alphabetical / by state
91 Traditional Schools in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state in the union, but its influence over the history of the US has far outweighed its size. The area around Plymouth, MA, was explored by John Smith, founder of the first successful English colony in Virginia, and the region that would be called Massachusetts (for the Massachusett Indians) was selected for the second British colony - a group of separatist Puritans who sailed to the New World to complete the work of Reformation they believe the Church of England had abandoned. They found the Native Americans of the area all but wiped out by plague, and more settlements spread to Massachusetts Bay and elsewhere, as colonists unsatisfied with the Puritans’ utopian religious plan defected to places like Rhode Island and Connecticut. Massachusetts, particularly Boston, was at the heart of the American Revolution, with leaders such as John Hancock and John Adams, while the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party stoked the desire for independence. Throughout the 19th century, Massachusetts remained a bastion of progressive thinking and action, leading abolitionism, women’s rights, and public education.
Over the course of its history, Massachusetts has reflected, and often led, each major shift in the American economy, first as a center of agriculture and trade, thanks to its fertile land and well-established ports. And every step of the way, Massachusetts has been led by some of the world’s most prestigious colleges and universities. While the state was still, like most of the US, based on sustenance farming, Massachusetts established some of the nation’s first colleges, including the first, Harvard University. It was this strong foundation of excellent higher education that helped make Massachusetts a leader of the American Revolution, while a strong middle class of merchants and craftsmen - fueled by Boston’s trade - made the fight for equality and an end to nobility possible. In the 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution reached the young US, Massachusetts was led by this solid base, and by two land-grant research institutions, MIT and the University of Massachusetts. And in the 20th century, Massachusetts has built on its history and heritage to become one of the nation’s wealthiest and most innovative states, steeped in technology, finance, healthcare, and entrepreneurship.
Massachusetts has made its mark on the United States and the world through smarts, hard work, and education, and higher education has been built into the commonwealth’s philosophy and worldview. Massachusetts is home to some of the oldest higher education institutions in the nation - not only Harvard, the very first American university, but pioneering liberal arts colleges like Williams and Amherst, and some of the world’s first, most influential women’s colleges, like Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, and Smith - part of the legendary Seven Sisters. Educational innovation has been Massachusetts’ calling card for nearly 400 years, and the 21st century is only beginning.

American International College
Springfield, MA

Amherst College
Amherst, MA
87.1
College Consensus
81.3
Student Consensus

Andover Newton Theological School
Lexington, MA

Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA

Assumption College
Worcester, MA

Babson College
Babson Park, MA
69.6
College Consensus
75.1
Student Consensus

Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, MA

Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
57.7
College Consensus
67
Student Consensus

Bay State College
Boston, MA

Becker College
Worcester, MA

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

Bentley University
Waltham, MA
75.2
College Consensus
73
Student Consensus

Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA

Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA

Boston Baptist College
Boston, MA

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
77.8
College Consensus
74.5
Student Consensus

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc
Brookline, MA

Boston University
Boston, MA
71
College Consensus
72.5
Student Consensus

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
69.6
College Consensus
72.7
Student Consensus

Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA

Cambridge College
Boston, MA

Clark University
Worcester, MA
55.4
College Consensus
71.3
Student Consensus

College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA
53.8
College Consensus
75.9
Student Consensus

College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
80.5
College Consensus
79.3
Student Consensus

Conway School of Landscape Design
Northampton, MA

Curry College
Milton, MA

Dean College
Franklin, MA

Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, MA

Emerson College
Boston, MA

Emmanuel College (MA)
Boston, MA

Endicott College
Beverly, MA

Fisher College
Boston, MA

Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA
55.9
College Consensus
69
Student Consensus

Framingham State University
Framingham, MA
48.9
College Consensus
63.8
Student Consensus

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA

Gordon College
Wenham, MA

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, MA

Hampshire College
Amherst, MA

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
88.6
College Consensus
78.2
Student Consensus

Hebrew College
Newton Centre, MA

Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, MA

Hult International Business School
Cambridge, MA

Laboure College
Milton, MA

Lasell College
Newton, MA

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, MA

MCPHS University
Boston, MA

MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston, MA

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, MA
56.5
College Consensus
66.5
Student Consensus

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
91.1
College Consensus
83
Student Consensus

Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
68.8
College Consensus
64.7
Student Consensus

University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester
Worcester, MA

Massachusetts School of Law
Andover, MA

University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
68.3
College Consensus
74.1
Student Consensus

University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA
51.7
College Consensus
67.3
Student Consensus

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA

University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA

Merrimack College
North Andover, MA

Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA

Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
69.9
College Consensus
72.8
Student Consensus

New England College of Business and Finance
Boston, MA

New England College of Optometry
Boston, MA

The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA

New England Law-Boston
Boston, MA

Newbury College
Brookline, MA

Nichols College
Dudley, MA

Northeastern University Lifelong Learning Network
Boston, MA

Northeastern University
Boston, MA
71.2
College Consensus
76.7
Student Consensus

Northpoint Bible College
Haverhill, MA

Pine Manor College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Pope St John XXIII National Seminary
Weston, MA

Regis College
Weston, MA

Saint John's Seminary (MA)
Brighton, MA

Salem State University
Salem, MA

Simmons University
Boston, MA
59.9
College Consensus
69.6
Student Consensus

Smith College
Northampton, MA
78.5
College Consensus
80.8
Student Consensus

Springfield College-School of Professional and Continuing Studies
Springfield, MA

Springfield College
Springfield, MA

Stonehill College
Easton, MA
57.9
College Consensus
72.4
Student Consensus

Suffolk University
Boston, MA
57.3
College Consensus
67.1
Student Consensus

Tufts University
Medford, MA
80.7
College Consensus
77
Student Consensus

Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
83.4
College Consensus
78.4
Student Consensus

Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

Western New England University
Springfield, MA
46.6
College Consensus
72.5
Student Consensus

Westfield State University
Westfield, MA
59.9
College Consensus
67
Student Consensus

Wheaton College (MA)
Norton, MA
61.5
College Consensus
70.3
Student Consensus

William James College
Newton, MA

Williams College
Williamstown, MA
87.4
College Consensus
81
Student Consensus

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
70.5
College Consensus
76
Student Consensus
