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Boston, Massachusetts

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Compare with Massachusetts Public Colleges

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$44,864 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Lowell

$45,588 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$46,871 lower in-state tuition
82% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$46,508 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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Worcester State University

$60,080 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


F
Fitchburg State University

$60,080 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Massachusetts Private Colleges

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Harvard University

$8,391 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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Boston College

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


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$3,460 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$1,950 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Tufts University

$2,754 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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Emerson College

$8,762 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$6,106 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

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


B
Bentley University

$4,550 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$674 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Williams College

$400 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Wellesley College

$534 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Wentworth Institute of Technology

$22,890 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$9,050 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Simmons University

$17,990 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$2,570 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Olin College of Engineering

$3,770 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Mount Holyoke College

$2,770 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$3,450 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


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Wheaton College

$1,300 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$24,990 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Delaware

$47,680 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$53,980 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$53,980 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$48,150 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$54,120 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$45,378 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


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University of Vermont

$44,770 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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The College of New Jersey

$46,910 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maine

$49,410 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


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New Jersey Institute of Technology

$45,852 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$54,120 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$61,050 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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SUNY at Purchase College

$53,980 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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State University of New York at New Paltz

$53,980 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


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William Paterson University of New Jersey

$46,858 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$61,050 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$53,980 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


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United States Merchant Marine Academy

$61,050 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$5,666 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$3,640 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$4,838 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

$1,200 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$282 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$1,406 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Syracuse University

$2,610 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$1,630 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$1,520 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$4,130 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$4,455 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$363 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$358 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$4,615 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$2,854 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$2,080 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$500 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$572 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$2,790 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Lafayette College

$2,940 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$2,122 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$2,450 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$8,835 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


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Seton Hall University

$14,670 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$4,070 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


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Marist College

$17,150 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$7,330 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


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Wesleyan University

$2,672 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Skidmore College

$82 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$16,950 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$1,800 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$7,420 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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Muhlenberg College

$3,780 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$210 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$5,475 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$8,124 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$950 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Ithaca College

$12,924 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$1,000 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$4,626 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$11,640 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$6,090 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


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Long Island University C W Post Campus

$24,366 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$20 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$35,250 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$98 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$4,602 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$350 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Union College

$2,553 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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University of Southern California

$2,418 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Miami

$5,610 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Georgetown University

$822 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$1,060 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


B
Brigham Young University Provo

$54,746 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate