.74%	43.00% -4.25%
Amherst College	13,743 1,016	1,238 -12	480 -8	9.01% -0.81%	38.77% -0.27%
Boston University	78,769 -1,726	8,749 16	3,268 123	11.11% 0.26%	37.35% 1.34%
Tufts University	34,432 429	3,957 513	1,801 62	11.49% 1.36%	45.51% -4.98%
Wellesley College	8,714 530	1,224 86	583 10	14.05% 0.14%	47.63% -2.72%
Boston College	35,037 -1,032	5,755 110	2,501 166	16.43% 0.78%	43.46% 2.10%
Babson College	9,381 1,386	1,603 25	625 -1	17.09% -2.65%	38.99% -0.68%
College of the Holy Cross	9,568 898	1,685 -144	835 12	17.61% -3.49%	49.55% 4.55%
Smith College	8,666 -1,203	1,820 -127	645 -4	21.00% 1.27%	35.44% 2.11%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	1,000 72	252 51	110 12	25.20% 3.54%	43.65% -5.11%
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing	41 18	14 2	12 4	34.15% -18.02%	85.71% 19.04%
Mount Holyoke College	5,226 196	1,883 -43	512 -75	36.03% -2.26%	27.19% -3.29%
Diman Regional Technical Institute	130 108	51 37	5 -9	39.23% -24.41%	9.80% -90.20%
Clark University	11,452 722	4,528 57	486 -143	39.54% -2.13%	10.73% -3.34%
Brandeis University	10,462 -820	4,237 253	735 -130	40.50% 5.19%	17.35% -4.36%
The New England Conservatory of Music	1,112 153	457 47	135 30	41.10% -1.65%	29.54% 3.93%
Berklee College of Music	7,050 -117	3,069 -508	1,395 -107	43.53% -6.38%	45.45% 3.46%
Bentley University	11,012 530	4,961 -116	1,056 -64	45.05% -3.39%	21.29% -0.77%
Laboure College of Healthcare	32 -5	16 1	16 10	50.00% 9.46%	100.00% 60.00%
Anna Maria College	6,906 2,941	3,474 -77	225 -24	50.30% -39.26%	6.48% -0.53%
Emerson College	10,378 -714	5,325 58	828 -169	51.31% 3.83%	15.55% -3.38%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	50,261 -163	30,020 891	5,388 102	59.73% 1.96%	17.95% -0.20%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	12,559 750	7,555 647	1,366 6	60.16% 1.66%	18.08% -1.61%
Hult International Business School	1,761 -507	1,065 -145	139 -38	60.48% 7.13%	13.05% -1.58%
Stonehill College	8,383 468	5,556 -187	777 130	66.28% -6.28%	13.98% 2.71%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	5,835 1,133	3,952 598	511 -11	67.73% -3.60%	12.93% -2.63%
Sattler College	42 7	29 10	20 7	69.05% 14.76%	68.97% 0.55%
Gordon College	2,366 -213	1,638 122	353 26	69.23% 10.45%	21.55% -0.02%
Regis College	3,432 942	2,395 172	180 -33	69.78% -19.50%	7.52% -2.06%
Simmons University	4,773 -98	3,340 125	361 -2	69.98% 3.98%	10.81% -0.48%
Merrimack College	14,070 377	9,852 -227	971 -100	70.02% -3.59%	9.86% -0.77%
Southeastern Technical Institute	299 118	211 122	88 12	70.57% 21.40%	41.71% -43.68%
Fisher College	3,527 91	2,493 62	153 -52	70.68% -0.07%	6.14% -2.29%
Endicott College	5,522 -40	3,932 -89	836 -65	71.21% -1.08%	21.26% -1.15%
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School	21 -15	15 -21	12 -16	71.43% -28.57%	80.00% 2.22%
Springfield College	3,284 -330	2,361 -177	448 -28	71.89% 1.66%	18.98% 0.23%
Dean College	4,617 -765	3,403 -564	296 -43	73.71% 0.00%	8.70% 0.15%
Greater Lowell Technical School	24 13	18 7	18 7	75.00% -25.00%	100.00%
Hampshire College	2,132 -84	1,605 46	231 -28	75.28% 4.93%	14.39% -2.22%
Emmanuel College	6,099 162	4,614 -171	516 -21	75.65% -4.95%	11.18% -0.04%
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	2,756 -271	2,102 -243	363 -69	76.27% -1.20%	17.27% -1.15%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	54 33	43 24	11 -3	79.63% -10.85%	25.58% -48.10%
Nichols College	2,296 179	1,856 -10	336 3	80.84% -7.30%	18.10% 0.25%
Lasell University	3,057 -3	2,483 -34	341 27	81.22% -1.03%	13.73% 1.25%
Westfield State University	6,816 543	5,549 484	841 129	81.41% 0.67%	15.16% 1.10%
Suffolk University	10,308 207	8,487 -73	923 -291	82.33% -2.41%	10.88% -3.30%
Assumption University	5,900 1,206	4,896 834	497 18	82.98% -3.56%	10.15% -1.64%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	13,781 1,153	11,444 680	2,068 -15	83.04% -2.20%	18.07% -1.28%
Monty Tech	59 50	49 40	28 19	83.05% -16.95%	57.14% -42.86%
Western New England University	7,567 1,033	6,317 877	790 59	83.48% 0.22%	12.51% -0.93%
Framingham State University	4,532 190	3,789 104	587 88	83.61% -1.26%	15.49% 1.95%
University of Massachusetts-Boston	21,262 344	17,813 460	2,187 -276	83.78% 0.82%	12.28% -1.91%
Bay Path University	1,047 81	892 182	139 28	85.20% 11.70%	15.58% -0.05%
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	6,010	5,121	673 3	85.21% 0.00%	13.14% 0.06%
College of Our Lady of the Elms	1,269 -173	1,082 -182	118 -78	85.26% -2.40%	10.91% -4.60%
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School	62 35	53 44	19 10	85.48% 52.15%	35.85% -64.15%
Fitchburg State University	4,582 229	3,983 68	539 -72	86.93% -3.01%	13.53% -2.08%
Curry College	5,313 -1,590	4,657 -1,697	535 11	87.65% -4.40%	11.49% 3.24%
Bridgewater State University	9,096 465	7,987 289	1,551 -29	87.81% -1.38%	19.42% -1.10%
Worcester State University	5,156 411	4,537 273	756 -153	87.99% -1.87%	16.66% -4.66%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	1,208 -335	1,084 -341	125 -66	89.74% -2.61%	11.53% -1.87%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	10,669 875	9,670 644	1,303 -73	90.64% -1.52%	13.47% -1.77%
Boston Baptist College	11 -3	10 -4	1 -3	90.91% -9.09%	10.00% -18.57%
Wentworth Institute of Technology	5,985 -468	5,459 -50	1,084 104	91.21% 5.84%	19.86% 2.07%
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	1,265 145	1,198 139	457 58	94.70% 0.15%	38.15% 0.47%
Salem State University	7,953 3,101	7,625 2,988	858 48	95.88% 0.31%	11.25% -6.22%
Lesley University	2,526 17	2,447 78	193 4	96.87% 2.45%	7.89% -0.09%
American International College	2,540 282	2,529 341	284 7	99.57% 2.67%	11.23% -1.43%

37.06% of Applicants Accepted to Massachusetts Colleges in 2025 Admission

730,638

270,762

37.06%

19.35%

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Massachusetts Colleges