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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Massachusetts
60 colleges in Massachusetts with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Harvard University · MA · Private (nonprofit)3% admit2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MA · Private (nonprofit)5% admit3Northeastern University · MA · Private (nonprofit)6% admit4Amherst College · MA · Private (nonprofit)10% admit5Williams College · MA · Private (nonprofit)10% admit6Tufts University · MA · Private (nonprofit)10% admit7Boston University · MA · Private (nonprofit)11% admit8Wellesley College · MA · Private (nonprofit)14% admit9Boston College · MA · Private (nonprofit)16% admit10Smith College · MA · Private (nonprofit)20% admit11Babson College · MA · Private (nonprofit)20% admit12College of the Holy Cross · MA · Private (nonprofit)21% admit13Franklin W Olin College of Engineering · MA · Private (nonprofit)22% admit14Brandeis University · MA · Private (nonprofit)35% admit15Mount Holyoke College · MA · Private (nonprofit)38% admit16Clark University · MA · Private (nonprofit)42% admit17The New England Conservatory of Music · MA · Private (nonprofit)43% admit18Emerson College · MA · Private (nonprofit)47% admit19Bentley University · MA · Private (nonprofit)48% admit20Berklee College of Music · MA · Private (nonprofit)50% admit21Hult International Business School · MA · Private (nonprofit)53% admit22University of Massachusetts-Amherst · MA · Public58% admit23Worcester Polytechnic Institute · MA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit24Gordon College · MA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit25Simmons University · MA · Private (nonprofit)66% admit26Springfield College · MA · Private (nonprofit)70% admit27Hampshire College · MA · Private (nonprofit)70% admit28Fisher College · MA · Private (nonprofit)71% admit29Wheaton College (Massachusetts) · MA · Private (nonprofit)71% admit30Endicott College · MA · Private (nonprofit)72% admit31Stonehill College · MA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit32Bay Path University · MA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit33Merrimack College · MA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit34Dean College · MA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit35Massachusetts College of Art and Design · MA · Public77% admit36Emmanuel College · MA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit37Westfield State University · MA · Public81% admit38Lasell University · MA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit39University of Massachusetts-Boston · MA · Public83% admit40Western New England University · MA · Private (nonprofit)83% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.