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.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amherst College Amherst · private | $23,367 | 93.2% | $77,644 | 9.0% |
| 2 | Anna Maria College Paxton · private | $28,333 | 50.3% | $46,651 | 50.3% |
| 3 | Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough · public | $29,449 | 64.0% | — | 85.5% |
| 4 | Bancroft School of Massage Therapy Worcester · private | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Boston Baptist College Boston · community | $17,933 | 61.5% | $34,159 | 90.9% |
| 6 | Bay Path University Longmeadow · private | $14,271 | 57.4% | $55,383 | 85.2% |
| 7 | Berkshire Community College Pittsfield · community | $9,921 | 29.7% | $38,832 | — |
| 8 | Boston Architectural College Boston · private | $25,865 | 40.6% | $62,123 | — |
| 9 | Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline · private | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Bristol Community College Fall River · community | $5,547 | 29.4% | $38,663 | — |
| 11 | Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton · private | $22,761 | — | $88,084 | 34.2% |
| 12 | Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn · private | $20,086 | 94.5% | — | — |
| 13 | Laboure College of Healthcare Milton · private | $36,863 | 68.4% | $62,200 | 50.0% |
| 14 | Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton · private | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Dean College Franklin · private | $30,684 | 46.2% | $38,109 | 73.7% |
| 16 | Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River · public | $21,734 | 73.8% | — | 39.2% |
| 17 | Emerson College Boston · private | $49,180 | 79.3% | $62,832 | 51.3% |
| 18 | Rob Roy Academy-Fall River Fall River · private | $29,124 | 85.1% | $32,113 | — |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg · public | $14,262 | 58.1% | $53,874 | 86.9% |
| 20 | Framingham State University Framingham · public | $16,114 | 58.1% | $52,349 | 83.6% |
| 21 | Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston · community | $15,488 | 47.4% | $57,556 | — |
| 22 | Gordon College Wenham · private | $24,883 | 71.6% | $52,119 | 69.2% |
| 23 | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton · community | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Greenfield Community College Greenfield · community | $7,679 | 33.8% | $37,132 | — |
| 25 | Hebrew College Newton · community | — | — | — | — |
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