College ROI Rankings: Massachusetts

Sorted by break-even years · Data: U.S. Dept. of Education

# 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%