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