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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 $43,707, 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)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
American International College	private	$42,970	3.7%
Amherst College	private	$76,040	3.8%
Anna Maria College	private	$43,064	2.6%
Assumption University	private	$49,414	3.5%
Babson College	private	$56,032	2.4%
Bard College at Simon's Rock	private	$66,593	3.6%
Bay Path University	private	$37,227	2.1%
Bay State College	private	$29,500	3.2%
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology	private	$18,906	1.2%
Bentley University	private	$58,150	3.5%
Berklee College of Music	private	$50,270	2.9%
Boston Architectural College	private	$26,800	2.7%
Boston Baptist College	private	$14,304	-0.4%
Boston College	private	$76,340	4.1%
Boston University	private	$74,594	4.0%
Brandeis University	private	$73,678	3.7%
Bridgewater State University	public	$11,389	3.5%
Cambridge College	private	$18,072	3.2%
Clark University	private	$55,160	3.4%
College of Our Lady of the Elms	private	$42,061	3.4%
College of the Holy Cross	private	$71,150	3.8%
Curry College	private	$45,820	2.9%
Dean College	private	$44,960	3.0%
Eastern Nazarene College	private	$28,610	-0.2%
Emerson College	private	$54,816	4.4%
Emmanuel College	private	$46,686	3.1%
Endicott College	private	$39,212	3.2%
Fisher College	private	$35,013	2.4%
Fitchburg State University	public	$11,046	2.0%
Framingham State University	public	$11,630	3.8%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	private	$61,802	3.8%
Gordon College	private	$28,100	-2.2%
Hampshire College	private	$56,630	1.8%
Harvard University	private	$64,796	3.3%
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	private	$22,490	0.1%
Hult International Business School	private	$50,936	5.5%
Laboure College of Healthcare	private	$33,663	0.1%
Lasell University	private	$26,000	-1.9%
Lesley University	private	$32,780	3.3%
Longy School of Music of Bard College	private	$52,925	4.7%
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	public	$14,960	3.2%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	public	$11,884	3.2%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	private	$67,126	3.4%
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	public	$10,816	4.5%
MCPHS University	private	$38,850	3.1%
Merrimack College	private	$51,786	4.1%
MGH Institute of Health Professions	private	$93,980	9.0%
Montserrat College of Art	private	$39,000	3.5%
Mount Holyoke College	private	$71,450	4.5%
Nichols College	private	$40,375	2.5%
Northeastern University	private	$63,141	4.2%
Northeastern University Professional Programs	private	$48,899	n/a
Northpoint Bible College	private	$14,160	3.1%
Quincy College	public	$7,536	5.0%
Regis College	private	$47,770	3.3%
Saint John's Seminary	private	$29,463	3.5%
Salem State University	public	$11,978	3.7%
Simmons University	private	$45,538	2.6%
Smith College	private	$70,768	3.9%
Springfield College	private	$43,707	3.0%
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education	private	$19,152	2.6%
Stonehill College	private	$53,400	4.0%
Suffolk University	private	$45,380	3.7%
The New England Conservatory of Music	private	$58,550	3.9%
Tufts University	private	$76,558	3.8%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	public	$19,212	2.7%
University of Massachusetts-Boston	public	$15,495	2.9%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	public	$15,208	3.0%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	public	$16,570	3.2%
Wellesley College	private	$72,890	4.1%
Wentworth Institute of Technology	private	$41,010	3.2%
Western New England University	private	$46,430	3.7%
Westfield State University	public	$11,882	3.5%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	private	$62,080	3.3%
William James College	private	$10,655	n/a
Williams College	private	$76,640	3.9%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	private	$58,870	3.2%
Worcester State University	public	$11,286	3.1%

Two-year colleges (18)

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

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Berkshire Community College	public	$5,612	2.1%
Bristol Community College	public	$5,412	2.9%
Bunker Hill Community College	public	$5,520	5.6%
Cape Cod Community College	public	$5,712	3.4%
FINE Mortuary College	private	$19,325	-0.1%
Greenfield Community College	public	$5,810	1.8%
Holyoke Community College	public	$5,810	4.7%
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	private	$28,617	1.5%
Massachusetts Bay Community College	public	$5,616	3.3%
Massasoit Community College	public	$5,376	2.5%
Middlesex Community College	public	$6,098	3.7%
Mount Wachusett Community College	public	$6,000	1.9%
North Shore Community College	public	$5,352	2.5%
Northern Essex Community College	public	$5,688	3.1%
Quinsigamond Community College	public	$5,974	1.8%
Roxbury Community College	public	$6,096	4.9%
Springfield Technical Community College	public	$5,520	0.9%
Urban College of Boston	private	$7,608	0.7%

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