Colleges Near Wakefield
There are no colleges in Wakefield, but 83 are within 50 miles, enrolling 608,975 students combined.
The closest option is Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Medford, 5.9 miles from Wakefield (about 7-10 minutes by car). Wakefield (pop. 24,932) is in Massachusetts.
Harvard University in Cambridge ranks #4 nationally. North Shore Community College in Danvers has the lowest tuition at $5,352 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Wakefield. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Wakefield. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Wakefield.
Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
- Private 4 Year
- Brookline, MA
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- 13 miles from Wakefield
Hellenic College is a small private Greek Orthodox college known for undergraduate religious studies, classics, and Hellenic studies. The campus sits in Brookline, a residential suburb of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 80%
- Net Price $23,870
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Public 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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- 13 miles from Wakefield
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
Lasell University
- Private 4 Year
- Newton, MA
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4.8 | 18 reviews
- 14 miles from Wakefield
Lasell is a private university known for undergraduate fashion design, merchandising, and business. The suburban Newton campus sits just outside Boston.
- SAT Range 1030-1158
- Avg GPA 3.12
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $27,773
Regis College
- Private 4 Year
- Weston, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 16 miles from Wakefield
Regis College is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The suburban campus is located in Weston, west of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.38
- Acceptance Rate 70%
- Net Price $28,575
Babson College
- Private 4 Year
- Wellesley, MA
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 18 miles from Wakefield
Babson is a private college known for undergraduate entrepreneurship and business. The suburban campus is in Wellesley near Boston.
- SAT Range 1390-1530
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.79
- Acceptance Rate 17%
- Net Price $32,019
Boston Baptist College
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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- 17 miles from Wakefield
Boston Baptist is a small private Baptist college known for undergraduate biblical studies and pastoral ministry. The urban campus is located in Boston.
- SAT Range 980-1190
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $17,933
Laboure College of Healthcare
- Private 4 Year
- Milton, MA
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- 17 miles from Wakefield
Laboure is a private college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The suburban campus sits in Milton near Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 50%
- Net Price -
Eastern Nazarene College
- Private 4 Year
- Quincy, MA
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- 16 miles from Wakefield
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
University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Public 4 Year
- Lowell, MA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 17 miles from Wakefield
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
Massachusetts Bay Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Wellesley Hills, MA
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- 17 miles from Wakefield
MassBay is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, biotechnology, and health sciences. The suburban campus is in Wellesley Hills west of Boston.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,420
William James College
- Private 4 Year
- Newton, MA
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- 16 miles from Wakefield
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Curry College
- Private 4 Year
- Milton, MA
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1.8 | 4 reviews
- 19 miles from Wakefield
Curry is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, criminal justice, and communication. The suburban campus sits in Milton just south of Boston.
- SAT Range 1050-1230
- Avg GPA 3.01
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $29,917
Quincy College
- Public 2 Year
- Quincy, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 18 miles from Wakefield
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
Northpoint Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Haverhill, MA
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- 18 miles from Wakefield
Northpoint Bible College is a private Bible college known for undergraduate biblical studies and pastoral ministry. The Haverhill campus prepares students for vocational ministry in Pentecostal church settings.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $23,635
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
- Private 4 Year
- Needham, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 18 miles from Wakefield
Olin is a highly selective private college devoted to undergraduate engineering, with a curriculum built around project-based design. The small residential campus is in suburban Needham near Boston.
- SAT Range 1493-1558
- Avg GPA 3.9
- Acceptance Rate 25%
- Net Price $43,184
Northern Essex Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Haverhill, MA
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- 20 miles from Wakefield
Northern Essex is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, allied health, and liberal arts transfer programs. Students attend campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence in Massachusetts's Merrimack Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,049
Wellesley College
- Private 4 Year
- Wellesley, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 19 miles from Wakefield
Wellesley is a highly selective private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, political science, and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in a Boston suburb about twelve miles west of the city.
- SAT Range 1460-1560
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.86
- Acceptance Rate 14%
- Net Price $22,174
Framingham State University
- Public 4 Year
- Framingham, MA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 24 miles from Wakefield
Framingham State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nutrition, and fashion design. The suburban campus sits in the MetroWest area west of Boston.
- SAT Range 1100-1280
- Avg GPA 3.07
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $16,114