Hardest Colleges to Get Into in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 36 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are Harvard University (4%), Northeastern University (5%), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (5%). 12 schools admit a quarter of applicants or fewer, the median Massachusetts college admits 55%, and 3 are public against 33 private. At the other end, American International College admits 100%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
- Harvard University4%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1580
- Northeastern University5%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology5%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1570
- Williams College8%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Amherst College9%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1540
- Boston University11%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1500
- Tufts University11%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Wellesley College14%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1500
- Boston College16%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1520
- Babson College17%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1420
- College of the Holy Cross18%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1400
- Smith College21%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1440
- Mount Holyoke College36%acceptanceSelectiveMA · SAT 1380
- Clark University40%acceptanceSelectiveMA · SAT 1230
- Brandeis University41%acceptanceSelectiveMA · SAT 1460
- Bentley University45%acceptanceSelectiveMA · SAT 1360
- Anna Maria College50%acceptanceSelectiveMA · SAT 1230
- Emerson College51%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1230
- University of Massachusetts Amherst60%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1380
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute60%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1440
- Eastern Nazarene College62%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1080
- Stonehill College66%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1260
- Wheaton College (MA)68%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1250
- Gordon College69%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1250
- Merrimack College70%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1200
- Endicott College71%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1220
- Fisher College71%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1120
- Springfield College72%acceptanceModerately selectiveMA · SAT 1210
- Emmanuel College (MA)76%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1230
- Nichols College81%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1230
- Suffolk University82%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1230
- UMass Lowell83%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1320
- Assumption University83%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1150
- Bridgewater State University88%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1130
- Curry College88%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1080
- American International College100%acceptanceAccessibleMA · SAT 1150
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.