Massachusetts Academic Quality per Dollar Ranking

The Best Value Colleges in Massachusetts by Academic Quality per Dollar for 2023

Best Value Colleges in Massachusetts by Academic Quality per Dollar

These are the Massachusetts schools which appear on CollegeCalc's Best Value Colleges in America ranking and represent the colleges providing the finest education balanced against an affordable average net price. The best value in Massachusetts ranking goes to Harvard University with a 98th percentile national academic rank for a comparatively affordable $18,037 average net price.

Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc rating of a college's overall academics and effectiveness. The score ranges from zero to one hundred, with fifty being the median for all eligible colleges. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average price paid by students. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our rating methodology.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2021/2022 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021/2022 academic year.

Massachusetts's Best Value Colleges by Academic Quality per Dollar
College Net Price Rating Value
#1 Harvard University

Cambridge, Private Not For Profit

$18,037 98 100
#2 Amherst College

Amherst, Private Not For Profit

$18,832 96 99
#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Private Not For Profit

$19,998 98 99
#4 Wellesley College

Wellesley, Private Not For Profit

$21,614 95 98
#5 Smith College

Northampton, Private Not For Profit

$28,422 84 95
#6 Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Private Not For Profit

$30,192 88 94
#7 Tufts University

Medford, Private Not For Profit

$32,720 93 93
#8 Boston University

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$29,154 83 93
#9 Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Private Not For Profit

$31,165 82 90
#10 College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, Private Not For Profit

$32,061 82 90
#11 Simmons University

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$29,021 75 89
#12 Wheaton College

Norton, Private Not For Profit

$28,518 69 86
#13 Babson College

Wellesley, Private Not For Profit

$31,559 78 85
#14 Clark University

Worcester, Private Not For Profit

$30,617 72 73
#15 Springfield College

Springfield, Private Not For Profit

$29,395 69 74
#16 Northeastern University

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$37,738 77 71
#17 Brandeis University

Waltham, Private Not For Profit

$41,222 81 66
#18 University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Public Not For Profit

$22,505 72 67
#19 Bentley University

Waltham, Private Not For Profit

$42,759 79 55
#20 Emerson College

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$47,594 71 25