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Westfield State University
Westfield, MA · Public · 3,615 students · mostly bachelor degrees
32nd-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$16,721
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$27,649
Graduation rate
54%
Admission rate
81%
Median graduate earnings
$57,346
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,457
Median ACT
20
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
74 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$95,932Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$93,248Public Administration · Master's Degree20 grads/yr$77,525Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$72,539Social Work · Master's Degree97 grads/yr$70,061Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree143 grads/yr$67,363Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree82 grads/yr$66,889Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$64,904Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$62,001Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$60,630Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$60,025City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$59,524French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree3 grads/yr$58,290Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$56,349Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$55,828Social Work · Bachelor's Degree27 grads/yr$55,699Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$54,980Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$54,484Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$53,768Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$53,678General Studies · Bachelor's Degree124 grads/yr$51,730Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$51,547Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$51,439English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$51,322Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree78 grads/yr$51,049
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.