9 Massachusetts Colleges in Top 100 of U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings
Nine Massachusetts colleges have made the top 100 in the latest college ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
The following Massachusetts colleges made the top 100, and their rankings are:
-Massachusetts Institue of Technology (#2)
-Harvard University (#3)
-Boston College (#37 tie)
-Tufts University (#37 tie)
-Boston University (#41)
-Northeastern University (#54)
-University of Massachusetts–Amherst (#58)
-Brandeis University (#63)
-Worcester Polytechnic Institute (#86)
For those wondering who beat out MIT and Harvard to take the top spot in the ranking, it was Princeton University.
How Were These Colleges Ranked?
U.S. News and World Report offers a very detailed explanation about how they calculated their 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. In total, there are 17 ranking factors that determine the list. They are, along with the percentage of importance to their overall ranking:
-Graduation rates (16%)
-First-year retention rates (5%)
-Graduation rate performance (10%)
-Pell graduation rates (5.5%)
-Pell graduation performance (5.5%)
-College grads earning more than a high school grad (5%)
-Borrower debt (5%)
-Peer assessment (20%)
-Financial resources (8%)
-Faculty salaries (6%)
-Full-time faculty (2%)
-Student-faculty ratio (3%)
-Standardized tests (5%)
-Citations per publication (1.25%)
-Field-Weighted Citation Impact (1.25%)
-Publication share in the Top 5% of Journals by CiteScore (1%)
-Publication share in the Top 25% of Journals by CiteScore (0.5%)
What is the Tuition Per Year at These Massachusetts Colleges?
As one would expect, tuition per year at these nine prestigious universities is far from cheap. Here’s a breakdown of the tuition and fees associated with the Massachusetts colleges that made the top 100 of the latest college rankings from U.S. News and World Report:
-Massachusetts Institue of Technology ($62,396)
-Harvard University ($61,676)
-Boston College ($70,702)
-Tufts University ($70,704)
-Boston University ($68,102)
-Northeastern University ($66,162)
-University of Massachusetts–Amherst ($40,449 for out-of-state, $17,772 for in-state.)
-Brandeis University ($68,080)
-Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($60,765)
Any Other Interesting Stats?
The nine Massachusetts colleges that made the top 100 of U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges Ranking snagged some other important honors.
To the surprise of no one, MIT was ranked No. 1 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs. Harvard received top 10 rankings in Best Value Schools (#2), Psychology Programs (#2), Economics (#5), Biocomputing/Bioinformatics/Biotechnology (#5) and Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects (#7). Boston College also received several top 10 rankings in Business Programs with Finance (#7), Analytics (#9), Entrepreneurship (#10) and Marketing (#10).
A complete breakdown of the Best Colleges in Massachusetts can be found at USnews.com.
