Massachusetts Average Net Price Ranking

The Most Expensive Colleges in Massachusetts by Average Net Price for 2023

Most Expensive Colleges in Massachusetts by Average Net Price

The highest net price colleges in Massachusetts are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. The New England Conservatory of Music leads the list with a $50,651 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.

Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Massachusetts's Most Expensive Colleges by Average Net Price
College Net Price Discount
#1 The New England Conservatory of Music

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$50,651 30%
#2 Emerson College

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$47,594 34%
#3 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Private Not For Profit

$45,834 37%
#4 Berklee College of Music

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$42,952 35%
#5 Bentley University

Waltham, Private Not For Profit

$42,759 43%
#6 The Boston Conservatory

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$42,649 31%
#7 Brandeis University

Waltham, Private Not For Profit

$41,222 47%
#8 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$39,340 32%
#9 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$39,316 30%
#10 Northeastern University

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$37,738 51%
#11 Endicott College

Beverly, Private Not For Profit

$37,665 31%
#12 Bard College at Simon's Rock

Great Barrington, Private Not For Profit

$37,326 54%
#13 Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$36,719 33%
#14 Stonehill College

Easton, Private Not For Profit

$35,508 46%
#15 Montserrat College of Art

Beverly, Private Not For Profit

$34,840 33%
#16 Merrimack College

North Andover, Private Not For Profit

$34,606 45%
#17 Suffolk University

Boston, Private Not For Profit

$34,561 44%
#18 Olin College of Engineering

Needham, Private Not For Profit

$34,297 56%
#19 Longy School of Music

Cambridge, Private Not For Profit

$33,787 44%
#20 Lesley University

Cambridge, Private Not For Profit

$33,717 29%