Highest Graduation Rate Colleges in Massachusetts
25 schools ranked by six-year graduation rate from federal IPEDS data. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University Cambridge · private | $19,066 | 98.4% | $101,817 | 3.6% |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge · private | $20,111 | 96.4% | $143,372 | 4.5% |
| 3 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham · private | $25,171 | 95.9% | $129,455 | 25.2% |
| 4 | Williams College Williamstown · private | $17,716 | 95.5% | $88,665 | 8.3% |
| 5 | Tufts University Medford · private | $39,998 | 94.2% | $83,214 | 11.5% |
| 6 | Amherst College Amherst · private | $23,367 | 93.2% | $77,644 | 9.0% |
| 7 | Babson College Wellesley · private | $40,514 | 92.3% | $123,938 | 17.1% |
| 8 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester · private | $38,782 | 92.0% | $90,543 | 17.6% |
| 9 | Wellesley College Wellesley · private | $25,496 | 91.6% | $84,803 | 14.1% |
| 10 | Boston College Chestnut Hill · private | $41,704 | 91.3% | $103,937 | 16.4% |
| 11 | Northeastern University Boston · private | $30,915 | 91.1% | $92,538 | 5.2% |
| 12 | Smith College Northampton · private | $27,579 | 90.5% | $64,027 | 21.0% |
| 13 | Bentley University Waltham · private | $37,930 | 89.0% | $120,959 | 45.1% |
| 14 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester · private | $43,071 | 88.4% | $103,470 | 60.2% |
| 15 | Brandeis University Waltham · private | $35,736 | 88.1% | $77,231 | 40.5% |
| 16 | Boston University Boston · private | $24,402 | 87.4% | $83,238 | 11.1% |
| 17 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley · private | $26,441 | 84.1% | $58,418 | 36.0% |
| 18 | Stonehill College Easton · private | $33,016 | 82.3% | $77,745 | 66.3% |
| 19 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · public | $22,383 | 81.3% | $71,631 | 59.7% |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay · public | $21,582 | 80.1% | $82,392 | 94.7% |
| 21 | Emerson College Boston · private | $49,180 | 79.3% | $62,832 | 51.3% |
| 22 | The New England Conservatory of Music Boston · private | $46,754 | 78.5% | $34,483 | 41.1% |
| 23 | MCPHS University Boston · private | $39,545 | 77.8% | $125,557 | 85.2% |
| 24 | Clark University Worcester · private | $28,714 | 77.5% | $62,381 | 39.5% |
| 25 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton · private | $29,822 | 77.3% | $67,725 | 67.7% |
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