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Amherst, Massachusetts

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Compare with Massachusetts Public Colleges

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$47,314 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$48,038 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$49,321 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$48,958 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Massachusetts Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$10,841 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,450 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$550 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$5,910 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$4,400 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$304 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$11,212 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$8,556 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$7,000 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$1,776 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$2,050 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$1,916 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$11,500 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$20,440 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$5,020 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


O
Olin College of Engineering

$6,220 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


M
Mount Holyoke College

$5,220 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$5,900 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$3,750 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$27,440 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$45,132 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$53,805 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$50,130 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$56,430 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$56,430 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$50,600 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$56,430 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$47,828 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$63,500 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$47,220 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$49,360 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$54,444 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$48,302 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$56,570 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$63,500 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$56,430 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$63,500 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$56,430 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$8,116 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$6,090 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$3,020 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$7,288 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Yale University

$1,250 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$2,732 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$1,044 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$1,628 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$5,060 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$820 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$930 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,580 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$1,390 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$6,905 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$2,813 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$2,092 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$7,065 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$404 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$4,530 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$2,950 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$3,022 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$10,430 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$340 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$5,390 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$4,572 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$4,900 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$11,285 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$17,120 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$6,520 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$19,600 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$9,780 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$222 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$2,368 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$650 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$9,870 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$6,230 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$2,660 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$7,925 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$10,574 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$1,500 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$15,374 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$1,450 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$7,076 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$10,070 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$1,740 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$8,540 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$2,430 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


M
Maryland Institute College of Art

$11,630 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$2,548 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

D
Davidson College

$6,950 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$5,021 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


P
Pomona College

$4,682 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$3,530 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$2,394 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$2,910 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


R
Reed College

$950 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$984 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$1,256 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$3,020 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$3,006 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


G
Grinnell College

$2,512 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Kenyon College

$2,740 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$1,230 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


C
Colorado College

$1,054 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$12,539 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Mennonite University

$22,910 lower in-state tuition
92% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$33,910 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate