Massachusetts Colleges List

The best college in Massachusetts on the University Review Rankings List is Harvard University (Full ratings here) placed both first in the USA and the world rankings. Other renown colleges in the state include MIT (3rd in the U.S.A., ranked 4th in the world; Find out more), Boston University (40th USA, 58th world; Find out more), Tufts University (43rd, 92nd world; Find out more), Brandeis University (54th USA, 176th world; Find out more), UMass Amherst (66th USA, 80th world; Find out more), and Boston College (76th USA, 290th world; Find out more).

List of Massachusetts Colleges Part 1

Name	Address	Type	Number of UG Students	In-State Tuition	Out of State Tuition	Acceptance Rate	Founded
American International College	1000 State St., Springfield, MA 01109	Private	1513	$30,941	$30,941	68%	1885
Amherst College	Amherst, MA 01002	Private	1,785	$48,526	$48,526	14%	1821
Andover Newton Theological School	210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459	Private	350				1808
Anna Maria College	50 Sunset Lane, Paxton, MA 01612	Private	1143	$34,330	$34,330	78%	1946
Assumption College	500 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609	Private	2015	$36,160	$36,160	74%	1904
Babson College	231 Forest Street, Babson Park, MA 02457	Private	2106	$45,120	$45,120	28%	1919
Bard College at Simon's Rock	84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230	Private	350	$48,551	$48,551	92%	1966
Bay Path University	588 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, MA 01106	Private	1458	$30,859	$30,859	58%	1897
Bay State College	122 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02116	Private	1196	$25,280	$25,280	59%	1946
Becker College	61 Sever Street, Worcester, MA 01609	Private	1902	$31,500	$31,500	63%	1784
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology	41 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116	Private		$16,950	$16,950		1908
Bentley University	175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452	Private	4247	$42,511	$42,511	44%	1917
Berklee College of Music	1140 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215	Private	4402	$38,910	$38,910		1945
Boston Architectural College	320 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02115	Private	407	$19,706	$19,706		1889
Boston College	140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467	Private	9049	$47,436	$47,436	32%	1863
Boston Conservatory	8 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02215	Private		$40,900	$40,900		1867
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis	1581 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446	Private					1973
Boston University	1 Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215	Private	18165	$46,664	$46,664	37%	1839
Brandeis University	415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454	Private	3614	$47,833	$47,833	37%	1948
Cambridge College	1000 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138	Private	1090	$11,440	$11,440	63%	1971
Clark University	950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610	Private	2380	$40,730	$40,730	62%	1887
College of the Holy Cross	1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610	Private	2912	$45,692	$45,692	33%	1843
Conway School of Landscape Design	332 South Deerfield Road, Conway, MA 01341	Private					1972
Curry College	1071 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton, MA 02186	Private	2849	$35,415	$35,415	87%	2849
Dean College	99 Main St., Franklin, MA 02038	Private	1300	$34,390	$34,390	68%	1865
Eastern Nazarene College	23 E. Elm Ave., Quincy, MA 02170	Private	1321	$27,922	$27,922	51%	1918
Elms College	291 Springfield Street, Chicopee, MA 01013	Private	1678				1928
Emerson College	120 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116	Private	3731	$37,350	$37,350	48%	1880
Emmanuel College	400 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115	Private	2176	$35,532	$35,532	61%	1919
Endicott College	376 Hale St., Beverly, MA 01915	Private	2852	$29,494	$29,494	72%	1839
Fisher College	118 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116	Private	1930	$28,260	$28,260	65%	1903
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	1000 Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492	Private	355	$44,025	$44,025	17%	1997
Gordon College	255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, MA 01984	Private	1707	$34,390	$34,390	43%	1889
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary	130 Essex Street, South Hamilton, MA 01982	Private					1969
Hampshire College	893 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002	Private	1492	$46,625	$46,625	70%	1965
Harvard University	86 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138	Private	6722	$43,938	$43,938	6%	1636
Hebrew College	160 Herrick Rd., Newton Centre, MA 02459	Private	187				1921
Hellenic College / Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445	Private	99	$22,490	$22,490	64%	1937
Hult International Business School	1 Education Street, Cambridge, MA, 02141	Private					1964
LabourŽ College	303 Adams Street, Milton, MA 02186	Private	615	$22,968	$22,968	54%	1892
Lasell College	1844 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02466	Private	1687	$31,000	$31,000	76%	1851
Lesley University	29 Everett St., Cambridge, MA 02138	Private	1568	$24,560	$24,560	64%	1909
Longy School of Music	1 Follen St., Cambridge, MA 02138	Private		$33,050	$33,050		1915
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	179 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115-5896	Private		$30,310	$30,310		1823
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139	Private	4528	$45,016	$45,016	8%	1861
Massachusetts School of Law	500 Federal Street, Andover, MA 01810	Private	635 (Grad)				1988
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology	1 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA 02459	Private	600 (Grad)				1974

Massachusetts University List - Part 2

Name	Address	Type	Number of UG Students	In-State Tuition	Out of State Tuition	Acceptance Rate	Founded
Massachusetts State University System
Bridgewater State University	131 Summer St., Bridgewater, MA 02325	Public	9615	$8,228	$14,368	79%	1840
Fitchburg State University	160 Pearl St., Fitchburg, MA 01420	Public	4239	$9,260	$15,340	74%	1894
Framingham State University	100 State Street, Framingham, MA 01702	Public	4584	$8,080	$14,160	56%	1839
Massachusetts College of Art & Design	621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115	Public	2120	$11,225	$29,925	69%	1873
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	375 Church St., North Adams, MA 01247	Public	1538	$8,975	$17,920	67%	1894
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532	Public	1376	$7,203	$22,109	59%	1891
Salem State University	352 Lafayette St., Salem, MA 01970	Public	7664	$8,130	$14,270	72%	1854
Westfield State University	577 Western Avenue, Westfield, MA 01085	Public	5691	$8,697	$14,777	75%	1838
Worcester State University	486 Chandler St., Worcester, MA 01602	Public	5556	$8,557	$14,637	61%	1874
Merrimack College	315 Turnpike St., North Andover, MA 01845	Private	2752	$36,215	$36,215	79%	1947
MGH Institute of Health Professions	36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA 02129	Private	1,230 (Grad)				1977
Montserrat College of Art	23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915	Private		$27,770	$27,770		1970
Mount Holyoke College	50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075	Private	2183	$42,656	$42,656	47%	1837
Mount Ida College	777 Dedham Street, Newton, MA 02459	Private	1268	$30,447	$30,447	68%	1899
National Graduate School of Quality Management	186 Jones Road Falmouth, MA 02540	Private					1993
New England College of Business & Finance	0 High St #204, Boston, MA 02110	Private					1909
New England College of Optometry	424 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02115	Private	400 (Grad)				1894
New England Conservatory of Music	290 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115	Private	431	$41,405	$41,405	27%	1867
New England Institute of Art	10 Brookline Place W, Brookline, MA 02445	Private	1483	$18,760	$18,760		1952
Newbury College	129 Fischer Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445	Private	1006	$29,930	$29,930	81%	1962
Nichols College	124 Center Road, Dudley, MA 01571	Private	1281	$32,370	$32,370	82%	1815
Northeastern University	360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115	Private	13204	$43,440	$43,440	32%	1898
Pine Manor College	400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467	Private	313	$26,180	$26,180	64%	1911
Regis College	235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493	Private	1188	$35,750	$35,750	72%	1927
Saint John's Seminary	127 Lake Street, Brighton, MA 02135	Private	91				1884
Simmons College	300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115	Private	1732	$36,230	$36,230	49%	1899
Smith College	7 College Lane, Northampton, MA 01063	Private	2606	$44,724	$44,724	43%	1871
Springfield College	263 Alden Street, Springfield, MA 01109	Private	2204	$33,455	$33,455	70%	1885
Stonehill College	320 Washington Street, Easton, MA 02357	Private	2481	$37,426	$37,426	71%	1948
Suffolk University	8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108	Private	5779	$32,660	$32,660	83%	1906
Tufts University	419 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155	Private	5,180	$48,643	$48,643	19%	1852
University of Massachusetts System
Umass Amherst	37 Mather Drive, Amherst, MA 01003	Public	22134	$13,258	$28,813	63%	1863
Umass Boston	100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125	Public	12,366	$11,966	$28,390	70%	1964
Umass Dartmouth	285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747	Public	7437	$11,681	$18,363	75%	1895
Umass Lowell	1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854	Public	12734	$12,447	$19,560	64%	1894
Umass Medical School at Worcester	55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655	Public					1962
Wellesley College	106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481	Private	2474	$45,078	$45,078	29%	1870
Wentworth Institute of Technology	550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115	Private	3992	$29,320	$29,320	58%	1904
Western New England University	1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA 01119	Private	2667	$33,466	$33,466	82%	1919
Wheaton College	26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766	Private	1656	$46,423	$46,423	74%	1834
Wheelock College	200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215	Private	880	$32,830	$32,830	73%	1888
Williams College	880 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267	Private	2077	$48,310	$48,310	18%	1793
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	86 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543	Private					1930
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609	Private	4134	$42,778	$42,778	52%	1865

Size wise the largest colleges by undergraduate student body are the Umass Amherst (22,134 students) and Boston University (18,165 students). While the smallest establishments include the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (355 students) and Pine Manor College (313 students).

Cost wise, of the main public higher education establishments the cheapest tuition fees are offered by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (In-state tuition: $7,203; Out of state fees: $22,109), and the Framingham State University (In-state: $8,080; Out of state: $14,160).

Conversely the highest priced public college in Massachusetts is Umass Amherst ($13,258 In-state tuition fees, and $28,813 Out of state fees).

Of the private institutions, the lowest priced establishments on this list of Massachusetts Colleges are Cambridge College ($11,440) and the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology ($16,950), whilst the most expensive universities in Massachusetts state is Tufts University ($48,643).

The most selective colleges are Harvard University (6% acceptance rate) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? (8%). The oldest college in Massachusetts is the Ivy League Institution Harvard University, established in 1636.