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Best Biology Colleges in Massachusetts

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 43 schools · Agent Insights
43
Schools Analyzed
$70,766
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
69%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$24,784
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 43 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 43
Avg. earnings at 10yr $70,766
Avg. graduation rate 69%
Avg. net price $24,784
Avg. median debt $22,627

How We Ranked

Biology programs in Massachusetts ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$79K$143K$0$50KNET PRICEHarvard UniversityMassachusetts InstituteAmherst CollegeWellesley CollegeWilliams College

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Harvard University97%Massachusetts Institute …96%Amherst College94%Wellesley College91%Williams College95%Smith College89%Boston College91%Boston University89%Tufts University93%Brandeis University86%Northeastern University90%Mount Holyoke College85%College of the Holy Cross88%Gordon College68%Worcester State Universi…58%Clark University77%Bay Path University51%Worcester Polytechnic In…89%Hampshire College56%MCPHS University63%

Top 3

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Graduation97%
Earnings$101,817
Net Price$19,066

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#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Graduation96%
Earnings$143,372
Net Price$20,111

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#3

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

Graduation94%
Earnings$77,644
Net Price$23,367

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Full Rankings

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · 7,601 students · Private nonprofit

4% accepted 97% graduate $101,817 earnings
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#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · 4,535 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 96% graduate $143,372 earnings
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#3

Amherst College

Amherst, MA · 1,911 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 94% graduate $77,644 earnings
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#4

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA · 2,300 students · Private nonprofit

14% accepted 91% graduate $84,803 earnings
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#5

Williams College

Williamstown, MA · 2,076 students · Private nonprofit

8% accepted 95% graduate $88,665 earnings
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#6

Smith College

Northampton, MA · 2,544 students · Private nonprofit

21% accepted 89% graduate $64,027 earnings
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#7

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · 10,085 students · Private nonprofit

16% accepted 91% graduate $103,937 earnings
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#8

Boston University

Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 89% graduate $83,238 earnings
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#9

Tufts University

Medford, MA · 7,061 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 93% graduate $83,214 earnings
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#10

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · 3,618 students · Private nonprofit

41% accepted 86% graduate $77,231 earnings
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#11

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · 17,326 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 90% graduate $92,538 earnings
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#12

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA · 2,169 students · Private nonprofit

36% accepted 85% graduate $58,418 earnings
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#13

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA · 3,106 students · Private nonprofit

18% accepted 88% graduate $90,543 earnings
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#14

Gordon College

Wenham, MA · 1,278 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 68% graduate $52,119 earnings
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#15

Worcester State University

Worcester, MA · 3,930 students · Public

88% accepted 58% graduate $60,624 earnings
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#16

Clark University

Worcester, MA · 2,214 students · Private nonprofit

40% accepted 77% graduate $62,381 earnings
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#17

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA · 1,108 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 51% graduate $55,383 earnings
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#18

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · 5,447 students · Private nonprofit

60% accepted 89% graduate $103,470 earnings
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#19

Hampshire College

Amherst, MA · 839 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 56% graduate $46,938 earnings
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#20

MCPHS University

Boston, MA · 3,451 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 63% graduate $125,557 earnings
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#21

Salem State University

Salem, MA · 4,291 students · Public

96% accepted 52% graduate $56,662 earnings
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#22

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA · 2,752 students · Public

87% accepted 54% graduate $53,874 earnings
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#23

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA · 7,829 students · Public

88% accepted 54% graduate $57,466 earnings
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#24

Simmons University

Boston, MA · 1,670 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 72% graduate $63,494 earnings
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#25

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA · 3,615 students · Public

81% accepted 55% graduate $57,346 earnings
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#26

Stonehill College

Easton, MA · 2,528 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 78% graduate $77,745 earnings
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#27

Suffolk University

Boston, MA · 4,268 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 60% graduate $67,506 earnings
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#28

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA · 23,671 students · Public

60% accepted 83% graduate $71,631 earnings
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#29

College of Our Lady of the Elms

Chicopee, MA · 949 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 66% graduate $51,540 earnings
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#30

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, MA · 713 students · Public

90% accepted 52% graduate $48,102 earnings
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#31

Bunker Hill Community College

Boston, MA · 8,612 students · Public

16% graduate $47,618 earnings
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#32

Assumption University

Worcester, MA · 1,669 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 75% graduate $74,895 earnings
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#33

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Norton, MA · 1,773 students · Private nonprofit

68% accepted 74% graduate $67,725 earnings
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#34

Emmanuel College

Boston, MA · 1,854 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 67% graduate $68,245 earnings
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#35

University of Massachusetts-Boston

Boston, MA · 11,512 students · Public

84% accepted 50% graduate $65,865 earnings
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#36

Fisher College

Boston, MA · 1,167 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 28% graduate $49,669 earnings
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#37

Regis College

Weston, MA · 956 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 71% graduate $52,873 earnings
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#38

Curry College

Milton, MA · 1,780 students · Private nonprofit

88% accepted 50% graduate $54,400 earnings
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#39

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA · 3,916 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 71% graduate $75,584 earnings
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#40

Framingham State University

Framingham, MA · 2,566 students · Public

84% accepted 49% graduate $52,349 earnings
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#41

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Lowell, MA · 11,434 students · Public

83% accepted 67% graduate $64,874 earnings
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#42

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, MA · 5,221 students · Public

91% accepted 51% graduate $68,804 earnings
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#43

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, MA · 1,977 students · Public

17% graduate $38,773 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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