Popular Massachusetts Colleges Easy to Get Into
Massachusetts has 38 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, accepting 88% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Salem State University, Framingham State University and University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
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
Lasell University
- Private 4 Year
- Newton, MA
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4.8 | 18 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
Lasell is a private university known for undergraduate fashion design, merchandising, and business. The suburban Newton campus sits just outside Boston.
- SAT Range 1030-1158
- Avg GPA 3.12
- Net Price $27,773
Cambridge College
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
- Public 4 Year
- Buzzards Bay, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Public 4 Year
- North Adams, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Public 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
MassArt is a public college of art and design known for undergraduate studio art, design, and architecture. The urban campus is in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $24,864
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
Hampshire College
- Private 4 Year
- Amherst, MA
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3.7 | 6 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Hampshire is a private liberal arts college known for student-designed majors and narrative evaluations instead of letter grades. Students can also take courses through the Five College Consortium with nearby Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and UMass.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $27,895
Eastern Nazarene College
- Private 4 Year
- Quincy, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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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| 0 reviews
- 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
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
College of Our Lady of the Elms
- Private 4 Year
- Chicopee, MA
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3.5 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Elms College is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and education. The small campus is in Chicopee in western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1150-1320
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,870
Bay Path University
- Private 4 Year
- Longmeadow, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Bay Path is a private university known for educating undergraduate women in business, health sciences, and cybersecurity. The residential campus sits in suburban Longmeadow near Springfield.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $15,463
Boston Baptist College
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Northpoint Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Haverhill, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
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
Montserrat College of Art
- Private 4 Year
- Beverly, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 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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| 0 reviews
- 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 -