Most Affordable Colleges in Massachusetts
25 schools ranked by lowest average net price after financial aid. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesex Community College Bedford · community | $2,624 | 24.1% | $50,651 |
| 2 | Bristol Community College Fall River · community | $5,547 | 29.4% | $38,663 |
| 3 | Springfield Technical Community College Springfield · community | $5,662 | 36.9% | $36,966 |
| 4 | Northern Essex Community College Haverhill · community | $6,046 | 23.0% | $42,862 |
| 5 | Urban College of Boston Boston · private | $6,957 | 19.4% | $35,472 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills · community | $7,169 | 26.7% | $52,654 |
| 7 | Greenfield Community College Greenfield · community | $7,679 | 33.8% | $37,132 |
| 8 | Bunker Hill Community College Boston · community | $7,818 | 22.4% | $47,618 |
| 9 | Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner · community | $7,931 | 29.5% | $41,118 |
| 10 | Holyoke Community College Holyoke · community | $8,068 | 26.2% | $37,277 |
| 11 | Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable · community | $8,296 | 31.2% | $43,670 |
| 12 | Massasoit Community College Brockton · community | $8,460 | 25.8% | $46,111 |
| 13 | North Shore Community College Danvers · community | $9,000 | 30.4% | $45,391 |
| 14 | Quinsigamond Community College Worcester · community | $9,090 | 30.8% | $45,949 |
| 15 | Berkshire Community College Pittsfield · community | $9,921 | 29.7% | $38,832 |
| 16 | Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing · community | $12,244 | 42.9% | $38,773 |
| 17 | Worcester State University Worcester · public | $13,381 | 63.3% | $60,624 |
| 18 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg · public | $14,262 | 58.1% | $53,874 |
| 19 | Bay Path University Longmeadow · private | $14,271 | 57.4% | $55,383 |
| 20 | Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston · community | $15,488 | 47.4% | $57,556 |
| 21 | Salem State University Salem · public | $15,996 | 62.0% | $56,662 |
| 22 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams · public | $16,068 | 61.5% | $48,102 |
| 23 | Framingham State University Framingham · public | $16,114 | 58.1% | $52,349 |
| 24 | Bridgewater State University Bridgewater · public | $16,383 | 61.7% | $57,466 |
| 25 | Westfield State University Westfield · public | $16,721 | 63.6% | $57,346 |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.