Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Massachusetts

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Massachusetts, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 59 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Cambridge CollegeBoston, Massachusetts100.0%——$31k$46k11%5322 mi 2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts99.1%5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 3Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts98.3%4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 4Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts97.3%9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 5Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts96.9%5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 6Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts96.9%8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 7Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts96.5%14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 8Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts96.0%16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 9Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts95.5%11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 10College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts94.8%18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 11Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts94.7%11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 12Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts94.6%17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 13Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts94.3%21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 14Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts93.7%60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 15Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts92.7%45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 16University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts91.9%60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 17Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, Massachusetts89.1%76%—$24k$44k69%1,8313 mi 18Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts88.6%36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 19Berklee College of MusicBoston, Massachusetts88.6%44%—$49k$34k67%7,4682 mi 20Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts87.4%51%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 21Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts87.0%41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 22Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts86.8%95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 23Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts86.2%40%1370$29k$62k77%2,21437 mi 24Simmons UniversityBoston, Massachusetts84.8%70%1316$25k$63k72%1,6703 mi 25Gordon CollegeWenham, Massachusetts84.4%69%1265$25k$52k69%1,2782 mi 26Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts84.4%71%1274$41k$58k76%3,125< 1 mi 27University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts84.0%83%1285$17k$65k65%11,43424 mi 28Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts84.0%66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 29Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts83.9%83%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 30Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts83.8%91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 31Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, Massachusetts82.2%68%1308$30k$68k73%1,77312 mi 32Springfield CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts80.7%72%1275$31k$48k74%1,75152 mi 33Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, Massachusetts80.3%60%—$45k—67%6181 mi 34Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts79.3%70%—$38k$76k70%3,91615 mi 35Regis CollegeWeston, Massachusetts79.0%70%—$27k$53k72%95613 mi 36Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts78.6%76%1250$27k$68k68%1,8543 mi 37Hampshire CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts78.4%75%—$24k$47k54%83967 mi 38Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts78.1%88%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 39College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, Massachusetts76.0%85%—$18k$52k68%94955 mi 40Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, Massachusetts75.7%90%—$16k$48k56%71396 mi 41Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts75.4%82%1216$30k$68k61%4,2681 mi 42Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts75.3%96%—$16k$57k50%4,291< 1 mi 43Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts75.1%88%1180$16k$57k53%7,82913 mi 44Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts74.0%83%1192$27k$73k64%2,60352 mi 45Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts74.0%85%1269$40k$126k62%3,4513 mi 46Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts73.9%81%—$17k$57k54%3,61557 mi 47Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts72.8%85%1120$14k$55k44%1,10849 mi 48Nichols CollegeDudley, Massachusetts72.5%81%1140$33k$58k63%1,16332 mi 49Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts72.3%97%—$31k$51k58%1,1224 mi 50Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts71.0%84%1180$16k$52k48%2,56620 mi 51University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts70.4%84%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 52Lasell UniversityNewton, Massachusetts70.4%81%1100$28k$50k59%1,22610 mi 53Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts69.5%87%1150$14k$54k55%2,75241 mi 54Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts68.3%74%—$31k$38k54%1,08918 mi 55Curry CollegeMilton, Massachusetts66.2%88%1125$29k$54k51%1,7806 mi 56University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts63.6%91%1182$21k$69k52%5,2215 mi 57Anna Maria CollegePaxton, Massachusetts60.3%50%—$28k$47k46%90644 mi 58American International CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts56.7%100%—$23k$53k46%1,01752 mi 59Fisher CollegeBoston, Massachusetts54.6%71%—$27k$50k28%1,1671 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.