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College costs in Massachusetts

All 96 colleges in Massachusetts, 78 four-year and 18 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $43,386, rising about 3.3% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 14 of the four-year schools are public. 7 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (78)

Four-year colleges in Massachusetts, with published tuition and fees in dollars.
SchoolSectorTuition & feesGrowth / yr
American International Collegeprivate$42,9703.7%
Amherst Collegeprivate$76,0403.8%
Anna Maria Collegeprivate$43,0642.6%
Assumption Universityprivate$49,4143.5%
Babson Collegeprivate$58,5602.3%
Bard College at Simon's Rockprivate$66,5933.6%
Bay Path Universityprivate$37,2272.1%
Bay State Collegeprivate$29,5003.2%
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technologyprivate$18,9061.2%
Bentley Universityprivate$66,3803.8%
Berklee College of Musicprivate$55,6203.0%
Boston Architectural Collegeprivate$26,8002.7%
Boston Baptist Collegeprivate$14,304-0.4%
Boston Collegeprivate$76,3404.1%
Boston Universityprivate$74,5944.0%
Brandeis Universityprivate$73,6783.7%
Bridgewater State Universitypublic$11,3893.5%
Cambridge Collegeprivate$18,0723.2%
Clark Universityprivate$63,2103.8%
College of Our Lady of the Elmsprivate$42,0613.4%
College of the Holy Crossprivate$71,1503.8%
Curry Collegeprivate$45,8202.9%
Dean Collegeprivate$44,9603.0%
Eastern Nazarene Collegeprivate$28,610-0.2%
Emerson Collegeprivate$54,8164.4%
Emmanuel Collegeprivate$46,6863.1%
Endicott Collegeprivate$39,2123.2%
Fisher Collegeprivate$35,0132.4%
Fitchburg State Universitypublic$11,0462.0%
Framingham State Universitypublic$11,6303.8%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineeringprivate$69,2743.9%
Gordon Collegeprivate$28,100-2.2%
Hampshire Collegeprivate$56,6301.8%
Harvard Universityprivate$64,7963.3%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theologyprivate$22,4900.1%
Hult International Business Schoolprivate$50,9365.5%
Laboure College of Healthcareprivate$33,6630.1%
Lasell Universityprivate$26,000-1.9%
Lesley Universityprivate$32,7803.3%
Longy School of Music of Bard Collegeprivate$52,9254.7%
Massachusetts College of Art and Designpublic$14,9603.2%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Artspublic$11,8843.2%
Massachusetts Institute of Technologyprivate$67,1263.4%
Massachusetts Maritime Academypublic$10,8164.5%
MCPHS Universityprivate$38,8503.1%
Merrimack Collegeprivate$51,7864.1%
MGH Institute of Health Professionsprivate$93,9809.0%
Montserrat College of Artprivate$39,0003.5%
Mount Holyoke Collegeprivate$71,4504.5%
Nichols Collegeprivate$40,3752.5%
Northeastern Universityprivate$69,2894.3%
Northeastern University Professional Programsprivate$48,899n/a
Northpoint Bible Collegeprivate$14,1603.1%
Quincy Collegepublic$7,5365.0%
Regis Collegeprivate$47,7703.3%
Saint John's Seminaryprivate$29,4633.5%
Salem State Universitypublic$11,9783.7%
Simmons Universityprivate$45,5382.6%
Smith Collegeprivate$70,7683.9%
Springfield Collegeprivate$43,7073.0%
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Educationprivate$19,1522.6%
Stonehill Collegeprivate$62,1104.4%
Suffolk Universityprivate$45,3803.7%
The New England Conservatory of Musicprivate$58,5503.9%
Tufts Universityprivate$76,5583.8%
University of Massachusetts-Amherstpublic$19,2122.7%
University of Massachusetts-Bostonpublic$15,4952.9%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouthpublic$15,2083.0%
University of Massachusetts-Lowellpublic$16,5703.2%
Wellesley Collegeprivate$72,8904.1%
Wentworth Institute of Technologyprivate$41,0103.2%
Western New England Universityprivate$46,4303.7%
Westfield State Universitypublic$11,8823.5%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)private$67,8003.2%
William James Collegeprivate$10,655n/a
Williams Collegeprivate$76,6403.9%
Worcester Polytechnic Instituteprivate$65,4383.3%
Worcester State Universitypublic$11,2863.1%

Two-year colleges (18)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

Two-year colleges in Massachusetts, with published tuition and fees in dollars.
SchoolSectorTuition & feesGrowth / yr
Berkshire Community Collegepublic$5,6122.1%
Bristol Community Collegepublic$5,4122.9%
Bunker Hill Community Collegepublic$5,5205.6%
Cape Cod Community Collegepublic$5,7123.4%
FINE Mortuary Collegeprivate$19,325-0.1%
Greenfield Community Collegepublic$5,8101.8%
Holyoke Community Collegepublic$5,8104.7%
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursingprivate$28,6171.5%
Massachusetts Bay Community Collegepublic$5,6163.3%
Massasoit Community Collegepublic$5,3762.5%
Middlesex Community Collegepublic$6,0983.7%
Mount Wachusett Community Collegepublic$6,0001.9%
North Shore Community Collegepublic$5,3522.5%
Northern Essex Community Collegepublic$5,6883.1%
Quinsigamond Community Collegepublic$5,9741.8%
Roxbury Community Collegepublic$6,0964.9%
Springfield Technical Community Collegepublic$5,5200.9%
Urban College of Bostonprivate$7,6080.7%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology.