Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Get In

Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following 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 3.65% for academic year 2023-2024 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 (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	3.65%	54,008	1,970	1,647	83.60%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	4.55%	28,232	1,284	1,102	85.83%
3	Northeastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	5.22%	98,425	5,133	2,759	53.75%
4	Williams College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamstown, MA	8.25%	15,411	1,272	547	43.00%
5	Amherst College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAmherst, MA	9.01%	13,743	1,238	480	38.77%
6	Boston University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	11.11%	78,769	8,749	3,268	37.35%
7	Tufts University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMedford, MA	11.49%	34,432	3,957	1,801	45.51%
8	Wellesley College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWellesley, MA	14.05%	8,714	1,224	583	47.63%
9	Boston College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChestnut Hill, MA	16.43%	35,037	5,755	2,501	43.46%
10	Babson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWellesley, MA	17.09%	9,381	1,603	625	38.99%

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Tightest Massachusetts Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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