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Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Compare with Massachusetts Public Colleges

M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$37,678 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


F
Framingham State University

$53,299 lower in-state tuition
82% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$38,419 lower in-state tuition
82% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$39,736 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$39,363 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


W
Worcester State University

$53,299 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Massachusetts Private Colleges

B
Boston University

$9,529 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

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


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$5,481 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$7,731 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$12,089 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$131 higher in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$1,763 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$12,381 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$3,881 higher in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$10,079 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$10,271 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$9,731 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$491 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$10,061 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$6,991 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


O
Olin College of Engineering

$5,703 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


M
Mount Holyoke College

$9,635 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$5,781 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$7,331 higher in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


G
Gordon College

$27,269 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

D
University of Delaware

$40,229 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$47,199 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$47,199 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$40,595 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$47,339 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$37,937 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$37,989 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$38,653 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$47,339 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$47,339 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$54,269 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$47,199 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$47,199 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$47,339 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$54,269 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

N
New York University

$6,169 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$5,441 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$4,351 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$10,431 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$9,537 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$10,935 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$7,041 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$11,387 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$11,071 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,066 higher in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$4,024 higher in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$9,415 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$10,149 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$4,421 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$12,353 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$6,911 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$8,881 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$9,809 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$12,601 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$7,213 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$7,723 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$6,091 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$66 higher in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$5,599 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$5,561 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$8,939 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$1,867 higher in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$12,447 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$9,461 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$13,253 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$1,241 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$5,236 higher in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$9,521 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$3,390 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$641 higher in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$10,531 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$3,759 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$10,821 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$4,411 higher in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


S
Siena College

$11,689 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$2,373 higher in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


B
Bard College

$8,521 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$10,161 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$10,035 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$13,911 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$8,859 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


U
Union College

$11,836 higher in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$6,921 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$9,181 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

S
Stanford University

$7,462 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$12,371 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$9,181 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$8,571 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$9,532 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$10,627 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$10,618 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$5,651 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$7,991 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$7,481 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate