Easiest Massachusetts Colleges to Get Into
Massachusetts has 38 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
10 colleges accept 100% of applicants in Massachusetts. Examples include American International College, Boston Architectural College, Cambridge College and Eastern Nazarene College.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates in Massachusetts, or the most selective colleges.
American International College
- Private 4 Year
- Springfield, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Sep 7 application deadline
AIC is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus sits in a residential section of Springfield.
- SAT Range 940-1110
- Avg GPA 2.91
- Net Price $23,086
Boston Architectural College
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Boston Architectural College is a private college known for undergraduate architecture, interior architecture, and design. Students follow a practice-based model that combines studio coursework with concurrent professional work.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $26,590
Cambridge College
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Cambridge College is a private college known for undergraduate programs in education, management, and psychology designed for adult learners. Most students are working adults who attend evening and flexible-format classes in Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $31,072
Eastern Nazarene College
- Private 4 Year
- Quincy, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Eastern Nazarene is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate education, religion, and the liberal arts. The residential campus sits in Quincy, a Boston suburb on Massachusetts Bay.
- SAT Range 883-1180
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.21
- Net Price $21,894
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology is a private technical college known for undergraduate automotive technology and engineering technology. The compact urban campus is in Boston's South End.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.32
- Net Price $14,841
Longy School of Music of Bard College
- Private 4 Year
- Cambridge, MA
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2.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Longy is a private music conservatory of Bard College known for undergraduate performance and composition. The urban campus is located in Cambridge near Harvard Square.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $49,815
William James College
- Private 4 Year
- Newton, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Montserrat College of Art
- Private 4 Year
- Beverly, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Montserrat is a private art college known for undergraduate illustration, fine arts, and graphic design. The compact campus is in coastal Beverly on Boston's North Shore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.93
- Net Price $34,166
Saint John's Seminary
- Private 4 Year
- Brighton, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Saint John's Seminary is a private Roman Catholic seminary known for philosophy and theology programs that prepare men for the priesthood. The campus is located in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Northpoint Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Haverhill, MA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Northpoint Bible College is a private Bible college known for undergraduate biblical studies and pastoral ministry. The Haverhill campus prepares students for vocational ministry in Pentecostal church settings.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $23,635
Lesley University
- Private 4 Year
- Cambridge, MA
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2.5 | 2 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Lesley is a private university known for undergraduate education, psychology, and studio art. The urban Cambridge campus sits near Harvard Square.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $32,587
Salem State University
- Public 4 Year
- Salem, MA
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- 96% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
Salem State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and social work. The campus sits in the historic coastal city of Salem north of Boston.
- SAT Range 990-1160
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Net Price $17,541
Bard College at Simon's Rock
- Private 4 Year
- Great Barrington, MA
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
Simon's Rock is a private liberal arts college known for its early-entrance model that lets students begin undergraduate study after tenth or eleventh grade. The residential campus sits in the Berkshires near Great Barrington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $41,013
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
- Public 4 Year
- Buzzards Bay, MA
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- 95% acceptance rate
- Apr 15 application deadline
Mass Maritime is a public maritime academy known for undergraduate marine transportation, marine engineering, and maritime business. Most students join a regiment of cadets on a campus along the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay.
- SAT Range 1030-1185
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Net Price $13,546
Boston Baptist College
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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- 91% acceptance rate
Boston Baptist is a small private Baptist college known for undergraduate biblical studies and pastoral ministry. The urban campus is located in Boston.
- SAT Range 980-1190
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $17,933
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Public 4 Year
- North Dartmouth, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
UMass Dartmouth is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and visual design. The suburban campus features distinctive modernist architecture in southeastern Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1050-1270
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $21,094
Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Wentworth is a private institute of technology known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and design. The urban campus sits in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1110-1320
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $35,604
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Public 4 Year
- North Adams, MA
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- 90% acceptance rate
MCLA is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in the arts, education, and humanities. The campus is located in North Adams in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 960-1180
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $16,544