Private nonprofit · College

Cambridge College

Boston, Massachusetts · Large city

Admit rate
$31,072
Avg net price
11%
Graduation rate
$45,998
Median earnings

Cambridge College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Boston, Massachusetts (large city setting), enrolling 532 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 532 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. In 1630, settlers led by John Winthrop arrived, and found Shawmut Peninsula nearly empty of Native people. Most had died of European diseases borne by earlier settlers and traders. Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as the Boston accent and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
2 miles to Boston, MA
To the ocean
2 miles
Nearest airport
4 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub

How Cambridge College compares

Graduation rate11%

Higher than 3% · #66 of 66 in Massachusetts

First-year retention100%

Higher than 98%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$45,998

Higher than 27% · #60 of 67 in Massachusetts

Average net price$31,072

Cheaper than 13% · #46 cheapest of 65 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$21,791

Lower than 61%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 59%

Undergraduate enrollment532

Larger than 22%

Percentiles compare Cambridge College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Massachusetts.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

1,721students
  • Undergraduate53231%
  • Graduate1,18969%

Undergraduates by gender

532undergrads
  • Women39574%
  • Men13726%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White32%
  • Black30%
  • Hispanic29%
  • Asian3.6%
  • Other or multiracial6.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
532
Graduate enrollment
1,189
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
30%
First-generation students
51%
Students over 25
76%
Median family income
$27,349
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$74,997
Endowment
$15,492,455

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$18,378
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,200
Total cost of attendance
$34,072
Average net price
$31,072

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
11%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
100%
Transferred to another college
11%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$49,215
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$45,998
Median debt at graduation
$21,791
Students with federal loans
39%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
34%

About 11% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
0%
Low-income (Pell)
31%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,835 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$30–48k
$31,072
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$170,896

$31,072/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$45,998
Typical debt at graduation
$21,791
Debt vs. one year's pay
47%
Out-earn a HS grad
64%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$44,850
Men
$59,018

Men out-earn women by $14,168 (32%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
82°F
Winter low
23°F
Annual rain
43.6″
Annual snow
49.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Boston Logan Intl AP, MA US station (3.5 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.