Academic Index Last updated: June 14, 2026

64 Best Universities in Massachusetts

Exploring the academic landscape of Massachusetts, our index provides a definitive ranking of the top 64 higher education institutions. We analyzed 595.8K scientific publications and 23.49M citations to accurately measure the research output of these institutions. Factoring in the global influence of 166.5K notable graduates, this index isolates true institutional success beyond traditional prestige.

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1

Boston

Boston University

#37 in United States #40 in North America

11% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1475 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

2

Medford

Tufts University

#57 in United States #61 in North America

11% Acceptance

7,126 Enrollment

1515 Avg SAT

1852 Founded

3

Boston

Northeastern University

#87 in United States #99 in North America

5% Acceptance

17,432 Enrollment

1490 Avg SAT

1898 Founded

4

Boston

#110 in United States #125 in North America

16% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1490 Avg SAT

1863 Founded

5

Waltham

Brandeis University

#130 in United States #151 in North America

40% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1455 Avg SAT

1948 Founded

6

Boston

University of Massachusetts – Boston

#189 in United States #214 in North America

84% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1180 Avg SAT

1964 Founded

7

Lowell

University of Massachusetts – Lowell

#213 in United States #240 in North America

83% Acceptance

12,122 Enrollment

1275 Avg SAT

1894 Founded

8

Williamstown

Williams College

#233 in United States #263 in North America

8% Acceptance

2,115 Enrollment

1530 Avg SAT

1793 Founded

9

Wellesley

Wellesley College

#253 in United States #284 in North America

14% Acceptance

2,407 Enrollment

1510 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

10

Dartmouth

University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth

#311 in United States #345 in North America

91% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1160 Avg SAT

1895 Founded

11

Boston

Suffolk University

#322 in United States #358 in North America

82% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1195 Avg SAT

1906 Founded

12

South Hadley

Mount Holyoke College

#332 in United States #369 in North America

36% Acceptance

2,178 Enrollment

1455 Avg SAT

1888 Founded

13

Wellesley

#337 in United States #374 in North America

17% Acceptance

2,793 Enrollment

1460 Avg SAT

1919 Founded

14

Waltham

Bentley University

#344 in United States #383 in North America

45% Acceptance

4,526 Enrollment

1355 Avg SAT

1917 Founded

15

Boston

Simmons University

#371 in United States #414 in North America

70% Acceptance

669 Enrollment

1305 Avg SAT

1899 Founded

16

Boston

Emerson College

#484 in United States #533 in North America

51% Acceptance

6,230 Enrollment

1345 Avg SAT

1880 Founded

17

Boston

MCPHS University

#658 in United States #719 in North America

85% Acceptance

3,469 Enrollment

1288 Avg SAT

1823 Founded

18

Boston

Berklee College of Music

#684 in United States #748 in North America

44% Acceptance

1,989 Enrollment

1214 Avg SAT

1945 Founded

19

North Andover

Merrimack College

#710 in United States #776 in North America

70% Acceptance

9,377 Enrollment

1120 Avg SAT

1947 Founded

20

Norton

Wheaton College – Massachusetts

#730 in United States #797 in North America

68% Acceptance

1,785 Enrollment

1305 Avg SAT

1912 Founded

21

Wenham

#735 in United States #803 in North America

69% Acceptance

1,314 Enrollment

1243 Avg SAT

1889 Founded

22

Needham

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

#748 in United States #816 in North America

25% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1526 Avg SAT

1997 Founded

23

Framingham

Framingham State University

#771 in United States #839 in North America

84% Acceptance

4,709 Enrollment

1190 Avg SAT

1839 Founded

24

Beverly

Endicott College

#816 in United States #884 in North America

71% Acceptance

3,194 Enrollment

1267 Avg SAT

1939 Founded

25

Boston

Wentworth Institute of Technology

#821 in United States #889 in North America

91% Acceptance

3,965 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1904 Founded

26

Boston

MGH Institute of Health Professions

#823 in United States #891 in North America

32% Acceptance

544 Enrollment

1108 Avg SAT

1977 Founded

27

Weston

#924 in United States #996 in North America

70% Acceptance

9,377 Enrollment

995 Avg SAT

1927 Founded

28

Fitchburg

Fitchburg State University

#938 in United States #1010 in North America

87% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1145 Avg SAT

1894 Founded

29

Boston

Emmanuel College

#940 in United States #1012 in North America

76% Acceptance

1,909 Enrollment

1255 Avg SAT

1919 Founded

30

Newton Centre

#945 in United States #1017 in North America

80% Acceptance

73 Enrollment

1325 Avg SAT

1921 Founded

31

Boston

New England Conservatory of Music

#1007 in United States #1080 in North America

41% Acceptance

1,989 Enrollment

1339 Avg SAT

1867 Founded

32

South Hamilton

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

#1013 in United States #1086 in North America

70% Acceptance

1,183 Enrollment

1125 Avg SAT

33

North Adams

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

#1037 in United States #1111 in North America

90% Acceptance

794 Enrollment

1325 Avg SAT

1894 Founded

34

Boston

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

#1103 in United States #1178 in North America

76% Acceptance

1,871 Enrollment

1339 Avg SAT

1873 Founded

35

Milton

#1111 in United States #1186 in North America

88% Acceptance

1,808 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

1879 Founded

36

Buzzards Bay

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

#1128 in United States #1203 in North America

95% Acceptance

1,988 Enrollment

1335 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

37

Quincy

Eastern Nazarene College

#1148 in United States #1223 in North America

75% Acceptance

2,848 Enrollment

1405 Avg SAT

1900 Founded

38

Boston

New England College of Optometry

#1200 in United States #1277 in North America

23% Acceptance

400 Enrollment

1475 Avg SAT

1894 Founded

39

Great Barrington

Bard College at Simon’s Rock

#1209 in United States #1286 in North America

96% Acceptance

314 Enrollment

1455 Avg SAT

1964 Founded

40

Boston

#1223 in United States #1301 in North America

71% Acceptance

78 Enrollment

1460 Avg SAT

1903 Founded

41

Newton

William James College

#1232 in United States #1310 in North America

60% Acceptance

1,631 Enrollment

1030 Avg SAT

1974 Founded

42

Newton

#1274 in United States #1352 in North America

81% Acceptance

6,230 Enrollment

1094 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

43

Boston

New England Law – Boston

#1280 in United States #1358 in North America

60% Acceptance

273 Enrollment

1485 Avg SAT

1908 Founded

44

Brookline

Hellenic College – Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

#1300 in United States #1378 in North America

80% Acceptance

1,352 Enrollment

1125 Avg SAT

$23,870 Net Price

45

Longmeadow

Bay Path University

#1312 in United States #1390 in North America

85% Acceptance

1,765 Enrollment

1110 Avg SAT

1897 Founded

46

Dudley

Nichols College

#1313 in United States #1391 in North America

81% Acceptance

3,707 Enrollment

1132 Avg SAT

1815 Founded

47

Boston

Boston Architectural College

#1511 in United States #1597 in North America

100% Acceptance

320 Enrollment

1889 Founded

$26,590 Net Price

48

Paxton

Anna Maria College

#1520 in United States #1606 in North America

50% Acceptance

644 Enrollment

1043 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

49

Chicopee

College of Our Lady of the Elms

#1528 in United States #1614 in North America

85% Acceptance

2,211 Enrollment

1347 Avg SAT

1928 Founded

50

Andover

Massachusetts School of Law

#1599 in United States #1686 in North America

93% Acceptance

1,131 Enrollment

1485 Avg SAT

1988 Founded

51

Brookline

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc

#1710 in United States #1798 in North America

78% Acceptance

1973 Founded

52

Boston

Bay State College

#1730 in United States #1819 in North America

78% Acceptance

1260 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

$43,020 Net Price

53

Brookline

Newbury College

#1745 in United States #1834 in North America

100% Acceptance

4,473 Enrollment

1273 Avg SAT

1962 Founded

54

Boston

Pine Manor College

#1838 in United States #1928 in North America

63% Acceptance

1911 Founded

$10,558 Net Price

55

Boston

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

#1868 in United States #1959 in North America

100% Acceptance

744 Enrollment

1908 Founded

$14,841 Net Price

56

Westfield

Westfield State University

#1888 in United States #1980 in North America

81% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1162 Avg SAT

1838 Founded

57

Haverhill

Northpoint Bible College

#1906 in United States #1998 in North America

100% Acceptance

89 Enrollment

1924 Founded

$23,635 Net Price

58

Boston

Cambridge College

#2010 in United States #2103 in North America

100% Acceptance

646 Enrollment

1971 Founded

$31,072 Net Price

59

Beverly

Montserrat College of Art

#2014 in United States #2107 in North America

100% Acceptance

227 Enrollment

1970 Founded

$34,166 Net Price

60

Milton

Laboure College

#2105 in United States #2202 in North America

50% Acceptance

530 Enrollment

1892 Founded

$33,180 Net Price

61

Easthampton

Conway School of Landscape Design

#2130 in United States #2227 in North America

84% Acceptance

1972 Founded

62

Boston

New England College of Business and Finance

#2146 in United States #2245 in North America

100% Acceptance

1993 Founded

63

Boston

Boston Baptist College

#2296 in United States #2397 in North America

91% Acceptance

43 Enrollment

$17,933 Net Price

64

Weston

Pope St John XXIII National Seminary

#2331 in United States #2432 in North America

83% Acceptance