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Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Compare with Massachusetts Public Colleges

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$36,473 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Lowell

$37,197 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$38,480 lower in-state tuition
93% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$38,117 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Massachusetts Private Colleges

B
Boston University

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


B
Boston College

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


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$4,931 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$6,441 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$11,145 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$371 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$2,285 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

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


B
Bentley University

$3,841 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$9,065 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Williams College

$8,791 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$8,925 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$659 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$9,599 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$5,821 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


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Olin College of Engineering

$4,621 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


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Mount Holyoke College

$5,621 higher in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$4,941 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


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Wheaton College

$7,091 higher in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$16,599 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

D
University of Delaware

$39,289 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$45,589 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$45,589 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$39,759 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$36,987 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$36,379 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


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New Jersey Institute of Technology

$37,461 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$45,729 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$52,659 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$52,659 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$45,589 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$2,725 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$4,751 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$3,553 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$9,591 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$8,109 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$9,797 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$5,781 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$10,021 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$9,911 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$4,261 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$3,936 higher in-state tuition
77% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$8,028 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$8,749 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$3,776 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$11,245 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$6,311 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$7,891 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$7,819 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$11,181 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$5,451 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$6,269 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$5,941 higher in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$444 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$6,279 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$4,321 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$8,759 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$1,061 higher in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$11,063 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$8,473 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$10,191 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$971 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$4,611 higher in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$8,181 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Pratt Institute Main

$2,916 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$267 higher in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$9,341 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Ithaca College

$4,533 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$9,391 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$3,765 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$2,301 higher in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$8,411 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$8,293 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$12,993 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$8,041 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


U
Union College

$10,944 higher in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$5,341 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$8,941 higher in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$5,357 higher in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$7,691 higher in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

S
Stanford University

$5,034 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$10,809 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$7,776 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$7,821 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$8,520 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$9,213 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$9,732 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$7,205 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$6,761 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate