Best value colleges in Massachusetts
Every Massachusetts college we have data for, ranked by 10-year return on investment.
140
Colleges
$23,870
Avg net price as of 2024
$63,559
Median earnings as of 2024
$18,758
Median debt as of 2024
Top colleges in Massachusetts
Showing the top 107 of 140 by ROI — sort the table, or use the finder to filter all Massachusetts colleges by cost, earnings and major.
| # | College | Type | 5-yr earnings | Net price | Median debt | 10-yr ROI | DR Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro, MA | Public | $70,326 | $19,205 | — | +1,219% | Strong return | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Private | $140,645 | $20,111 | $14,768 | +1,014% | Strong return | |
| 3 | Amherst College Amherst, MA | Private | $150,151 | $23,367 | $13,740 | +968% | Strong return | |
| 4 | Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA | Public | $53,009 | $2,624 | $7,291 | +913% | Strong return | |
| 5 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private | $111,537 | $19,066 | $14,000 | +718% | Strong return | |
| 6 | Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica, MA | Public | $70,934 | $35,126 | — | +638% | Strong return | |
| 7 | Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton, MA | Private | $81,187 | $22,761 | $20,000 | +585% | Strong return | |
| 8 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA | Private | $117,542 | $25,171 | $19,500 | +573% | Strong return | |
| 9 | Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River, MA | Public | $60,615 | $21,734 | $10,015 | +515% | Strong return | |
| 10 | Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA | Public | $59,260 | $9,921 | $12,053 | +488% | Strong return | |
| 11 | Babson College Wellesley, MA | Private | $141,205 | $40,514 | $20,000 | +468% | Strong return | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA | Public | $96,183 | $21,582 | $25,000 | +436% | Strong return | |
| 13 | New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts North Andover, MA | For-profit | $54,557 | $16,164 | $6,333 | +417% | Strong return | |
| 14 | Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills, MA | Public | $53,357 | $7,169 | $6,500 | +400% | Strong return | |
| 15 | Monty Tech Fitchburg, MA | Public | $65,750 | $41,748 | $9,500 | +359% | Strong return | |
| 16 | Bentley University Waltham, MA | Private | $115,168 | $37,930 | $25,023 | +336% | Strong return | |
| 17 | Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA | Public | $52,800 | $7,679 | $8,307 | +324% | Strong return | |
| 18 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA | Public | $77,414 | $17,163 | $23,704 | +319% | Strong return | |
| 19 | Anna Maria College Paxton, MA | Private | $95,333 | $28,333 | $25,000 | +311% | Strong return | |
| 20 | Regis College Weston, MA | Private | $93,768 | $27,477 | $25,500 | +309% | Strong return | |
| 21 | Boston Architectural College Boston, MA | Private | $90,996 | $25,865 | $37,250 | +293% | Strong return | |
| 22 | Western New England University Springfield, MA | Private | $90,976 | $27,290 | $25,500 | +288% | Strong return | |
| 23 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private | $93,483 | $30,915 | $24,250 | +266% | Strong return | |
| 24 | North Shore Community College Danvers, MA | Public | $52,741 | $9,000 | $9,000 | +264% | Strong return | |
| 25 | Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA | Private | $97,305 | $34,170 | $25,028 | +259% | Strong return | |
| 26 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | Private | $104,321 | $43,071 | $27,000 | +226% | Strong return | |
| 27 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | Private | $68,979 | $17,716 | $12,761 | +218% | Strong return | |
| 28 | Worcester State University Worcester, MA | Public | $64,038 | $13,381 | $19,500 | +214% | Strong return | |
| 29 | Bristol Community College Fall River, MA | Public | $49,214 | $5,547 | $8,243 | +199% | Strong return | |
| 30 | National Aviation Academy of New England Concord, MA | For-profit | $63,903 | $27,871 | $21,198 | +198% | Strong return | |
| 31 | University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | Public | $68,403 | $17,707 | $21,974 | +197% | Strong return | |
| 32 | Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA | Public | $50,547 | $7,818 | $10,500 | +185% | Strong return | |
| 33 | FINE Mortuary College Norwood, MA | For-profit | $63,568 | $27,385 | $30,312 | +182% | Strong return | |
| 34 | Emmanuel College Boston, MA | Private | $76,393 | $26,706 | $27,000 | +169% | Strong return | |
| 35 | American International College Springfield, MA | Private | $72,590 | $23,274 | $27,000 | +168% | Strong return | |
| 36 | Boston University Boston, MA | Private | $73,416 | $24,402 | $23,250 | +168% | Strong return | |
| 37 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston, MA | Private | $88,735 | $39,545 | $25,000 | +161% | Strong return | |
| 38 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA | Public | $62,008 | $14,262 | $24,239 | +158% | Strong return | |
| 39 | Suffolk University Boston, MA | Private | $77,303 | $29,618 | $26,889 | +152% | Strong return | |
| 40 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA | Public | $67,546 | $20,927 | $25,000 | +143% | Strong return | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $68,047 | $22,383 | $22,763 | +136% | Strong return | |
| 42 | Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA | Private | $81,588 | $36,863 | $25,250 | +134% | Strong return | |
| 43 | Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA | Public | $50,362 | $9,090 | $16,575 | +121% | Strong return | |
| 44 | Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA | Private | $84,840 | $45,447 | — | +119% | Strong return | |
| 45 | Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA | Public | $61,247 | $16,383 | $24,286 | +118% | Strong return | |
| 46 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | Private | $82,388 | $41,704 | $19,000 | +115% | Strong return | |
| 47 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | Private | $79,688 | $38,782 | $27,000 | +110% | Strong return | |
| 48 | Simmons University Boston, MA | Private | $67,625 | $25,265 | $24,840 | +106% | Strong return | |
| 49 | Tufts University Medford, MA | Private | $78,444 | $39,998 | $16,250 | +102% | Strong return | |
| 50 | College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA | Private | $60,728 | $17,545 | $25,000 | +98% | Strong return | |
| 51 | Salem State University Salem, MA | Public | $59,192 | $15,996 | $25,000 | +94% | Strong return | |
| 52 | Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston, MA | Private | $57,093 | $15,488 | $12,000 | +82% | Strong return | |
| 53 | Westfield State University Westfield, MA | Public | $58,677 | $16,721 | $22,457 | +82% | Strong return | |
| 54 | Stonehill College Easton, MA | Private | $68,941 | $33,016 | $25,000 | +70% | Strong return | |
| 55 | Assumption University Worcester, MA | Private | $66,271 | $29,498 | $27,000 | +66% | Break-even | |
| 56 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | Private | $62,030 | $25,496 | $10,000 | +61% | Break-even | |
| 57 | Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | Private | $55,395 | $14,271 | $24,901 | +57% | Break-even | |
| 58 | Springfield College Springfield, MA | Private | $65,683 | $30,587 | $26,250 | +57% | Break-even | |
| 59 | Framingham State University Framingham, MA | Public | $56,071 | $16,114 | $25,000 | +51% | Break-even | |
| 60 | Endicott College Beverly, MA | Private | $70,422 | $40,654 | $27,000 | +47% | Break-even | |
| 61 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private | $67,396 | $35,736 | $25,648 | +47% | Break-even | |
| 62 | Nichols College Dudley, MA | Private | $65,586 | $33,036 | $27,000 | +45% | Break-even | |
| 63 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA | Private | $63,001 | $29,822 | $26,000 | +40% | Break-even | |
| 64 | Clark University Worcester, MA | Private | $62,411 | $28,714 | $26,759 | +40% | Break-even | |
| 65 | Lasell University Newton, MA | Private | $61,475 | $27,511 | $26,000 | +38% | Break-even | |
| 66 | Cambridge College Boston, MA | Private | $62,841 | $31,072 | $21,791 | +35% | Break-even | |
| 67 | Curry College Milton, MA | Private | $60,679 | $29,207 | $25,000 | +25% | Break-even | |
| 68 | Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA | Public | $47,337 | $8,296 | $12,000 | +12% | Break-even | |
| 69 | Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA | Private | $56,852 | $25,203 | $21,500 | +9% | Break-even | |
| 70 | Merrimack College North Andover, MA | Private | $59,602 | $37,927 | $27,000 | -10% | Poor return | |
| 71 | Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing, MA | Public | $47,176 | $12,244 | — | -11% | Poor return | |
| 72 | Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA | Public | $46,165 | $5,662 | $6,570 | -15% | Poor return | |
| 73 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | Private | $54,421 | $26,441 | $22,902 | -17% | Poor return | |
| 74 | North Bennet Street School Boston, MA | Private | $49,589 | $27,251 | $9,500 | -21% | Poor return | |
| 75 | Emerson College Boston, MA | Private | $60,725 | $49,180 | $23,000 | -23% | Poor return | |
| 76 | Lesley University Cambridge, MA | Private | $55,030 | $31,152 | $21,000 | -24% | Poor return | |
| 77 | Smith College Northampton, MA | Private | $53,517 | $27,579 | $17,550 | -27% | Poor return | |
| 78 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA | Public | $51,482 | $24,100 | $25,755 | -39% | Poor return | |
| 79 | Quincy College Quincy, MA | Public | $49,480 | $17,126 | $13,874 | -39% | Poor return | |
| 80 | Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA | Public | $46,055 | $7,931 | $10,252 | -46% | Poor return | |
| 81 | Gordon College Wenham, MA | Private | $49,610 | $24,883 | $26,250 | -58% | Poor return | |
| 82 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA | Public | $47,673 | $16,068 | $23,750 | -63% | Poor return | |
| 83 | Fisher College Boston, MA | Private | $48,727 | $26,649 | $25,000 | -68% | Poor return | |
| 84 | Northpoint Bible College Haverhill, MA | Private | $43,994 | $23,635 | $25,000 | -110% | Poor return | |
| 85 | Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | Private | $35,362 | $49,465 | $25,000 | -147% | Poor return | |
| 86 | Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA | Private | $35,710 | $33,216 | $27,000 | -165% | Poor return | |
| 87 | Dean College Franklin, MA | Private | $36,340 | $30,684 | $25,000 | -166% | Poor return | |
| 88 | Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA | Public | $43,911 | $6,046 | $9,000 | -171% | Poor return | |
| 89 | Motoring Technical Training Institute Seekonk, MA | For-profit | $43,302 | $20,255 | $9,500 | -172% | Poor return | |
| 90 | The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | Private | $28,855 | $46,754 | $27,000 | -182% | Poor return | |
| 91 | Hampshire College Amherst, MA | Private | $32,405 | $24,034 | $26,893 | -219% | Poor return | |
| 92 | Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA | Public | $41,898 | $8,460 | $10,000 | -251% | Poor return | |
| 93 | Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA | Public | $41,785 | $8,068 | $8,250 | -268% | Poor return | |
| 94 | COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA | For-profit | $32,435 | $24,598 | $6,222 | -568% | Poor return | |
| 95 | Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover, MA | For-profit | $25,637 | $38,758 | $6,333 | -572% | Poor return | |
| 96 | Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton, MA | Public | $39,228 | $7,060 | $8,846 | -661% | Poor return | |
| 97 | Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth, MA | For-profit | $25,637 | $31,895 | $6,333 | -666% | Poor return | |
| 98 | Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough, MA | For-profit | $25,637 | $28,170 | $6,333 | -735% | Poor return | |
| 99 | Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute Lowell, MA | For-profit | $32,171 | $14,839 | $7,994 | -823% | Poor return | |
| 100 | Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn, MA | For-profit | $27,075 | $20,086 | $6,233 | -902% | Poor return | |
| 101 | Urban College of Boston Boston, MA | Private | $33,824 | $6,957 | — | -903% | Poor return | |
| 102 | Alexander Academy Lunenburg, MA | For-profit | $16,091 | $32,061 | $9,500 | -914% | Poor return | |
| 103 | Rob Roy Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA | For-profit | $21,386 | $25,383 | $9,465 | -919% | Poor return | |
| 104 | Empire Beauty School-Malden Malden, MA | For-profit | $22,409 | $18,534 | $10,667 | -1,108% | Poor return | |
| 105 | DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield, MA | For-profit | $23,984 | $16,975 | — | -1,338% | Poor return | |
| 106 | New England Hair Academy Malden, MA | For-profit | $23,978 | $16,917 | — | -1,343% | Poor return | |
| 107 | Massachusetts School of Barbering Quincy, MA | For-profit | $18,917 | $15,216 | $8,294 | -1,530% | Poor return |
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Massachusetts college statistics
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.