Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Get In

Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Massachusetts colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Harvard University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 4.01% for academic year 2021-2022 in Massachusetts. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Massachusetts.

Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2021-2022)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	4.01%	57,786	2,318	1,951	84.17%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	4.11%	33,240	1,365	1,177	86.23%
3	Amherst College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAmherst, MA	8.74%	13,999	1,224	515	42.08%
4	Williams College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamstown, MA	8.83%	12,452	1,099	574	52.23%
5	Tufts University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMedford, MA	11.43%	31,198	3,566	1,800	50.48%
6	Wellesley College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWellesley, MA	16.18%	7,663	1,240	606	48.87%
7	Northeastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	18.38%	75,244	13,829	4,504	32.57%
8	Boston University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	18.65%	75,778	14,129	4,011	28.39%
9	Boston College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChestnut Hill, MA	19.04%	39,846	7,587	2,516	33.16%
10	Babson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWellesley, MA	25.35%	7,104	1,801	650	36.09%

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Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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