Safest Colleges in Massachusetts

25 schools ranked by lowest violent and sexual crime rates from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.

#SchoolNet PriceGrad RateEarnings 10yrAcceptance
1Amherst College

Amherst · private

$23,36793.2%$77,6449.0%
2Anna Maria College

Paxton · private

$28,33350.3%$46,65150.3%
3Assabet Valley Regional Technical School

Marlborough · public

$29,44964.0%85.5%
4Bancroft School of Massage Therapy

Worcester · private

5Boston Baptist College

Boston · community

$17,93361.5%$34,15990.9%
6Bay Path University

Longmeadow · private

$14,27157.4%$55,38385.2%
7Berkshire Community College

Pittsfield · community

$9,92129.7%$38,832
8Boston Architectural College

Boston · private

$25,86540.6%$62,123
9Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc

Brookline · private

10Bristol Community College

Fall River · community

$5,54729.4%$38,663
11Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing

Brockton · private

$22,761$88,08434.2%
12Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics

Woburn · private

$20,08694.5%
13Laboure College of Healthcare

Milton · private

$36,86368.4%$62,20050.0%
14Conway School of Landscape Design

Northampton · private

15Dean College

Franklin · private

$30,68446.2%$38,10973.7%
16Diman Regional Technical Institute

Fall River · public

$21,73473.8%39.2%
17Emerson College

Boston · private

$49,18079.3%$62,83251.3%
18Rob Roy Academy-Fall River

Fall River · private

$29,12485.1%$32,113
19Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg · public

$14,26258.1%$53,87486.9%
20Framingham State University

Framingham · public

$16,11458.1%$52,34983.6%
21Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

Boston · community

$15,48847.4%$57,556
22Gordon College

Wenham · private

$24,88371.6%$52,11969.2%
23Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

South Hamilton · community

24Greenfield Community College

Greenfield · community

$7,67933.8%$37,132
25Hebrew College

Newton · community

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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.