Acceptance Rate and Application Statistics
The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between Colleges in Massachusetts. The average acceptance rate of Colleges in Massachusetts is 36.82% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 19.87%.
Harvard University has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 3.24% and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 84.97% among Colleges in Massachusetts. The numbers in parenthesis() in below table represent the number and rate by gender (men/women). The statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2022-2023.
Compare Selected Schools
| Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Enrollment Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business School | 2,279 (1,082/1,163) | 1,088 (496/578) | 215 (134/79) | 48% (46%/50%) | 20% (27%/7%) | |
| New England College of Business and Finance | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| American International College | 2,707 (1,278/1,428) | 2,419 (1,120/1,298) | 331 (193/138) | 89% (88%/91%) | 14% (17%/10%) | |
| Amherst College | 14,864 (6,260/7,845) | 1,079 (451/582) | 467 (210/243) | 7% (7%/7%) | 43% (47%/3%) | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Anna Maria College | 3,514 (2,104/1,410) | 2,445 (1,387/1,058) | 202 (122/80) | 70% (66%/75%) | 8% (9%/6%) | |
| Assumption University | 4,035 (1,949/2,086) | 3,321 (1,507/1,814) | 369 (196/173) | 82% (77%/87%) | 11% (13%/8%) | |
| Babson College | 7,607 (4,790/2,817) | 1,700 (884/816) | 656 (365/291) | 22% (18%/29%) | 39% (41%/10%) | |
| Boston Baptist College | 13 (3/10) | 13 (3/10) | 5 (1/4) | 100% (100%/100%) | 38% (33%/40%) | |
| Bay Path University | 788 (0/768) | 596 (0/584) | 139 (0/127) | 76% (0%/76%) | 23% (0%/17%) | |
| Bay State College | 109 (51/57) | 52 (22/29) | 25 (10/15) | 48% (43%/51%) | 48% (45%/26%) | |
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Bentley University | 9,662 (5,927/3,735) | 5,592 (3,243/2,349) | 1,141 (697/444) | 58% (55%/63%) | 20% (21%/12%) | |
| Berklee College of Music | 7,286 (3,549/3,736) | 3,951 (2,072/1,878) | 1,627 (887/740) | 54% (58%/50%) | 41% (43%/20%) | |
| Boston Architectural College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Boston College | 40,494 (15,887/24,459) | 6,748 (2,964/3,765) | 2,335 (1,079/1,253) | 17% (19%/15%) | 35% (36%/5%) | |
| Boston University | 80,796 (31,328/49,468) | 11,607 (5,061/6,546) | 3,635 (1,475/2,160) | 14% (16%/13%) | 31% (29%/4%) | |
| Brandeis University | 9,917 (4,222/5,695) | 3,908 (1,493/2,415) | 986 (438/548) | 39% (35%/42%) | 25% (29%/10%) | |
| Bridgewater State University | 8,807 (3,887/4,920) | 7,725 (3,304/4,421) | 1,570 (721/849) | 88% (85%/90%) | 20% (22%/17%) | |
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | 103 (14/88) | 40 (7/33) | 12 (3/9) | 39% (50%/38%) | 30% (43%/10%) | |
| Clark University | 8,787 (3,545/5,242) | 4,422 (1,672/2,750) | 703 (290/413) | 50% (47%/52%) | 16% (17%/8%) | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Curry College | 4,743 (1,918/2,781) | 4,151 (1,681/2,458) | 490 (224/266) | 88% (88%/88%) | 12% (13%/10%) | |
| Dean College | 4,860 (2,118/2,628) | 3,691 (1,571/2,043) | 343 (170/162) | 76% (74%/78%) | 9% (11%/6%) | |
| Eastern Nazarene College | 688 (382/306) | 426 (211/215) | 72 (47/25) | 62% (55%/70%) | 17% (22%/8%) | |
| Emerson College | 12,109 (3,341/8,768) | 5,176 (1,354/3,822) | 1,002 (317/685) | 43% (41%/44%) | 19% (23%/8%) | |
| Emmanuel College | 5,786 (1,418/4,368) | 4,611 (1,010/3,601) | 568 (120/448) | 80% (71%/82%) | 12% (12%/10%) | |
| Endicott College | 5,430 (1,975/3,455) | 3,981 (1,411/2,570) | 871 (315/556) | 73% (71%/74%) | 22% (22%/16%) | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | |||||
| Fisher College | 3,333 (1,325/2,008) | 2,474 (901/1,573) | 194 (94/100) | 74% (68%/78%) | 8% (10%/5%) | |
| Fitchburg State University | 3,084 (1,485/1,599) | 2,654 (1,193/1,461) | 486 (227/259) | 86% (80%/91%) | 18% (19%/16%) | |
| Framingham State University | 4,526 (1,903/2,623) | 3,956 (1,598/2,358) | 490 (247/243) | 87% (84%/90%) | 12% (15%/9%) | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Gordon College | 1,395 (524/871) | 1,280 (464/816) | 317 (124/193) | 92% (89%/94%) | 25% (27%/22%) | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Hampshire College | 2,090 (720/1,196) | 1,440 (438/843) | 228 (69/113) | 69% (61%/70%) | 16% (16%/9%) | |
| Harvard University | 61,221 (28,024/33,197) | 1,984 (908/1,076) | 1,646 (740/906) | 3% (3%/3%) | 83% (81%/3%) | |
| Hebrew College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | 38 (18/20) | 22 (15/7) | 4 (4/0) | 58% (83%/35%) | 18% (27%/0%) | |
| College of the Holy Cross | 7,036 (3,368/3,668) | 2,558 (1,177/1,381) | 903 (406/497) | 36% (35%/38%) | 35% (34%/14%) | |
| Lasell University | 2,833 (1,006/1,827) | 2,074 (692/1,382) | 314 (106/208) | 73% (69%/76%) | 15% (15%/11%) | |
| Lesley University | 3,144 (741/2,227) | 2,711 (563/2,029) | 240 (66/158) | 86% (76%/91%) | 9% (12%/7%) | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | 82 (34/47) | 73 (28/44) | 11 (3/7) | 89% (82%/94%) | 15% (11%/15%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 12,253 (6,467/5,785) | 10,532 (5,538/4,993) | 1,937 (1,187/750) | 86% (86%/86%) | 18% (21%/13%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 45,451 (21,896/23,555) | 28,871 (11,819/17,052) | 5,589 (2,577/3,012) | 64% (54%/72%) | 19% (22%/13%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19,512 (7,014/12,498) | 15,757 (5,343/10,414) | 2,441 (1,055/1,386) | 81% (76%/83%) | 15% (20%/11%) | |
| MCPHS University | 5,698 (1,132/4,563) | 5,029 (948/4,079) | 759 (185/574) | 88% (84%/89%) | 15% (20%/13%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Central Office | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 2,598 (570/2,028) | 2,043 (378/1,665) | 409 (87/322) | 79% (66%/82%) | 20% (23%/16%) | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33,767 (21,588/12,179) | 1,337 (661/676) | 1,136 (582/554) | 4% (3%/6%) | 85% (88%/5%) | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1,028 (876/152) | 919 (781/138) | 317 (273/44) | 89% (89%/91%) | 34% (35%/29%) | |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| William James College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Merrimack College | 13,175 (5,708/7,409) | 9,833 (4,276/5,557) | 1,182 (558/624) | 75% (75%/75%) | 12% (13%/8%) | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Mount Holyoke College | 4,894 (0/4,894) | 1,946 (0/1,946) | 544 (0/544) | 40% (0%/40%) | 28% (0%/11%) | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| The New England Conservatory of Music | 815 (409/382) | 306 (169/132) | 48 (23/24) | 38% (41%/35%) | 16% (14%/6%) | |
| New England College of Optometry | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| New England Law-Boston | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Nichols College | 2,358 (1,596/762) | 2,001 (1,341/660) | 317 (202/115) | 85% (84%/87%) | 16% (15%/15%) | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1,456 (490/962) | 1,346 (437/906) | 177 (81/96) | 92% (89%/94%) | 13% (19%/10%) | |
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | |||||
| Northeastern University | 91,000 (39,035/51,965) | 6,191 (2,259/3,932) | 2,519 (903/1,616) | 7% (6%/8%) | 41% (40%/3%) | |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 1,177 (321/829) | 1,070 (297/769) | 146 (46/100) | 91% (93%/93%) | 14% (15%/12%) | |
| Pine Manor College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Regis College | 2,841 (683/2,158) | 2,522 (563/1,959) | 203 (59/144) | 89% (82%/91%) | 8% (10%/7%) | |
| Saint John's Seminary | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Salem State University | 5,093 (1,537/3,556) | 4,719 (1,370/3,349) | 863 (309/554) | 93% (89%/94%) | 18% (23%/16%) | |
| Simmons University | 4,001 (0/4,000) | 3,059 (0/3,058) | 392 (0/392) | 76% (0%/76%) | 13% (0%/10%) | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | 154 (61/91) | 147 (54/91) | 94 (35/58) | 95% (89%/100%) | 64% (65%/64%) | |
| Smith College | 7,269 (0/7,269) | 1,662 (0/1,662) | 619 (0/619) | 23% (0%/23%) | 37% (0%/9%) | |
| Springfield College | 3,549 (1,873/1,676) | 2,684 (1,393/1,291) | 529 (281/248) | 76% (74%/77%) | 20% (20%/15%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 8,837 (3,913/4,924) | 8,441 (3,679/4,762) | 1,319 (665/654) | 96% (94%/97%) | 16% (18%/13%) | |
| Stonehill College | 7,269 (3,371/3,898) | 5,338 (2,334/3,004) | 737 (343/394) | 73% (69%/77%) | 14% (15%/10%) | |
| Suffolk University | 9,699 (3,299/6,400) | 8,418 (2,744/5,674) | 1,260 (404/856) | 87% (83%/89%) | 15% (15%/13%) | |
| Tufts University | 34,882 (13,900/19,732) | 3,381 (1,374/1,873) | 1,695 (696/929) | 10% (10%/9%) | 50% (51%/5%) | |
| Wellesley College | 8,491 (0/8,491) | 1,152 (0/1,152) | 585 (0/585) | 14% (0%/14%) | 51% (0%/7%) | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 5,537 (3,952/1,585) | 5,111 (3,616/1,495) | 832 (637/195) | 92% (91%/94%) | 16% (18%/12%) | |
| Western New England University | 6,128 (3,363/2,765) | 5,393 (2,948/2,445) | 589 (350/239) | 88% (88%/88%) | 11% (12%/9%) | |
| Westfield State University | 6,625 (2,648/3,844) | 5,400 (2,065/3,242) | 803 (353/428) | 82% (78%/84%) | 15% (17%/11%) | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 4,031 (1,503/2,501) | 3,204 (1,134/2,064) | 494 (186/306) | 79% (75%/83%) | 15% (16%/12%) | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Williams College | 15,321 (6,870/7,974) | 1,302 (607/653) | 577 (264/294) | 8% (9%/8%) | 44% (43%/4%) | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 11,599 (8,247/3,352) | 6,667 (4,180/2,487) | 1,354 (931/423) | 57% (51%/74%) | 20% (22%/13%) | |
| Worcester State University | 4,718 (1,811/2,849) | 4,136 (1,568/2,518) | 799 (319/468) | 88% (87%/88%) | 19% (20%/16%) | |
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Norwood | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | |||||
| Massachusetts School of Law | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Wilmington | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | |||||
| University of Phoenix-Massachusetts | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/08/2018) | |||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 862 (646/216) | 165 (80/85) | 75 (43/32) | 19% (12%/39%) | 45% (54%/15%) | |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Northern Vermont University - Northern Essex Community College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Average | 10,541 (4,492/4,617) | 3,881 (1,599/2,213) | 833 (383/454) | 36.82% (35.6%/47.9%) | 19.87% (22.2%/18.7%) | |
SAT Scores Comparison
The average SAT score of Colleges in Massachusetts is 1298. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 648 and the average SAT Math score is 650.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT scores of 1,560 and Eastern Nazarene College has the lowest SAT scores of 1,035 among Colleges in Massachusetts. The following table compares SAT Scores between Colleges in Massachusetts for the academic year 2022-2023.
Compare Selected Schools
| Name | Submit%* (Submit#**) | SAT Total | Evidence-Based Reading and Writing | Math | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business School | Test Score is NOT considered for Hult International Business School admission. | ||||
| New England College of Business and Finance | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| American International College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Amherst College | 40% (185) | 1510 | 740 | 770 | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Anna Maria College | Test Score is NOT considered for Anna Maria College admission. | ||||
| Assumption University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Babson College | 32% (212) | 1440 | 690 | 750 | |
| Boston Baptist College | 80% (4) | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Bay Path University | 9% (10) | 1080 | 550 | 530 | |
| Bay State College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Bentley University | 27% (304) | 1340 | 660 | 680 | |
| Berklee College of Music | Test Score is NOT considered for Berklee College of Music admission. | ||||
| Boston Architectural College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | No data is available. | ||||
| Boston College | 34% (800) | 1490 | 730 | 760 | |
| Boston University | 23% (823) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
| Brandeis University | 39% (381) | 1470 | 720 | 750 | |
| Bridgewater State University | 14% (225) | 1110 | 560 | 550 | |
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | 17% (2) | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark University | 22% (153) | 1360 | 690 | 670 | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | No data is available. | ||||
| Curry College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Dean College | Test Score is NOT considered for Dean College admission. | ||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | 17% (12) | 1035 | 525 | 510 | |
| Emerson College | 22% (225) | 1360 | 700 | 660 | |
| Emmanuel College | 15% (84) | 1230 | 620 | 610 | |
| Endicott College | 18% (160) | 1200 | 610 | 590 | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | ||||
| Fisher College | Test Score is NOT considered for Fisher College admission. | ||||
| Fitchburg State University | 24% (117) | 1120 | 570 | 550 | |
| Framingham State University | 17% (84) | 1105 | 565 | 540 | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Gordon College | 24% (76) | 1190 | 620 | 570 | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Hampshire College | Test Score is NOT considered for Hampshire College admission. | ||||
| Harvard University | 55% (903) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| Hebrew College | No data is available. | ||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| College of the Holy Cross | 35% (313) | 1350 | 680 | 670 | |
| Lasell University | 20% (62) | 1145 | 590 | 555 | |
| Lesley University | Test Score is NOT considered for Lesley University admission. | ||||
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Test Score is NOT considered for Longy School of Music of Bard College admission. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 31% (602) | 1250 | 620 | 630 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 30% (1,656) | 1370 | 680 | 690 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 28% (688) | 1190 | 600 | 590 | |
| MCPHS University | 14% (103) | 1230 | 580 | 650 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Central Office | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Art and Design admission. | ||||
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 78% (883) | 1560 | 760 | 800 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No data is available. | ||||
| William James College | No data is available. | ||||
| Merrimack College | Test Score is NOT considered for Merrimack College admission. | ||||
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | No data is available. | ||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Mount Holyoke College | 19% (104) | 1430 | 730 | 700 | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| The New England Conservatory of Music | Test Score is NOT considered for The New England Conservatory of Music admission. | ||||
| New England College of Optometry | No data is available. | ||||
| New England Law-Boston | No data is available. | ||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Nichols College | 21% (66) | 1060 | 520 | 540 | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts admission. | ||||
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | ||||
| Northeastern University | 33% (827) | 1500 | 730 | 770 | |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 6% (9) | 1140 | 580 | 560 | |
| Pine Manor College | No data is available. | ||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Regis College | Test Score is NOT considered for Regis College admission. | ||||
| Saint John's Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Salem State University | 2% (20) | 1110 | 580 | 530 | |
| Simmons University | 17% (67) | 1270 | 650 | 620 | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Smith College | 33% (201) | 1440 | 730 | 710 | |
| Springfield College | 16% (82) | 1190 | 600 | 590 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19% (256) | 1140 | 580 | 560 | |
| Stonehill College | Test Score is NOT considered for Stonehill College admission. | ||||
| Suffolk University | 18% (223) | 1190 | 610 | 580 | |
| Tufts University | 37% (631) | 1510 | 740 | 770 | |
| Wellesley College | 38% (224) | 1490 | 740 | 750 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 35% (291) | 1210 | 600 | 610 | |
| Western New England University | 22% (128) | 1190 | 590 | 600 | |
| Westfield State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 25% (122) | 1340 | 660 | 680 | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Williams College | 41% (235) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Worcester Polytechnic Institute admission. | ||||
| Worcester State University | 9% (68) | 1125 | 565 | 560 | |
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Norwood | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||
| Massachusetts School of Law | No data is available. | ||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Wilmington | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||
| University of Phoenix-Massachusetts | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/08/2018) | ||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 48% (36) | 1520 | 740 | 780 | |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | No data is available. | ||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | No data is available. | ||||
| Northern Vermont University - Northern Essex Community College | No data is available. | ||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | No data is available. | ||||
| Average | 27.36% | 1298 | 648 | 650 | |
ACT Scores Comparison
The average ACT score of Colleges in Massachusetts is 30. By subject, the average ACT English score is 31 and the ACT math score is 29.
The following table compares ACT Scores between Colleges in Massachusetts for academic year 2022-2023.
Compare Selected Schools
| Name | Submit%* (Submit#**) | Composite | English | Math | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business School | Test Score is NOT considered for Hult International Business School admission. | ||||
| New England College of Business and Finance | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| American International College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Amherst College | 21% (99) | 34 | 35 | 32 | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Anna Maria College | Test Score is NOT considered for Anna Maria College admission. | ||||
| Assumption University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Babson College | 8% (52) | 31 | 33 | 31 | |
| Boston Baptist College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Bay Path University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Bay State College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Bentley University | 5% (53) | 30 | 30 | 28 | |
| Berklee College of Music | Test Score is NOT considered for Berklee College of Music admission. | ||||
| Boston Architectural College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | No data is available. | ||||
| Boston College | 18% (415) | 34 | 35 | 32 | |
| Boston University | 12% (448) | 33 | 34 | 31 | |
| Brandeis University | 17% (167) | 33 | 34 | 31 | |
| Bridgewater State University | 1% (9) | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Test Scores are required, but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Clark University | 4% (30) | 32 | 34 | 28 | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | No data is available. | ||||
| Curry College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Dean College | Test Score is NOT considered for Dean College admission. | ||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | 1% (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emerson College | 8% (78) | 31 | 34 | 28 | |
| Emmanuel College | 3% (17) | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Endicott College | 2% (17) | 26 | 25 | 25 | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | ||||
| Fisher College | Test Score is NOT considered for Fisher College admission. | ||||
| Fitchburg State University | 1% (7) | 24 | 22 | 24 | |
| Framingham State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Gordon College | 8% (25) | 27 | 29 | 25 | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Hampshire College | Test Score is NOT considered for Hampshire College admission. | ||||
| Harvard University | 28% (466) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| Hebrew College | No data is available. | ||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| College of the Holy Cross | 19% (173) | 30 | 32 | 27 | |
| Lasell University | 2% (6) | 24 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lesley University | Test Score is NOT considered for Lesley University admission. | ||||
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Test Score is NOT considered for Longy School of Music of Bard College admission. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 2% (43) | 28 | 28 | 26 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 5% (294) | 31 | 32 | 28 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 2% (58) | 27 | 28 | 26 | |
| MCPHS University | 1% (10) | 26 | 0 | 29 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Central Office | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Art and Design admission. | ||||
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 32% (362) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No data is available. | ||||
| William James College | No data is available. | ||||
| Merrimack College | Test Score is NOT considered for Merrimack College admission. | ||||
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | No data is available. | ||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Mount Holyoke College | 3% (19) | 32 | 34 | 29 | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| The New England Conservatory of Music | Test Score is NOT considered for The New England Conservatory of Music admission. | ||||
| New England College of Optometry | No data is available. | ||||
| New England Law-Boston | No data is available. | ||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Nichols College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts admission. | ||||
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | ||||
| Northeastern University | 11% (282) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 1% (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pine Manor College | No data is available. | ||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Regis College | Test Score is NOT considered for Regis College admission. | ||||
| Saint John's Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Salem State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Simmons University | 4% (16) | 31 | 31 | 27 | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Smith College | 19% (118) | 33 | 35 | 29 | |
| Springfield College | 2% (11) | 31 | 31 | 27 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 1% (13) | 28 | 31 | 27 | |
| Stonehill College | Test Score is NOT considered for Stonehill College admission. | ||||
| Suffolk University | 3% (35) | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tufts University | 19% (315) | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wellesley College | 20% (119) | 34 | 35 | 32 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 2% (18) | 27 | 27 | 27 | |
| Western New England University | 1% (8) | 26 | 28 | 26 | |
| Westfield State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 5% (23) | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Williams College | 21% (120) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Worcester Polytechnic Institute admission. | ||||
| Worcester State University | 1% (6) | 26 | 25 | 23 | |
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Norwood | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||
| Massachusetts School of Law | No data is available. | ||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Wilmington | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||
| University of Phoenix-Massachusetts | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/08/2018) | ||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 24% (18) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | No data is available. | ||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | No data is available. | ||||
| Northern Vermont University - Northern Essex Community College | No data is available. | ||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | No data is available. | ||||
| Average | 8.87% | 30 | 31 | 29 | |
*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
Application Requirements
The following table list and compare the requirements when applying Colleges in Massachusetts based on academic year 2022-2023 data.
Compare Selected Schools
| Name | HS GPA | HS Rank | HS Record | Prep. Program | Rec. | Compe. | SAT/ACT | TOEFL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business School | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| New England College of Business and Finance | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| American International College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Amherst College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Anna Maria College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Assumption University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Babson College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Boston Baptist College | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Bay Path University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bay State College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Bentley University | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Berklee College of Music | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Boston Architectural College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Boston College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Boston University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Brandeis University | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bridgewater State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Clark University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Curry College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Dean College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Eastern Nazarene College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Emerson College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Emmanuel College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Endicott College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | ||||||||
| Fisher College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Fitchburg State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Framingham State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Gordon College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Hampshire College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Harvard University | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Hebrew College | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| College of the Holy Cross | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Lasell University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Lesley University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| MCPHS University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts-Central Office | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| William James College | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Merrimack College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Mount Holyoke College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| The New England Conservatory of Music | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| New England College of Optometry | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| New England Law-Boston | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Nichols College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | ||||||||
| Northeastern University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Pine Manor College | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Regis College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Saint John's Seminary | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Salem State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Simmons University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Smith College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Springfield College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Stonehill College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Suffolk University | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tufts University | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Wellesley College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| Western New England University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Westfield State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Williams College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Worcester State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Norwood | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||||||
| Massachusetts School of Law | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Wilmington | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||||||
| University of Phoenix-Massachusetts | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/08/2018) | ||||||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Northern Vermont University - Northern Essex Community College | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
✔: Required △: Considered but not Required ✔: Recommended ✗: Neither Required nor Recommended
- HS GPA: High School or Secondary School GPA
- HS Rank: High School or Secondary School Rank
- HS Record: High School or Secondary School Record
- Prep. Program: Completion of College Preparatory Program
- Rec.: Recommendations
- Comp.: Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments)
*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.