Colleges Near Needham
1 college is in Needham, and 87 total within 50 miles enrolling 447,912 students.
The closest option is Babson College in Wellesley, 1.6 miles from Needham (about 2-3 minutes by car). Needham (pop. 28,886) is in Massachusetts.
Harvard University in Cambridge ranks #4 nationally. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering enrolls the most students with 405. North Shore Community College in Danvers has the lowest tuition at $5,352 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Needham. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Needham. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Needham.
Longy School of Music of Bard College
- Private 4 Year
- Cambridge, MA
-
2.0 | 1 reviews
- 9 miles from Needham
Longy is a private music conservatory of Bard College known for undergraduate performance and composition. The urban campus is located in Cambridge near Harvard Square.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $49,815
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Cambridge, MA
-
5.0 | 3 reviews
- 9 miles from Needham
MIT is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and the physical sciences. The compact urban campus sits along the Charles River in Cambridge.
- SAT Range 1520-1580
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.96
- Acceptance Rate 5%
- Net Price $20,996
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Public 4 Year
- Boston, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 11 miles from Needham
UMass Boston is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and environmental science. The urban waterfront campus sits on Columbia Point along Boston Harbor.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $17,768
Suffolk University
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 11 miles from Needham
Suffolk is a private university known for undergraduate business, government, and communications. The compact urban campus sits on Beacon Hill near Boston's government center.
- SAT Range 1090-1300
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $33,832
Tufts University
- Private 4 Year
- Medford, MA
-
4.5 | 2 reviews
- 11 miles from Needham
Tufts is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate international relations and biology. Most undergrads live on a residential hilltop campus in the Boston suburbs of Medford and Somerville.
- SAT Range 1470-1560
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
- Acceptance Rate 11%
- Net Price $32,367
Urban College of Boston
- Private 2 Year
- Boston, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 10 miles from Needham
Urban College of Boston is a private college known for undergraduate programs in early childhood education and human services. The urban campus primarily serves adult and nontraditional students.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,455
Eastern Nazarene College
- Private 4 Year
- Quincy, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 12 miles from Needham
Eastern Nazarene is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate education, religion, and the liberal arts. The residential campus sits in Quincy, a Boston suburb on Massachusetts Bay.
- SAT Range 883-1180
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.21
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $21,894
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
- Private 2 Year
- Medford, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 12 miles from Needham
A private hospital-based school of nursing known for undergraduate nursing programs. Students train on the affiliated hospital campus in the Boston suburb of Medford.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Quincy College
- Public 2 Year
- Quincy, MA
-
5.0 | 1 reviews
- 12 miles from Needham
Quincy College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business programs. The urban campus lies a few miles south of Boston in downtown Quincy.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,704
Dean College
- Private 4 Year
- Franklin, MA
-
1.0 | 1 reviews
- 16 miles from Needham
Dean is a small private college known for undergraduate dance, theater, and performing arts. The residential campus sits in suburban Franklin, southwest of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.88
- Acceptance Rate 74%
- Net Price $32,085
Middlesex Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Bedford, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 17 miles from Needham
Middlesex Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The college operates suburban campuses in Bedford and Lowell northwest of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $2,430
Stonehill College
- Private 4 Year
- Easton, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 17 miles from Needham
Stonehill is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate business and the health sciences. The residential campus sits in suburban Easton about 20 miles south of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.32
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $33,385
Massasoit Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Brockton, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 19 miles from Needham
Massasoit is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. Students primarily commute to campuses in Brockton and Canton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,660
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
- Private 4 Year
- Norton, MA
-
5.0 | 1 reviews
- 22 miles from Needham
Wheaton is a private liberal arts college known for its interdisciplinary Connections curriculum and frequent dual majors. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in the small town of Norton southeast of Boston.
- SAT Range 1220-1390
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Acceptance Rate 68%
- Net Price $30,701
Bridgewater State University
- Public 4 Year
- Bridgewater, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 25 miles from Needham
Bridgewater State is a public university known for undergraduate education and aviation science. The campus is set in the small town of Bridgewater in southeastern Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1060-1263
- Avg GPA 3.21
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $15,646
Salem State University
- Public 4 Year
- Salem, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 24 miles from Needham
Salem State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and social work. The campus sits in the historic coastal city of Salem north of Boston.
- SAT Range 990-1160
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $17,541
University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Public 4 Year
- Lowell, MA
-
3.5 | 2 reviews
- 26 miles from Needham
UMass Lowell is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and sciences. The urban campus sits along the Merrimack River in Lowell.
- SAT Range 1180-1370
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $16,530
Montserrat College of Art
- Private 4 Year
- Beverly, MA
-
| 0 reviews
- 26 miles from Needham
Montserrat is a private art college known for undergraduate illustration, fine arts, and graphic design. The compact campus is in coastal Beverly on Boston's North Shore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.93
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $34,166