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 37.08% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 18.63%.
Harvard University has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 3.65% and Laboure College of Healthcare has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 100.00% 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 2024-2025.
Compare Selected Schools
| Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Enrollment Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business School | 1,761 (853/893) | 1,065 (503/556) | 139 (79/60) | 60% (59%/62%) | 13% (16%/7%) | |
| New England College of Business and Finance | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| American International College | 2,540 (1,190/1,347) | 2,529 (1,183/1,344) | 284 (173/111) | 100% (99%/100%) | 11% (15%/8%) | |
| Amherst College | 13,743 (6,121/6,776) | 1,238 (508/652) | 480 (196/255) | 9% (8%/10%) | 39% (39%/4%) | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Anna Maria College | 6,906 (4,041/2,465) | 3,474 (1,941/1,322) | 225 (153/72) | 50% (48%/54%) | 6% (8%/3%) | |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | 62 (15/47) | 53 (13/40) | 19 (11/8) | 85% (87%/85%) | 36% (85%/17%) | |
| Assumption University | 5,900 (2,615/3,283) | 4,896 (2,066/2,828) | 497 (219/278) | 83% (79%/86%) | 10% (11%/8%) | |
| Babson College | 9,381 (5,829/3,550) | 1,603 (813/790) | 625 (321/304) | 17% (14%/22%) | 39% (39%/9%) | |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Boston Baptist College | 11 (6/5) | 10 (5/5) | 1 (1/0) | 91% (83%/100%) | 10% (20%/0%) | |
| Bay Path University | 1,047 (5/1,031) | 892 (0/882) | 139 (0/137) | 85% (0%/86%) | 16% (0%/13%) | |
| Bay State College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/31/2023) | |||||
| Bay State School of Technology | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Bentley University | 11,012 (6,491/4,520) | 4,961 (2,760/2,201) | 1,056 (618/438) | 45% (43%/49%) | 21% (22%/10%) | |
| Berklee College of Music | 7,050 (3,308/3,740) | 3,069 (1,567/1,500) | 1,395 (739/656) | 44% (47%/40%) | 45% (47%/18%) | |
| Berkshire Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Empire Beauty School-Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| 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 | 35,037 (14,202/20,829) | 5,755 (2,853/2,902) | 2,501 (1,240/1,261) | 16% (20%/14%) | 43% (43%/6%) | |
| Boston University | 78,769 (30,456/44,822) | 8,749 (3,492/4,975) | 3,268 (1,267/1,887) | 11% (11%/11%) | 37% (36%/4%) | |
| Brandeis University | 10,462 (4,566/5,888) | 4,237 (1,642/2,591) | 735 (323/412) | 40% (36%/44%) | 17% (20%/7%) | |
| Bridgewater State University | 9,096 (4,022/4,977) | 7,987 (3,449/4,449) | 1,551 (707/827) | 88% (86%/89%) | 19% (20%/17%) | |
| Bristol Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | 41 (4/37) | 14 (1/13) | 12 (1/11) | 34% (25%/35%) | 86% (100%/30%) | |
| Bunker Hill Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Cape Cod Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | 32 (6/26) | 16 (2/14) | 16 (2/14) | 50% (33%/54%) | 100% (100%/54%) | |
| Clark University | 11,452 (5,087/6,339) | 4,528 (1,737/2,776) | 486 (203/277) | 40% (34%/44%) | 11% (12%/4%) | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Curry College | 5,313 (2,000/3,016) | 4,657 (1,719/2,693) | 535 (227/308) | 88% (86%/89%) | 11% (13%/10%) | |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Somerville | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 10/25/2023) | |||||
| Dean College | 4,617 (2,132/2,485) | 3,403 (1,506/1,897) | 296 (145/151) | 74% (71%/76%) | 9% (10%/6%) | |
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | 130 (13/117) | 51 (7/44) | 5 (0/5) | 39% (54%/38%) | 10% (0%/4%) | |
| National Aviation Academy of New England | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Emerson College | 10,378 (3,040/7,317) | 5,325 (1,481/3,833) | 828 (293/531) | 51% (49%/52%) | 16% (20%/7%) | |
| Emmanuel College | 6,099 (1,566/4,533) | 4,614 (1,048/3,566) | 516 (124/392) | 76% (67%/79%) | 11% (12%/9%) | |
| Endicott College | 5,522 (1,875/3,647) | 3,932 (1,303/2,629) | 836 (281/555) | 71% (69%/72%) | 21% (22%/15%) | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | |||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Fisher College | 3,527 (1,444/2,053) | 2,493 (952/1,541) | 153 (81/72) | 71% (66%/75%) | 6% (9%/4%) | |
| Fitchburg State University | 4,582 (2,139/2,443) | 3,983 (1,786/2,197) | 539 (253/286) | 87% (83%/90%) | 14% (14%/12%) | |
| Framingham State University | 4,532 (1,976/2,547) | 3,789 (1,576/2,208) | 587 (253/332) | 84% (80%/87%) | 15% (16%/13%) | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Gordon College | 2,366 (961/1,405) | 1,638 (658/980) | 353 (137/216) | 69% (68%/70%) | 22% (21%/15%) | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Greenfield Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Hampshire College | 2,132 (763/1,039) | 1,605 (469/823) | 231 (66/91) | 75% (61%/79%) | 14% (14%/9%) | |
| Harvard University | 54,008 (25,613/28,372) | 1,970 (920/1,050) | 1,647 (767/880) | 4% (4%/4%) | 84% (83%/3%) | |
| Hebrew College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | 54 (36/18) | 43 (29/14) | 11 (9/2) | 80% (81%/78%) | 26% (31%/11%) | |
| College of the Holy Cross | 9,568 (4,481/5,084) | 1,685 (794/890) | 835 (374/460) | 18% (18%/18%) | 50% (47%/9%) | |
| Holyoke Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Lasell University | 3,057 (1,061/1,996) | 2,483 (831/1,652) | 341 (135/206) | 81% (78%/83%) | 14% (16%/10%) | |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Lesley University | 2,526 (681/1,838) | 2,447 (650/1,791) | 193 (71/122) | 97% (95%/97%) | 8% (11%/7%) | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13,781 (7,027/6,740) | 11,444 (5,913/5,525) | 2,068 (1,190/876) | 83% (84%/82%) | 18% (20%/13%) | |
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Springfield | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Quincy | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 50,261 (23,690/26,543) | 30,020 (12,346/17,655) | 5,388 (2,537/2,851) | 60% (52%/67%) | 18% (21%/11%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 21,262 (7,677/13,573) | 17,813 (6,210/11,596) | 2,187 (997/1,189) | 84% (81%/85%) | 12% (16%/9%) | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| MCPHS University | 6,010 (1,266/4,729) | 5,121 (1,014/4,097) | 673 (139/533) | 85% (80%/87%) | 13% (14%/11%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Central Office | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 2,756 (597/2,159) | 2,102 (398/1,704) | 363 (78/285) | 76% (67%/79%) | 17% (20%/13%) | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 28,232 (17,210/8,975) | 1,284 (606/612) | 1,102 (542/497) | 5% (4%/7%) | 86% (89%/6%) | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1,265 (1,066/199) | 1,198 (1,003/195) | 457 (393/64) | 95% (94%/98%) | 38% (39%/32%) | |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| William James College | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Massasoit Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Merrimack College | 14,070 (6,033/8,037) | 9,852 (4,142/5,710) | 971 (421/550) | 70% (69%/71%) | 10% (10%/7%) | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Middlesex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Mount Holyoke College | 5,226 (0/5,226) | 1,883 (0/1,883) | 512 (0/512) | 36% (0%/36%) | 27% (0%/10%) | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Mount Wachusett Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| The New England Conservatory of Music | 1,112 (452/469) | 457 (217/179) | 135 (64/52) | 41% (48%/38%) | 30% (29%/11%) | |
| New England College of Optometry | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| New England Law-Boston | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| New England School of Photography | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Nichols College | 2,296 (1,468/828) | 1,856 (1,176/680) | 336 (230/106) | 81% (80%/82%) | 18% (20%/13%) | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1,208 (353/851) | 1,084 (296/785) | 125 (44/80) | 90% (84%/92%) | 12% (15%/9%) | |
| North Bennet Street School | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| North Shore Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | |||||
| Northeastern University | 98,425 (42,678/55,719) | 5,133 (2,058/3,074) | 2,759 (1,090/1,668) | 5% (5%/6%) | 54% (53%/3%) | |
| Northern Essex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 1,269 (152/465) | 1,082 (135/413) | 118 (27/91) | 85% (89%/89%) | 11% (20%/20%) | |
| Pine Manor College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 05/11/2022) | |||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Quinsigamond Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Regis College | 3,432 (787/2,636) | 2,395 (552/1,837) | 180 (48/132) | 70% (70%/70%) | 8% (9%/5%) | |
| Roxbury Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Saint John's Seminary | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Salem State University | 7,953 (2,477/5,473) | 7,625 (2,342/5,280) | 858 (317/540) | 96% (95%/96%) | 11% (14%/10%) | |
| Salter College-West Boylston | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Simmons University | 4,773 (0/4,732) | 3,340 (0/3,316) | 361 (0/356) | 70% (0%/70%) | 11% (0%/8%) | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | 146 (63/80) | 140 (59/78) | 75 (33/39) | 96% (94%/98%) | 54% (56%/49%) | |
| Smith College | 8,666 (0/8,666) | 1,820 (0/1,820) | 645 (0/645) | 21% (0%/21%) | 35% (0%/7%) | |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | 299 (98/201) | 211 (74/137) | 88 (47/41) | 71% (76%/68%) | 42% (64%/20%) | |
| Springfield College | 3,284 (1,798/1,486) | 2,361 (1,251/1,110) | 448 (234/214) | 72% (70%/75%) | 19% (19%/14%) | |
| Springfield Technical Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 10,669 (4,703/5,955) | 9,670 (4,208/5,453) | 1,303 (633/666) | 91% (89%/92%) | 13% (15%/11%) | |
| Stonehill College | 8,383 (3,644/4,739) | 5,556 (2,307/3,249) | 777 (347/430) | 66% (63%/69%) | 14% (15%/9%) | |
| Suffolk University | 10,308 (3,257/6,221) | 8,487 (2,626/5,279) | 923 (290/622) | 82% (81%/85%) | 11% (11%/10%) | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Tufts University | 34,432 (14,314/18,839) | 3,957 (1,633/2,189) | 1,801 (733/1,000) | 11% (11%/12%) | 46% (45%/5%) | |
| Wellesley College | 8,714 (0/8,714) | 1,224 (0/1,224) | 583 (0/583) | 14% (0%/14%) | 48% (0%/7%) | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 5,985 (4,128/1,842) | 5,459 (3,764/1,680) | 1,084 (775/309) | 91% (91%/91%) | 20% (21%/17%) | |
| Western New England University | 7,567 (3,893/3,674) | 6,317 (3,190/3,127) | 790 (421/369) | 83% (82%/85%) | 13% (13%/10%) | |
| Westfield State University | 6,816 (2,465/3,363) | 5,549 (2,016/3,048) | 841 (321/434) | 81% (82%/91%) | 15% (16%/13%) | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 5,835 (2,095/3,697) | 3,952 (1,268/2,668) | 511 (186/321) | 68% (61%/72%) | 13% (15%/9%) | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Williams College | 15,411 (7,280/7,256) | 1,272 (582/638) | 547 (261/278) | 8% (8%/9%) | 43% (45%/4%) | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 12,559 (8,795/3,752) | 7,555 (5,105/2,439) | 1,366 (996/370) | 60% (58%/65%) | 18% (20%/10%) | |
| Worcester State University | 5,156 (1,863/3,293) | 4,537 (1,616/2,921) | 756 (284/472) | 88% (87%/89%) | 17% (18%/14%) | |
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Blue Hills Regional Technical School | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy | 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. | |||||
| New England Hair Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | 21 (2/19) | 15 (2/13) | 12 (2/10) | 71% (100%/68%) | 80% (100%/53%) | |
| Greater Lowell Technical School | 24 (4/20) | 18 (2/16) | 18 (2/16) | 75% (50%/80%) | 100% (100%/80%) | |
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| EINE Inc | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Charles H McCann Technical School | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Ailano School of Cosmetology | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Brockton | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Urban College of Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Jolie Hair and Beauty Academy-Ludlow | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Monty Tech | 59 (8/40) | 49 (8/40) | 28 (5/23) | 83% (100%/100%) | 57% (63%/58%) | |
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| FINE Mortuary College | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Springfield Campus | 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) | |||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Lowell | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 1,000 (735/265) | 252 (136/116) | 110 (66/44) | 25% (19%/44%) | 44% (49%/17%) | |
| The Salter School-Malden Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Empire Beauty School-Framingham | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Medical Professional Institute | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/22/2017) | |||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Ipswich | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Salter School-Fall River | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/30/2017) | |||||
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Millennium Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Cambridge | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/18/2017) | |||||
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District | 107 (32/75) | 4 (0/4) | 4 (0/4) | 4% (0%/5%) | 100% (0%/5%) | |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Salter College-Chicopee | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee 2 | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Alexander Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| American Academy of Personal Training-Boston Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | no recent data available (probably not active) | |||||
| Sattler College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | |||||
| Technology Learning Center | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | The school has an open admission policy. | |||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | No admission statistics available for the school. | |||||
| Average | 10,160 (4,315/4,430) | 3,768 (1,549/2,119) | 743 (352/416) | 37.08% (35.9%/47.8%) | 18.63% (20.8%/17.5%) | |
SAT Scores Comparison
The average SAT score of Colleges in Massachusetts is 1329. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 666 and the average SAT Math score is 663.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT scores of 1,560 and Lasell University has the lowest SAT scores of 1,100 among Colleges in Massachusetts. The following table compares SAT Scores between Colleges in Massachusetts for the academic year 2024-2025.
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 Score is NOT considered for American International College admission. | ||||
| Amherst College | 39% (187) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Anna Maria College | 2% (4) | - | |||
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | Test Score is NOT considered for Assabet Valley Regional Technical School admission. | ||||
| Assumption University | Test Score is NOT considered for Assumption University admission. | ||||
| Babson College | 22% (139) | 1460 | 700 | 760 | |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Baptist College | Test Score is NOT considered for Boston Baptist College admission. | ||||
| Bay Path University | 5% (7) | 1120 | 570 | 550 | |
| Bay State College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/31/2023) | ||||
| Bay State School of Technology | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Bentley University | 19% (196) | 1350 | 660 | 690 | |
| Berklee College of Music | Test Score is NOT considered for Berklee College of Music admission. | ||||
| Berkshire Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Empire Beauty School-Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Architectural College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | No data is available. | ||||
| Boston College | 30% (711) | 1500 | 740 | 760 | |
| Boston University | 33% (1,083) | 1480 | 720 | 760 | |
| Brandeis University | 30% (217) | 1470 | 730 | 740 | |
| Bridgewater State University | 8% (126) | 1170 | 600 | 570 | |
| Bristol Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | Test Score is NOT considered for Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing admission. | ||||
| Bunker Hill Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Cape Cod Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Test Score is NOT considered for Laboure College of Healthcare admission. | ||||
| Clark University | 16% (77) | 1358 | 700 | 658 | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | No data is available. | ||||
| Curry College | 4% (22) | 1125 | 565 | 560 | |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Somerville | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 10/25/2023) | ||||
| Dean College | Test Score is NOT considered for Dean College admission. | ||||
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Diman Regional Technical Institute admission. | ||||
| National Aviation Academy of New England | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | No data is available. | ||||
| Emerson College | 16% (130) | 1340 | 690 | 650 | |
| Emmanuel College | 8% (43) | 1250 | 640 | 610 | |
| Endicott College | 10% (86) | 1270 | 650 | 620 | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | ||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Fisher College | Test Score is NOT considered for Fisher College admission. | ||||
| Fitchburg State University | 12% (64) | 1150 | 580 | 570 | |
| Framingham State University | 7% (43) | 1180 | 610 | 570 | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Gordon College | 29% (102) | 1250 | 640 | 610 | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Greenfield Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Hampshire College | Test Score is NOT considered for Hampshire College admission. | ||||
| Harvard University | 54% (892) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| Hebrew College | No data is available. | ||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Test Score is NOT considered for Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology admission. | ||||
| College of the Holy Cross | 30% (254) | 1340 | 670 | 670 | |
| Holyoke Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Lasell University | 2% (7) | 1100 | 570 | 530 | |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | Test Score is NOT considered for Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing admission. | ||||
| Lesley University | Test Score is NOT considered for Lesley University admission. | ||||
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | No data is available. | ||||
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 27% (553) | 1280 | 640 | 640 | |
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Springfield | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Quincy | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 22% (1,191) | 1420 | 700 | 720 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 32% (692) | 1190 | 600 | 590 | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| MCPHS University | 7% (48) | 1255 | 610 | 645 | |
| 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 | 83% (911) | 1560 | 760 | 800 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts Maritime Academy admission. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No data is available. | ||||
| William James College | No data is available. | ||||
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Massasoit Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Merrimack College | Test Score is NOT considered for Merrimack College admission. | ||||
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | No data is available. | ||||
| Middlesex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Mount Holyoke College | 14% (69) | 1460 | 740 | 720 | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Mount Wachusett Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| New England School of Photography | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Nichols College | 12% (40) | 1140 | 585 | 555 | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts admission. | ||||
| North Bennet Street School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| North Shore Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | ||||
| Northeastern University | 24% (653) | 1490 | 730 | 760 | |
| Northern Essex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 2% (2) | - | |||
| Pine Manor College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 05/11/2022) | ||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Quinsigamond Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Regis College | Test Score is NOT considered for Regis College admission. | ||||
| Roxbury Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Saint John's Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Salem State University | Test Score is NOT considered for Salem State University admission. | ||||
| Salter College-West Boylston | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Simmons University | 17% (60) | 1310 | 660 | 650 | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Test Score is NOT considered for Bard College at Simon's Rock admission. | ||||
| Smith College | 29% (189) | 1490 | 750 | 740 | |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Southeastern Technical Institute admission. | ||||
| Springfield College | 2% (10) | 1230 | 630 | 600 | |
| Springfield Technical Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 10% (129) | 1170 | 590 | 580 | |
| Stonehill College | Test Score is NOT considered for Stonehill College admission. | ||||
| Suffolk University | 12% (115) | 1210 | 620 | 590 | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Tufts University | 40% (716) | 1510 | 740 | 770 | |
| Wellesley College | 43% (248) | 1520 | 750 | 770 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 28% (303) | 1220 | 610 | 610 | |
| Western New England University | 15% (120) | 1190 | 600 | 590 | |
| Westfield State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 18% (94) | 1295 | 670 | 625 | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Williams College | 35% (190) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Worcester Polytechnic Institute admission. | ||||
| Worcester State University | 7% (50) | 1150 | 595 | 555 | |
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Blue Hills Regional Technical School | No data is available. | ||||
| Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy | 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. | ||||
| New England Hair Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | Test Score is NOT considered for Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School admission. | ||||
| Greater Lowell Technical School | Test Score is NOT considered for Greater Lowell Technical School admission. | ||||
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| EINE Inc | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Charles H McCann Technical School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Ailano School of Cosmetology | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Brockton | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Urban College of Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Jolie Hair and Beauty Academy-Ludlow | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Monty Tech | Test Score is NOT considered for Monty Tech admission. | ||||
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| FINE Mortuary College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Springfield Campus | 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) | ||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Lowell | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 25% (27) | 1520 | 740 | 780 | |
| The Salter School-Malden Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Empire Beauty School-Framingham | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Medical Professional Institute | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/22/2017) | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Ipswich | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Salter School-Fall River | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/30/2017) | ||||
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Millennium Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Cambridge | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/18/2017) | ||||
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District | Test Score is NOT considered for Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District admission. | ||||
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Salter College-Chicopee | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee 2 | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | No data is available. | ||||
| Alexander Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | No data is available. | ||||
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| American Academy of Personal Training-Boston Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Sattler College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Technology Learning Center | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | No data is available. | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester | No data is available. | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton | No data is available. | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee | No data is available. | ||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | No data is available. | ||||
| Average | 20.95% | 1329 | 666 | 663 | |
ACT Scores Comparison
The average ACT score of Colleges in Massachusetts is 31. By subject, the average ACT English score is 32 and the ACT math score is 29.
The following table compares ACT Scores between Colleges in Massachusetts for academic year 2024-2025.
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 Score is NOT considered for American International College admission. | ||||
| Amherst College | 22% (105) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| Andover Newton Theological School | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Anna Maria College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | Test Score is NOT considered for Assabet Valley Regional Technical School admission. | ||||
| Assumption University | Test Score is NOT considered for Assumption University admission. | ||||
| Babson College | 3% (21) | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Baptist College | Test Score is NOT considered for Boston Baptist College admission. | ||||
| Bay Path University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Bay State College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/31/2023) | ||||
| Bay State School of Technology | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Bentley University | 2% (16) | 30 | 32 | 27 | |
| Berklee College of Music | Test Score is NOT considered for Berklee College of Music admission. | ||||
| Berkshire Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Empire Beauty School-Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Architectural College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | No data is available. | ||||
| Boston College | 15% (366) | 34 | 35 | 32 | |
| Boston University | 10% (330) | 33 | 35 | 32 | |
| Brandeis University | 10% (77) | 32 | 34 | 30 | |
| Bridgewater State University | 1% (9) | 28 | |||
| Bristol Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | Test Score is NOT considered for Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing admission. | ||||
| Bunker Hill Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Cape Cod Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | Test Score is NOT considered for Laboure College of Healthcare admission. | ||||
| Clark University | 5% (23) | 31 | 33 | 27 | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | No data is available. | ||||
| Curry College | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Somerville | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 10/25/2023) | ||||
| Dean College | Test Score is NOT considered for Dean College admission. | ||||
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Diman Regional Technical Institute admission. | ||||
| National Aviation Academy of New England | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | No data is available. | ||||
| Emerson College | 5% (45) | 31 | 33 | 27 | |
| Emmanuel College | 0% (1) | ||||
| Endicott College | 1% (7) | 28 | 23 | 28 | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | ||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Fisher College | Test Score is NOT considered for Fisher College admission. | ||||
| Fitchburg State University | 1% (3) | ||||
| Framingham State University | 1% (4) | ||||
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Gordon College | 8% (27) | 28 | 30 | 26 | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Greenfield Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Hampshire College | Test Score is NOT considered for Hampshire College admission. | ||||
| Harvard University | 19% (321) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| Hebrew College | No data is available. | ||||
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Test Score is NOT considered for Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology admission. | ||||
| College of the Holy Cross | 15% (127) | 30 | 31 | 27 | |
| Holyoke Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Lasell University | 1% (4) | ||||
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | Test Score is NOT considered for Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing admission. | ||||
| Lesley University | Test Score is NOT considered for Lesley University admission. | ||||
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | No data is available. | ||||
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 2% (47) | 29 | 27 | 27 | |
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Springfield | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Quincy | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 3% (176) | 32 | 33 | 29 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 2% (45) | 26 | 27 | 24 | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| MCPHS University | 1% (8) | 29 | 28 | 27 | |
| 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 | 29% (322) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts Maritime Academy admission. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No data is available. | ||||
| William James College | No data is available. | ||||
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Massasoit Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Merrimack College | Test Score is NOT considered for Merrimack College admission. | ||||
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | No data is available. | ||||
| Middlesex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Mount Holyoke College | 2% (11) | 33 | 35 | 30 | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Mount Wachusett Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| New England School of Photography | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Nichols College | 1% (3) | ||||
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts admission. | ||||
| North Bennet Street School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| North Shore Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | ||||
| Northeastern University | 7% (203) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |
| Northern Essex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Pine Manor College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 05/11/2022) | ||||
| Pope St John XXIII National Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Quincy College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Quinsigamond Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Regis College | Test Score is NOT considered for Regis College admission. | ||||
| Roxbury Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Saint John's Seminary | No data is available. | ||||
| Salem State University | Test Score is NOT considered for Salem State University admission. | ||||
| Salter College-West Boylston | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Simmons University | 3% (10) | 29 | 29 | 26 | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Test Score is NOT considered for Bard College at Simon's Rock admission. | ||||
| Smith College | 14% (88) | 34 | 35 | 31 | |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Southeastern Technical Institute admission. | ||||
| Springfield College | 1% (6) | 29 | 25 | 27 | |
| Springfield Technical Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 1% (11) | 28 | 33 | 27 | |
| Stonehill College | Test Score is NOT considered for Stonehill College admission. | ||||
| Suffolk University | 2% (19) | 26 | |||
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Tufts University | 19% (335) | 34 | |||
| Wellesley College | 18% (106) | 34 | 35 | 32 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 3% (30) | 28 | 27 | 26 | |
| Western New England University | 1% (10) | 25 | 26 | 27 | |
| Westfield State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 2% (12) | 31 | 32 | 27 | |
| Wheelock College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Williams College | 17% (92) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Test Score is NOT considered for Worcester Polytechnic Institute admission. | ||||
| Worcester State University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| Northpoint Bible College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Blue Hills Regional Technical School | No data is available. | ||||
| Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy | 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. | ||||
| New England Hair Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | Test Score is NOT considered for Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School admission. | ||||
| Greater Lowell Technical School | Test Score is NOT considered for Greater Lowell Technical School admission. | ||||
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| EINE Inc | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Charles H McCann Technical School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Ailano School of Cosmetology | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Brockton | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Urban College of Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Jolie Hair and Beauty Academy-Ludlow | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Monty Tech | Test Score is NOT considered for Monty Tech admission. | ||||
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| FINE Mortuary College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Springfield Campus | 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) | ||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Lowell | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| The Salter School-Malden Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Empire Beauty School-Framingham | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Medical Professional Institute | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/22/2017) | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Ipswich | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Salter School-Fall River | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/30/2017) | ||||
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Millennium Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Cambridge | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/18/2017) | ||||
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District | Test Score is NOT considered for Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District admission. | ||||
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Salter College-Chicopee | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee 2 | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | No data is available. | ||||
| Alexander Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | No data is available. | ||||
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| American Academy of Personal Training-Boston Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||
| Sattler College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||
| Technology Learning Center | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | No data is available. | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester | No data is available. | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton | No data is available. | ||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee | No data is available. | ||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | No data is available. | ||||
| Average | 7.06% | 31 | 32 | 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 2024-2025 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 | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Assumption University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Babson College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Boston Baptist College | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Bay Path University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bay State College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/31/2023) | ||||||||
| Bay State School of Technology | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Becker College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Bentley University | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Berklee College of Music | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Berkshire Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Empire Beauty School-Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| 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 | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bristol Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Bunker Hill Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Cambridge College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Cape Cod Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | 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 | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Somerville | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 10/25/2023) | ||||||||
| Dean College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| National Aviation Academy of New England | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Emerson College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Emmanuel College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Endicott College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Episcopal Divinity School | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/30/2017) | ||||||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Greenfield Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Holyoke Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Lasell University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Lesley University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Springfield | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Mansfield Beauty Schools-Quincy | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Massasoit Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Merrimack College | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Middlesex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Montserrat College of Art | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Mount Holyoke College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Mount Ida College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Mount Wachusett Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| New England School of Photography | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Newbury College | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Nichols College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| North Bennet Street School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| North Shore Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| The New England Institute of Art | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/15/2017) | ||||||||
| Northeastern University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Northern Essex Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Pine Manor College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 05/11/2022) | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Quinsigamond Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Regis College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Roxbury Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Saint John's Seminary | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Salem State University | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Salter College-West Boylston | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Simmons University | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Smith College | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Springfield College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Springfield Technical Community College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | |
| Stonehill College | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Suffolk University | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Blue Hills Regional Technical School | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy | 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. | ||||||||
| New England Hair Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Greater Lowell Technical School | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| EINE Inc | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Charles H McCann Technical School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Ailano School of Cosmetology | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Brockton | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Urban College of Boston | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Jolie Hair and Beauty Academy-Ludlow | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Dietetic Internship | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Monty Tech | ✓ | ✓ | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| FINE Mortuary College | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Springfield Campus | 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) | ||||||||
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Lowell | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| National Graduate School of Quality Management | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | ✔ | ✓ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| The Salter School-Malden Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Empire Beauty School-Framingham | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Medical Professional Institute | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/22/2017) | ||||||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Ipswich | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Salter School-Fall River | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/30/2017) | ||||||||
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Millennium Training Institute | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Cambridge | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 08/18/2017) | ||||||||
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Salter College-Chicopee | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee 2 | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Alexander Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| American Academy of Personal Training-Boston Campus | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||||
| Sattler College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||||
| Technology Learning Center | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | The school has an open admission policy. | ||||||||
| Thomas Aquinas College - New England | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | Information about requirements for applying to school is not available. | ||||||||
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