The Cheapest Colleges in Massachusetts by Average Net Price for 2023
The lowest 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. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts leads the list with a $14,780 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 2019/2020 academic year.
| College | Net Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
#1 Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, Public Not For Profit |
$14,780 | 40% |
#2 Pine Manor CollegeChestnut Hill, Private Not For Profit |
$15,409 | 67% |
#3 Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Public Not For Profit |
$15,831 | 33% |
#4 Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Public Not For Profit |
$16,183 | 34% |
#5 University of Massachusetts BostonBoston, Public Not For Profit |
$17,231 | 49% |
#6 Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Public Not For Profit |
$17,545 | 31% |
#7 Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Public Not For Profit |
$17,635 | 31% |
#8 Harvard UniversityCambridge, Private Not For Profit |
$18,037 | 76% |
#9 Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Public Not For Profit |
$18,073 | 26% |
#10 Benjamin Franklin Institute of TechnologyBoston, Private Not For Profit |
$18,091 | 45% |
#11 Amherst CollegeAmherst, Private Not For Profit |
$18,832 | 76% |
#12 University of Massachusetts LowellLowell, Public Not For Profit |
$19,147 | 37% |
#13 Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Private Not For Profit |
$19,177 | 62% |
#14 Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Public Not For Profit |
$19,336 | 25% |
#15 Salem State UniversitySalem, Public Not For Profit |
$19,704 | 28% |
#16 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Private Not For Profit |
$19,998 | 73% |
#17 University of Massachusetts DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Public Not For Profit |
$20,612 | 35% |
#18 American International CollegeSpringfield, Private Not For Profit |
$20,876 | 62% |
#19 Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Private Not For Profit |
$21,614 | 73% |
#20 Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, Private Not For Profit |
$21,939 | -8% |