145 colleges ranked by 4-year graduation rate · Data: U.S. Dept. of Education · State average: 64%
| # | College | Grad Rate | Rating | Retention | Enrollment | Type | In-State Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 |
Laboure College of Healthcare
Milton
|
100% | 🟢 Excellent | N/A | 525 | Private Non-profit | $30,618 |
| 🥈 |
Massachusetts School of Barbering
Quincy
|
100% | 🟢 Excellent | 80% | 44 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 🥉 |
Greater Lowell Technical School
Tyngsboro
|
100% | 🟢 Excellent | 91% | 80 | Public | N/A |
| 4 |
EINE Inc
Tewksbury
|
100% | 🟢 Excellent | 100% | 47 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 5 |
Charles H McCann Technical School
North Adams
|
100% | 🟢 Excellent | 100% | 41 | Public | N/A |
| 6 |
FINE Mortuary College
Norwood
|
100% | 🟢 Excellent | 80% | 185 | Private For-profit | $19,450 |
| 7 |
Harvard University
Cambridge
|
98% | 🟢 Excellent | 98% | 7,601 | Private Non-profit | $61,676 |
| 8 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
|
96% | 🟢 Excellent | 99% | 4,535 | Private Non-profit | $62,396 |
| 9 |
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham
|
96% | 🟢 Excellent | 98% | 377 | Private Non-profit | $66,398 |
| 10 |
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics
Woburn
|
96% | 🟢 Excellent | 95% | 174 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 11 |
Amherst College
Amherst
|
94% | 🟢 Excellent | 97% | 1,911 | Private Non-profit | $70,480 |
| 12 |
Williams College
Williamstown
|
94% | 🟢 Excellent | 97% | 2,076 | Private Non-profit | $68,560 |
| 13 |
Tufts University
Medford
|
94% | 🟢 Excellent | 96% | 7,061 | Private Non-profit | $70,704 |
| 14 |
Babson College
Wellesley
|
93% | 🟢 Excellent | 95% | 2,728 | Private Non-profit | $57,152 |
| 15 |
Wellesley College
Wellesley
|
92% | 🟢 Excellent | 97% | 2,300 | Private Non-profit | $67,176 |
| 16 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill
|
91% | 🟢 Excellent | 96% | 10,085 | Private Non-profit | $70,702 |
| 17 |
Northeastern University
Boston
|
91% | 🟢 Excellent | 97% | 17,326 | Private Non-profit | $66,162 |
| 18 |
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester
Worcester
|
90% | 🟢 Excellent | 83% | 109 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 19 |
North Bennet Street School
Boston
|
90% | 🟢 Excellent | 90% | 155 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 20 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester
|
90% | 🟢 Excellent | 94% | 5,447 | Private Non-profit | $60,965 |
| 21 |
Motoring Technical Training Institute
Seekonk
|
89% | 🟢 Excellent | 82% | 312 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 22 |
Smith College
Northampton
|
89% | 🟢 Excellent | 94% | 2,544 | Private Non-profit | $65,178 |
| 23 |
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District
Charlton
|
89% | 🟢 Excellent | 11% | 40 | Public | N/A |
| 24 |
Boston University
Boston
|
89% | 🟢 Excellent | 95% | 18,248 | Private Non-profit | $68,102 |
| 25 |
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester
|
87% | 🟢 Excellent | 95% | 3,106 | Private Non-profit | $64,500 |
| 26 |
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth
Plymouth
|
87% | 🟢 Excellent | N/A | 233 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 27 |
Rob Roy Academy-Fall River
Fall River
|
87% | 🟢 Excellent | 85% | 97 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 28 |
Bentley University
Waltham
|
87% | 🟢 Excellent | 93% | 4,474 | Private Non-profit | $61,000 |
| 29 |
Brandeis University
Waltham
|
86% | 🟢 Excellent | 87% | 3,618 | Private Non-profit | $68,080 |
| 30 |
Jupiter Beauty Academy
Boston
|
84% | 🟢 Excellent | 100% | 201 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 31 |
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
|
84% | 🟢 Excellent | 89% | 2,169 | Private Non-profit | $67,018 |
| 32 |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst
|
83% | 🟢 Excellent | 92% | 23,671 | Public | $17,772 |
| 33 |
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute
Lowell
|
82% | 🟢 Excellent | 92% | 66 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 34 |
COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester
Worcester
|
81% | 🟢 Excellent | 90% | 192 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 35 |
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton
Taunton
|
81% | 🟢 Excellent | 55% | 23 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 36 |
Sattler College
Boston
|
81% | 🟢 Excellent | 75% | 57 | Private Non-profit | $787 |
| 37 |
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing
Billerica
|
80% | 🟢 Excellent | 100% | 37 | Public | N/A |
| 38 |
Empire Beauty School-Malden
Malden
|
78% | 🔵 Good | 81% | 95 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 39 |
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge
|
78% | 🔵 Good | 86% | 10 | Private Non-profit | $55,275 |
| 40 |
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro
Westborough
|
77% | 🔵 Good | N/A | 182 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 41 |
Emerson College
Boston
|
77% | 🔵 Good | 87% | 3,870 | Private Non-profit | $57,056 |
| 42 |
Clark University
Worcester
|
77% | 🔵 Good | 86% | 2,214 | Private Non-profit | $58,867 |
| 43 |
Stonehill College
Easton
|
76% | 🔵 Good | 84% | 2,528 | Private Non-profit | $57,490 |
| 44 |
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
Bourne
|
76% | 🔵 Good | 61% | 70 | Public | N/A |
| 45 |
Endicott College
Beverly
|
76% | 🔵 Good | 84% | 3,125 | Private Non-profit | $40,650 |
| 46 |
Assumption University
Worcester
|
75% | 🔵 Good | 84% | 1,669 | Private Non-profit | $51,356 |
| 47 |
Diman Regional Technical Institute
Fall River
|
75% | 🔵 Good | 67% | 17 | Public | N/A |
| 48 |
National Aviation Academy of New England
Concord
|
75% | 🔵 Good | 82% | 241 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 49 |
Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford
New Bedford
|
75% | 🔵 Good | 69% | 15 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 50 |
Southeastern Technical Institute
South Easton
|
74% | 🔵 Good | 71% | 260 | Public | N/A |
| 51 |
Springfield College
Springfield
|
74% | 🔵 Good | 81% | 1,751 | Private Non-profit | $45,174 |
| 52 |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay
|
74% | 🔵 Good | 87% | 1,395 | Public | $11,420 |
| 53 |
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts
North Andover
|
74% | 🔵 Good | 75% | 430 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 54 |
The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
|
73% | 🔵 Good | 88% | 393 | Private Non-profit | $60,750 |
| 55 |
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Norton
|
73% | 🔵 Good | 82% | 1,773 | Private Non-profit | $63,960 |
| 56 |
Simmons University
Boston
|
72% | 🔵 Good | 85% | 1,670 | Private Non-profit | $46,874 |
| 57 |
Regis College
Weston
|
72% | 🔵 Good | 79% | 956 | Private Non-profit | $49,680 |
| 58 |
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School
Franklin
|
70% | 🔵 Good | 100% | 72 | Public | N/A |
| 59 |
Merrimack College
North Andover
|
70% | 🔵 Good | 79% | 3,916 | Private Non-profit | $53,962 |
| 60 |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston
|
69% | 🔵 Good | 89% | 1,831 | Public | $15,400 |
| 61 |
Gordon College
Wenham
|
69% | 🔵 Good | 84% | 1,278 | Private Non-profit | $30,700 |
| 62 |
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington
|
68% | 🔵 Good | 77% | 225 | Private Non-profit | $68,780 |
| 63 |
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston
|
68% | 🔵 Good | 84% | 3,747 | Private Non-profit | $42,884 |
| 64 |
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee
|
68% | 🔵 Good | 76% | 949 | Private Non-profit | $43,325 |
| 65 |
Emmanuel College
Boston
|
68% | 🔵 Good | 79% | 1,854 | Private Non-profit | $48,550 |
| 66 |
Berklee College of Music
Boston
|
67% | 🔵 Good | 89% | 7,468 | Private Non-profit | $52,040 |
| 67 |
Hult International Business School
Cambridge
|
67% | 🔵 Good | 80% | 618 | Private Non-profit | $57,160 |
| 68 |
New England Hair Academy
Malden
|
67% | 🔵 Good | 95% | 87 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 69 |
Monty Tech
Fitchburg
|
67% | 🔵 Good | 100% | 48 | Public | N/A |
| 70 |
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology
West Springfield
|
67% | 🔵 Good | 10% | 21 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 71 |
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell
|
65% | 🔵 Good | 84% | 11,434 | Public | $16,966 |
| 72 |
Western New England University
Springfield
|
64% | 🔵 Good | 74% | 2,603 | Private Non-profit | $47,820 |
| 73 |
Nichols College
Dudley
|
63% | 🔵 Good | 72% | 1,163 | Private Non-profit | $42,705 |
| 74 |
MCPHS University
Boston
|
62% | 🔵 Good | 74% | 3,451 | Private Non-profit | $40,530 |
| 75 |
Worcester State University
Worcester
|
61% | 🔵 Good | 78% | 3,930 | Public | $11,786 |
| 76 |
Suffolk University
Boston
|
61% | 🔵 Good | 75% | 4,268 | Private Non-profit | $47,550 |
| 77 |
Lasell University
Newton
|
59% | 🟡 Moderate | 70% | 1,226 | Private Non-profit | $27,040 |
| 78 |
Lesley University
Cambridge
|
58% | 🟡 Moderate | 72% | 1,122 | Private Non-profit | $34,256 |
| 79 |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams
|
56% | 🟡 Moderate | 76% | 713 | Public | $12,436 |
| 80 |
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus
Pittsfield
|
56% | 🟡 Moderate | 43% | 46 | Private For-profit | $16,052 |
| 81 |
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg
|
55% | 🟡 Moderate | 69% | 2,752 | Public | $11,346 |
| 82 |
Westfield State University
Westfield
|
54% | 🟡 Moderate | 74% | 3,615 | Public | $12,179 |
| 83 |
Northpoint Bible College
Haverhill
|
54% | 🟡 Moderate | 40% | 86 | Private Non-profit | $14,160 |
| 84 |
Hampshire College
Amherst
|
54% | 🟡 Moderate | 78% | 839 | Private Non-profit | $58,896 |
| 85 |
Dean College
Franklin
|
54% | 🟡 Moderate | 68% | 1,089 | Private Non-profit | $46,526 |
| 86 |
Montserrat College of Art
Beverly
|
53% | 🟡 Moderate | 91% | 226 | Private Non-profit | $40,690 |
| 87 |
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater
|
53% | 🟡 Moderate | 75% | 7,829 | Public | $11,808 |
| 88 |
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth
|
52% | 🟡 Moderate | 64% | 5,221 | Public | $15,612 |
| 89 |
Curry College
Milton
|
51% | 🟡 Moderate | 66% | 1,780 | Private Non-profit | $47,970 |
| 90 |
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School
Marlborough
|
50% | 🟡 Moderate | 33% | 47 | Public | N/A |
| 91 |
Alexander Academy
Lunenburg
|
50% | 🟡 Moderate | 46% | 39 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 92 |
Salem State University
Salem
|
50% | 🟡 Moderate | 75% | 4,291 | Public | $12,338 |
| 93 |
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston
|
49% | 🟡 Moderate | 70% | 11,512 | Public | $15,908 |
| 94 |
Framingham State University
Framingham
|
48% | 🟡 Moderate | 71% | 2,566 | Public | $11,920 |
| 95 |
Anna Maria College
Paxton
|
46% | 🟡 Moderate | 60% | 906 | Private Non-profit | $44,571 |
| 96 |
American International College
Springfield
|
46% | 🟡 Moderate | 57% | 1,017 | Private Non-profit | $44,230 |
| 97 |
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Boston
|
46% | 🟡 Moderate | 50% | 483 | Private Non-profit | $18,906 |
| 98 |
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline
|
44% | 🟡 Moderate | 71% | 64 | Private Non-profit | $22,490 |
| 99 |
Bay Path University
Longmeadow
|
44% | 🟡 Moderate | 73% | 1,108 | Private Non-profit | $38,302 |
| 100 |
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy
|
39% | 🔴 Below average | 57% | 23 | Private Non-profit | $29,924 |
| 101 |
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing
Brockton
|
33% | 🔴 Below average | 88% | 146 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 102 |
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield
|
32% | 🔴 Below average | 63% | 4,759 | Public | $5,904 |
| 103 |
Boston Architectural College
Boston
|
32% | 🔴 Below average | 75% | 280 | Private Non-profit | $27,470 |
| 104 |
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield
|
31% | 🔴 Below average | 63% | 1,395 | Public | $5,810 |
| 105 |
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke
|
29% | 🔴 Below average | 62% | 3,591 | Public | $5,988 |
| 106 |
Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing
|
28% | 🔴 Below average | 36% | 1,977 | Public | $6,024 |
| 107 |
Fisher College
Boston
|
28% | 🔴 Below average | 55% | 1,167 | Private Non-profit | $35,689 |
| 108 |
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
|
24% | 🔴 Below average | 63% | 3,059 | Public | $6,160 |
| 109 |
Middlesex Community College
Bedford
|
23% | 🔴 Below average | 64% | 5,412 | Public | $6,048 |
| 110 |
Bristol Community College
Fall River
|
22% | 🔴 Below average | 54% | 6,083 | Public | $5,832 |
| 111 |
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
|
22% | 🔴 Below average | 69% | 2,911 | Public | $6,000 |
| 112 |
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
|
22% | 🔴 Below average | 62% | 6,447 | Public | $6,262 |
| 113 |
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill
|
21% | 🔴 Below average | 61% | 3,685 | Public | $6,732 |
| 114 |
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield
|
20% | 🔴 Below average | 57% | 1,358 | Public | $6,164 |
| 115 |
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
|
19% | 🔴 Below average | 63% | 4,235 | Public | $5,376 |
| 116 |
North Shore Community College
Danvers
|
18% | 🔴 Below average | 61% | 4,393 | Public | $5,352 |
| 117 |
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills
|
17% | 🔴 Below average | 56% | 3,837 | Public | $5,856 |
| 118 |
Quincy College
Quincy
|
15% | 🔴 Below average | 60% | 2,300 | Public | $8,938 |
| 119 |
Boston Baptist College
Boston
|
14% | 🔴 Below average | 33% | 19 | Private Non-profit | $14,304 |
| 120 |
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
|
13% | 🔴 Below average | 67% | 8,612 | Public | $6,168 |
| 121 |
Cambridge College
Boston
|
11% | 🔴 Below average | 100% | 532 | Private Non-profit | $18,378 |
| 122 |
Urban College of Boston
Boston
|
0% | 🔴 Below average | 36% | 438 | Private Non-profit | $7,608 |
| 123 |
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy
Worcester
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 64 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 124 |
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc
Brookline
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 125 |
Conway School of Landscape Design
Northampton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 126 |
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 127 |
Hebrew College
Newton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 128 |
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Medford
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 174 | Private Non-profit | $31,038 |
| 129 |
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Worcester
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Public | N/A |
| 130 |
William James College
Newton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 39 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 131 |
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 164 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 132 |
New England College of Optometry
Boston
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 133 |
New England Law-Boston
Boston
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 134 |
Saint John's Seminary
Brighton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 7 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 135 |
Massachusetts School of Law
Andover
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 136 |
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District
Upton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 42 | Public | N/A |
| 137 |
Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education
Springfield
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 176 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 138 |
Northeastern University Professional Programs
Boston
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 1,802 | Private Non-profit | N/A |
| 139 |
Technology Learning Center
Oxford
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 31 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 140 |
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover
North Andover
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | 118 | Private For-profit | N/A |
| 141 |
Thomas Aquinas College - New England
Northfield
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | $30,200 |
| 142 |
Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester
Worcester
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private For-profit | $15,856 |
| 143 |
Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton
Brockton
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private For-profit | $15,856 |
| 144 |
Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee
Chicopee
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private For-profit | $15,856 |
| 145 |
Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege
Holyoke
|
— | ⚪ No data | N/A | — | Private Non-profit | N/A |