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Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

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Compare with Massachusetts Public Colleges

M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$49,819 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater State University

$65,500 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


F
Framingham State University

$65,440 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$50,560 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$51,877 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$51,504 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


W
Worcester State University

$65,440 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Massachusetts Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$12,141 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,612 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$6,660 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$4,410 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$52 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$12,010 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$10,378 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$240 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$8,260 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$2,062 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$1,870 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$2,410 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


E
Endicott College

$28,098 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$11,650 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$22,202 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$5,150 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


O
Olin College of Engineering

$6,438 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
Mount Holyoke College

$2,506 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$6,360 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$4,810 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$28,790 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


G
Gordon College

$39,410 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

D
University of Delaware

$52,370 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$59,340 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$59,340 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$52,736 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$59,480 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$50,078 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$50,130 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$51,704 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$50,794 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$59,480 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$59,480 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$66,410 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$59,340 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$59,340 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$59,480 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$59,340 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$51,720 lower in-state tuition
77% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$66,410 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$51,786 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$5,972 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$6,700 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$7,790 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

$1,710 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$2,604 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$1,206 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$5,100 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$754 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$1,070 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,075 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$8,117 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$2,726 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$1,992 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$7,720 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$212 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$5,230 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$3,260 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$2,332 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$460 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$4,928 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$4,418 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$6,050 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$12,075 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$17,740 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$6,580 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$21,080 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$10,274 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$306 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$2,680 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$20,310 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$1,112 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$10,900 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$6,905 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$2,620 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$8,751 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$11,500 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$1,610 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$15,900 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$1,320 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryant University

$16,138 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$7,730 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


S
Siena College

$23,830 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$9,768 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$26,952 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


B
Bard College

$3,620 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$1,980 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$40,610 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$2,106 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$1,770 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

S
Stanford University

$4,679 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

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


M
University of Miami

$8,306 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$2,960 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$3,570 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$2,609 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$1,514 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$1,523 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$6,490 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$4,150 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$1,710 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$4,660 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate