| # | College | ROI Score | Break-Even | 10-yr Salary | Grad Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.1 yrs | $143,372 | 96.4% |
| 2 |
Babson College
Wellesley |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.2 yrs | $123,938 | 93.1% |
| 3 |
Harvard University
Cambridge |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.2 yrs | $101,817 | 97.6% |
| 4 |
Wellesley College
Wellesley |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.2 yrs | $84,803 | 91.5% |
| 5 |
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.2 yrs | $129,455 | 96.4% |
| 6 |
Bentley University
Waltham |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.3 yrs | $120,959 | 86.8% |
| 7 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.3 yrs | $103,937 | 90.8% |
| 8 |
MCPHS University
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.3 yrs | $125,557 | 62% |
| 9 |
Williams College
Williamstown |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.3 yrs | $88,665 | 93.6% |
| 10 |
Amherst College
Amherst |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.4 yrs | $77,644 | 93.9% |
| 11 |
Tufts University
Medford |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.4 yrs | $83,214 | 93.5% |
| 12 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.4 yrs | $103,470 | 89.7% |
| 13 |
Boston University
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.5 yrs | $83,238 | 88.7% |
| 14 |
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.5 yrs | $90,543 | 87.3% |
| 15 |
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.5 yrs | $87,130 | — |
| 16 |
Northeastern University
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.5 yrs | $92,538 | 90.5% |
| 17 |
Northeastern University Professional Programs
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.5 yrs | $92,538 | — |
| 18 |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.6 yrs | $82,392 | 74.1% |
| 19 |
Stonehill College
Easton |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.6 yrs | $77,745 | 76% |
| 20 |
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.6 yrs | $82,721 | 68.2% |
| 21 |
Assumption University
Worcester |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.7 yrs | $74,895 | 75.2% |
| 22 |
Brandeis University
Waltham |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.7 yrs | $77,231 | 86% |
| 23 |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.7 yrs | $71,631 | 83.3% |
| 24 |
Merrimack College
North Andover |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.7 yrs | $75,584 | 70.1% |
| 25 |
Smith College
Northampton |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.7 yrs | $64,027 | 89.1% |
| 26 |
Western New England University
Springfield |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.7 yrs | $73,157 | 64% |
| 27 |
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.8 yrs | $65,865 | 49.4% |
| 28 |
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.8 yrs | $68,804 | 52.1% |
| 29 |
Emmanuel College
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.9 yrs | $68,245 | 67.5% |
| 30 |
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.9 yrs | $64,874 | 64.8% |
| 31 |
Suffolk University
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.9 yrs | $67,506 | 60.9% |
| 32 |
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Norton |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.9 yrs | $67,725 | 72.8% |
| 33 |
Worcester State University
Worcester |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 0.9 yrs | $60,624 | 61.5% |
| 34 |
Emerson College
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1 yrs | $62,832 | 77.1% |
| 35 |
Simmons University
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1 yrs | $63,494 | 72.3% |
| 36 |
Clark University
Worcester |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.1 yrs | $62,381 | 76.9% |
| 37 |
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.2 yrs | $58,418 | 84.4% |
| 38 |
Westfield State University
Westfield |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.2 yrs | $57,346 | 54.4% |
| 39 |
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.3 yrs | $57,466 | 53.4% |
| 40 |
Endicott College
Beverly |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.4 yrs | $58,336 | 75.6% |
| 41 |
Nichols College
Dudley |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.4 yrs | $58,063 | 62.6% |
| 42 |
Salem State University
Salem |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.4 yrs | $56,662 | 49.8% |
| 43 |
Bay Path University
Longmeadow |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.5 yrs | $55,383 | 43.9% |
| 44 |
Boston Architectural College
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.6 yrs | $62,123 | 31.6% |
| 45 |
Curry College
Milton |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.6 yrs | $54,400 | 51.1% |
| 46 |
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.6 yrs | $54,727 | 39.3% |
| 47 |
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.6 yrs | $53,874 | 55.1% |
| 48 |
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.7 yrs | $51,724 | 44.4% |
| 49 |
Lesley University
Cambridge |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.7 yrs | $51,173 | 58% |
| 50 |
Framingham State University
Framingham |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.8 yrs | $52,349 | 47.8% |
| 51 |
Regis College
Weston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.8 yrs | $52,873 | 72.2% |
| 52 |
American International College
Springfield |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 1.9 yrs | $53,124 | 45.9% |
| 53 |
Gordon College
Wenham |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2 yrs | $52,119 | 68.5% |
| 54 |
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2 yrs | $51,540 | 68.1% |
| 55 |
Fisher College
Boston |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2.3 yrs | $49,669 | 27.8% |
| 56 |
Lasell University
Newton |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2.4 yrs | $49,705 | 58.6% |
| 57 |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2.6 yrs | $48,102 | 55.6% |
| 58 |
Springfield College
Springfield |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2.8 yrs | $48,036 | 74.2% |
| 59 |
Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education
Springfield |
🟢 Excellent ROI | 2.8 yrs | $48,036 | — |
| 60 |
Cambridge College
Boston |
🔵 Good ROI | 3 yrs | $45,998 | 11.1% |
| 61 |
Anna Maria College
Paxton |
🔵 Good ROI | 3.2 yrs | $46,651 | 46.2% |
| 62 |
Hampshire College
Amherst |
🔵 Good ROI | 3.3 yrs | $46,938 | 54.3% |
| 63 |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston |
🔵 Good ROI | 5.4 yrs | $43,582 | 68.9% |
| 64 |
Northpoint Bible College
Haverhill |
🟡 Fair ROI | 7.3 yrs | $42,210 | 54.4% |
| 65 |
Hult International Business School
Cambridge |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | 66.7% |
| 66 |
Boston Baptist College
Boston |
⚪ Limited Data | — | $34,159 | 14.3% |
| 67 |
Berklee College of Music
Boston |
⚪ Limited Data | — | $33,647 | 67.3% |
| 68 |
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc
Brookline |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 69 |
Conway School of Landscape Design
Northampton |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 70 |
Dean College
Franklin |
⚪ Limited Data | — | $38,109 | 53.6% |
| 71 |
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 72 |
Hebrew College
Newton |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 73 |
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Worcester |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 74 |
William James College
Newton |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 75 |
Montserrat College of Art
Beverly |
⚪ Limited Data | — | $33,022 | 53.5% |
| 76 |
The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston |
⚪ Limited Data | — | $34,483 | 73.4% |
| 77 |
New England College of Optometry
Boston |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 78 |
New England Law-Boston
Boston |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 79 |
Saint John's Seminary
Brighton |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 80 |
Massachusetts School of Law
Andover |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | — |
| 81 |
Sattler College
Boston |
⚪ Limited Data | — | — | 81.3% |