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Best Education Colleges in Massachusetts
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This ranking scores 33 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.
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Education programs in Massachusetts ranked by outcomes and program concentration
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Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.
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Longer bars = higher graduation rate.
Top 3
Smith College
Northampton, MA
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Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA
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Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
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Smith College
Northampton, MA · 2,544 students · Private nonprofit
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA · 7,829 students · Public
Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA · 1,108 students · Private nonprofit
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA · 2,169 students · Private nonprofit
Worcester State University
Worcester, MA · 3,930 students · Public
Salem State University
Salem, MA · 4,291 students · Public
Westfield State University
Westfield, MA · 3,615 students · Public
Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA · 6,083 students · Public
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA · 2,752 students · Public
Stonehill College
Easton, MA · 2,528 students · Private nonprofit
Gordon College
Wenham, MA · 1,278 students · Private nonprofit
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA · 949 students · Private nonprofit
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA · 1,122 students · Private nonprofit
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, MA · 8,612 students · Public
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, MA · 3,685 students · Public
Fisher College
Boston, MA · 1,167 students · Private nonprofit
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA · 1,831 students · Public
Springfield College
Springfield, MA · 1,751 students · Private nonprofit
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable, MA · 2,911 students · Public
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, MA · 713 students · Public
Lasell University
Newton, MA · 1,226 students · Private nonprofit
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA · 4,759 students · Public
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, MA · 1,358 students · Public
Framingham State University
Framingham, MA · 2,566 students · Public
Endicott College
Beverly, MA · 3,125 students · Private nonprofit
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA · 11,512 students · Public
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA · 6,447 students · Public
Emmanuel College
Boston, MA · 1,854 students · Private nonprofit
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Norton, MA · 1,773 students · Private nonprofit
Middlesex Community College
Bedford, MA · 5,412 students · Public
Dean College
Franklin, MA · 1,089 students · Private nonprofit
Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing, MA · 1,977 students · Public
Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA · 226 students · Private nonprofit
Sources & Citations
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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