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Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

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Compare with Massachusetts Public Colleges

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$46,764 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Lowell

$47,488 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$48,771 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Boston

$48,408 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Massachusetts Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$10,291 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$1,900 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$5,360 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$3,850 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$854 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$10,662 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$8,006 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

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


B
Bentley University

$6,450 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$1,226 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$1,500 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$1,366 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


W
Wentworth Institute of Technology

$24,790 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$10,950 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$19,890 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$4,470 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Olin College of Engineering

$5,670 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Mount Holyoke College

$4,670 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$5,350 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Wheaton College

$3,200 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$26,890 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Delaware

$49,580 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$55,880 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$55,880 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$50,050 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$56,020 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$47,278 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$46,670 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


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The College of New Jersey

$48,810 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$47,752 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$56,020 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$62,950 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


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SUNY at Purchase College

$55,880 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$55,880 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$48,758 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$62,950 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$55,880 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$7,566 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$5,540 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$6,738 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

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


V
Villanova University

$2,182 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$494 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Syracuse University

$4,510 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$270 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$380 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,030 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$6,355 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$2,263 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$1,542 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$6,515 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$954 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$3,980 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$2,400 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$2,472 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$890 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$4,840 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$4,022 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$4,350 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$10,735 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$16,570 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$5,970 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Marist College

$19,050 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$9,230 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$772 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$1,818 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$100 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$9,320 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$5,680 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$2,110 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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Pratt Institute Main

$7,375 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$10,024 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$950 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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Ithaca College

$14,824 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$900 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$6,526 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$7,990 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$1,880 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$37,150 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$1,998 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$2,702 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$2,250 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


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Union College

$653 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$4,950 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$1,350 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$4,934 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Stanford University

$5,257 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$518 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Miami

$7,510 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$2,515 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$2,470 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$1,771 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$1,078 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$559 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$3,086 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$840 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$3,530 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate