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What families actually paid for college in Massachusetts
Net price is what a family actually paid for a year of college after grants and scholarships, counting tuition, housing, meals, and books. In Massachusetts, 82 colleges report it by household income, most recently for school years 2019-20 to 2021-22, depending on the school.
82 schools
| School | $0–30,000 | $30,001–48,000 | $48,001–75,000 | $75,001–110,000 | more than $110,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts median (2019-20 to 2021-22) | $13,503 | $15,265 | $17,718 | $24,789 | $32,277 |
| American International College | $22,733 | $25,507 | $24,677 | $24,566 | $20,993 |
| Amherst College | $7,895 | $11,119 | $16,409 | $21,178 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $50,853 |
| Anna Maria College | $20,635 | $20,965 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $21,825 | $27,756 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $28,080 |
| Assumption University | $19,271 | $19,262 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $26,337 | $29,121 | $31,485 |
| Babson College | $18,765 | $15,344 | $20,854 | $28,556 | $55,303 |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | $21,580 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $17,857 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $28,068 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $39,388 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $49,930 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Bay Path University | $12,460 | $14,988 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $17,214 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $26,134 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $25,585 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Bay State College (2019-20) | $24,739 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $29,787 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $31,826 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $33,490 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $37,882 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | $17,905 | $16,522 | $15,247 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $18,804 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $20,775 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Bentley University | $21,131 | $25,117 | $28,129 | $36,002 | $48,742 |
| Berklee College of Music | $43,461 | $39,569 | $43,522 | $50,296 | $54,760 |
| Berkshire Community College | $4,168 | $4,654 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $6,317 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $11,930 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $14,378 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Boston Architectural College (2020-21) | $27,647 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $23,401 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $27,012 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $35,296 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $32,796 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Boston College | $10,988 | $7,260 | $15,264 | $24,041 | $55,461 |
| Boston University | $10,164 | $9,536 | $14,838 | $24,109 | $48,841 |
| Brandeis University | $11,116 | $15,682 | $24,124 | $36,784 | $55,660 |
| Bridgewater State University | $12,275 | $13,478 | $16,847 | $19,505 | $22,496 |
| Bristol Community College | $4,866 | $5,980 | $6,569 | $10,000 | $11,649 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | $7,848 | $8,566 | $10,264 | $10,828 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $14,323 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Cape Cod Community College | $6,812 | $7,415 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $8,868 | $12,419 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $13,525 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Clark University | $14,937 | $13,255 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $23,701 | $26,118 | $38,941 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | $18,726 | $19,086 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $21,444 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $23,180 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $26,031 |
| College of the Holy Cross | $17,648 | $10,890 | $17,534 | $33,795 | $54,645 |
| Curry College | $23,339 | $24,719 | $28,472 | $31,685 | $33,362 |
| Dean College | $25,835 | $28,600 | $31,977 | $30,040 | $34,340 |
| Eastern Nazarene College | $16,140 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $17,953 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $16,875 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $21,116 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $25,181 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Emerson College | $36,327 | $37,072 | $43,618 | $47,558 | $55,749 |
| Emmanuel College | $25,468 | $25,470 | $27,217 | $30,729 | $33,428 |
| Endicott College | $27,284 | $25,558 | $29,361 | $33,271 | $40,811 |
| Fisher College | $23,556 | $26,052 | $26,194 | $27,465 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $29,751 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Fitchburg State University | $10,943 | $13,494 | $14,979 | $19,172 | $21,603 |
| Framingham State University | $12,242 | $12,997 | $17,245 | $22,934 | $24,724 |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | $1,819 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $680 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $11,292 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $26,970 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $45,759 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Gordon College | $18,328 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $16,591 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $15,940 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $21,374 | $25,022 |
| Greenfield Community College | $8,089 | $7,041 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $11,810 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $13,706 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $14,260 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Hampshire College | $15,172 | $12,986 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $19,033 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $30,744 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $40,137 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Harvard University | $5,900 | $3,002 | $4,180 | $17,037 | $52,634 |
| Holyoke Community College | $6,518 | $7,605 | $9,218 | $12,753 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $13,815 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Hult International Business School | $45,320 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $40,338 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $48,388 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $54,000 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $61,000 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Lasell University | $21,776 | $22,079 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $27,840 | $28,982 | $32,298 |
| Lesley University | $26,082 | $24,408 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $31,675 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $31,915 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $34,667 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | $5,268 | $6,021 | $8,144 | $10,989 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $12,501 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | $12,632 | $15,706 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $20,119 | $25,012 | $27,959 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | $12,483 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $17,616 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $21,213 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $18,552 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $20,054 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $5,347 | -$2,251 | $1,918 | $13,035 | $44,726 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | $5,013 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $4,618 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $5,181 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $22,261 | $31,605 |
| Massasoit Community College | $7,195 | $7,661 | $8,690 | $10,772 | $13,939 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| MCPHS University | $33,586 | $35,000 | $38,888 | $38,734 | $40,378 |
| Merrimack College | $26,132 | $28,586 | $34,604 | $34,545 | $39,754 |
| Middlesex Community College | $1,022 | $1,901 | $3,136 | $7,063 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $9,314 |
| Montserrat College of Art | $24,930 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $27,735 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $34,737 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $34,268 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $37,030 |
| Mount Holyoke College | $17,822 | $21,476 | $22,975 | $27,914 | $45,825 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College | $5,648 | $6,221 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $7,765 | $12,795 | $13,639 |
| Nichols College | $18,940 | $24,159 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $19,757 | $31,582 | $36,359 |
| North Shore Community College | $7,095 | $7,400 | $9,653 | $11,772 | $12,977 |
| Northeastern University | $2,227 | $2,715 | $9,324 | $19,469 | $46,187 |
| Northern Essex Community College | $6,029 | $6,756 | $7,919 | $10,983 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $11,651 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Northpoint Bible College | $27,416 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $25,701 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $29,647 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $30,649 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $23,674 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Quincy College | $12,989 | $13,172 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $15,302 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $17,899 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $18,028 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Quinsigamond Community College | $6,164 | $6,771 | $8,753 | $12,073 | $13,220 |
| Regis College | $23,781 | $26,397 | $30,781 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $31,638 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $32,497 |
| Salem State University | $12,977 | $15,185 | $17,901 | $20,613 | $24,357 |
| Simmons University | $12,883 | $14,076 | $16,869 | $23,274 | $32,807 |
| Smith College | $14,214 | $14,016 | $14,098 | $23,430 | $46,976 |
| Springfield College | $19,057 | $18,834 | $22,056 | $27,472 | $31,385 |
| Springfield Technical Community College | $8,281 | $8,986 | $10,888 | $13,783 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $14,689 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Stonehill College | $18,779 | $21,378 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $22,086 | $25,337 | $34,714 |
| Suffolk University | $23,300 | $23,217 | $24,273 | $28,086 | $33,750 |
| The New England Conservatory of Music | $3,236 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $17,541 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $35,999 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $45,474 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $31,796 (average covers fewer than 30 students) |
| Tufts University | $9,223 | $6,812 | $14,765 | $26,144 | $57,478 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | $10,858 | $11,824 | $15,768 | $22,651 | $29,809 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | $13,107 | $14,259 | $16,926 | $22,747 | $24,658 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | $13,898 | $15,988 | $18,840 | $22,635 | $24,909 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | $10,882 | $11,405 | $15,656 | $20,372 | $24,700 |
| Wellesley College | $10,197 | $7,815 | $15,240 | $29,986 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $52,206 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | $32,946 | $33,757 | $35,427 | $38,255 | $39,151 |
| Western New England University | $25,284 | $25,410 | $28,093 | $30,758 | $32,256 |
| Westfield State University | $9,542 | $11,744 | $16,785 | $20,909 | $22,188 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | $25,906 | $24,415 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $29,929 | $31,491 | $35,630 |
| Williams College | $4,561 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $1,191 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $3,998 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $12,166 (average covers fewer than 30 students) | $43,981 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $30,910 | $30,348 | $35,916 | $42,582 | $48,017 |
| Worcester State University | $9,888 | $11,385 | $14,299 | $17,119 | $19,567 |
- These figures come from school years 2019-20 to 2021-22, the most recent federal net price data each school has reported. Prices have risen since.
- Each figure is an average across families who received federal aid, so one family's price can differ with merit aid, residency, or program.
- The figures include housing, meals, books, and personal expenses, unlike published tuition figures.
- At public colleges these figures cover in-state students only.
- Negative values mean grant and scholarship aid added up to more than tuition, fees, housing, meals, and books combined.
- † Average covers fewer than 30 students.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey. See the methodology.