Massachusetts College Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Statistics

The next list shows the colleges with the highest and lowest graduation rate and more relative statistics. For that, we include only 4-year colleges and having more than 500 enrolled students.

Graduation Rate Comparison Between Massachusetts Colleges

The following table lists Massachusetts colleges with graduation, transfer-out, and retention rate. The graduation rate is based on the number of completers who completed their program within 150% normal time (i.e. within 6 years for 4 years B.S. degrees).
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All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges
College NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time)Retention Rate (part-time)
Hult International Business School
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
64%-85%-
American International College
Springfield, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
36%-67%50
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%4%95%-
Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
40%-68%-
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School
Marlborough, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
81%-74%-
Assumption University
Worcester, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
72%-83%-
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
92%-95%-
Boston Baptist College
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
25%62%100%-
Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
47%27%70%-
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
87%-91%-
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%11%84%47
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, MA
Public, 2-4 years
16%15%56%37
Empire Beauty School-Boston
Boston, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
42%-57%38
Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
22%-82%-
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
90%6%95%-
Boston University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
88%-94%-
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
87%6%92%-
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
56%-75%29
Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA
Public, 2-4 years
21%5%59%39
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, MA
Public, 2-4 years
16%7%63%40
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable, MA
Public, 2-4 years
23%11%53%46
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics
Woburn, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
94%6%95%94
Laboure College of Healthcare
Milton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
100%---
Clark University
Worcester, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
76%17%88%-
Curry College
Milton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
52%31%62%-
Dean College
Franklin, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
44%40%76%67
Diman Regional Technical Institute
Fall River, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
88%-75%50
National Aviation Academy of New England
Concord, MA
Private, 2-4 years
72%-88%-
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
49%-67%-
Emerson College
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
77%-88%-
Emmanuel College
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
65%-81%-
Endicott College
Beverly, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
78%-85%50
Rob Roy Academy-Fall River
Fall River, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
50%-81%-
Fisher College
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
26%39%55%-
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
56%24%72%50
Framingham State University
Framingham, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
54%27%71%100
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
43%15%71%-
Gordon College
Wenham, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%-84%33
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA
Public, 2-4 years
32%16%66%52
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
60%-67%-
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
97%-98%-
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
60%-67%-
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%2%95%-
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA
Public, 2-4 years
24%14%59%42
Lasell University
Newton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
60%31%77%-
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%-74%100
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
81%-73%-
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute
Lowell, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
62%12%67%67
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
71%-84%41
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
83%11%90%67
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
51%24%72%37
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, MA
Public, 2-4 years
18%22%54%50
MCPHS University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%-70%60
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
66%-84%33
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
94%-99%100
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
79%3%78%-
Massachusetts School of Barbering
Quincy, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
67%-50%67
Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA
Public, 2-4 years
18%15%56%48
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%20%82%-
Middlesex Community College
Bedford, MA
Public, 2-4 years
16%20%57%38
Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%-81%-
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
82%11%90%-
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner, MA
Public, 2-4 years
27%10%53%49
Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford
New Bedford, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
67%-86%-
The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
80%7%93%100
Nichols College
Dudley, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
58%8%72%-
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
55%-64%67
North Bennet Street School
Boston, MA
Private, 2-4 years
85%-100%-
North Shore Community College
Danvers, MA
Public, 2-4 years
20%13%53%44
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%3%97%-
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, MA
Public, 2-4 years
18%15%54%40
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
74%19%75%-
Quincy College
Quincy, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
15%25%62%33
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA
Public, 2-4 years
21%8%55%43
Regis College
Weston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
66%18%76%100
Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing, MA
Public, 2-4 years
13%-37%30
Salem State University
Salem, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
55%-75%39
Simmons University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
74%2%81%-
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
64%26%68%-
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
88%8%91%-
Southeastern Technical Institute
South Easton, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
72%-82%83
Springfield College
Springfield, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
73%-83%-
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA
Public, 2-4 years
21%8%62%37
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
54%29%67%50
Stonehill College
Easton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
79%18%89%-
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
60%25%76%83
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton
Taunton, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
100%-50%-
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
93%4%96%-
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
90%-95%-
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%19%82%50
Western New England University
Springfield, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
67%22%78%-
Westfield State University
Westfield, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
59%15%75%17
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Norton, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
79%-81%-
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-97%-
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
88%-91%-
Worcester State University
Worcester, MA
Public, 4 years
four-years
58%25%75%75
Northpoint Bible College
Haverhill, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
31%-84%25
Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy
Medford, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
73%---
New England Hair Academy
Malden, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
78%-81%75
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester
Worcester, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
70%-80%-
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
Bourne, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
75%-79%-
Greater Lowell Technical School
Tyngsboro, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
82%-92%-
Empire Beauty School-Malden
Malden, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
53%-64%71
EINE Inc
Tewksbury, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
80%-100%-
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing
Billerica, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
84%-100%-
Motoring Technical Training Institute
Seekonk, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
77%-87%77
Charles H McCann Technical School
North Adams, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
88%-94%-
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus
Pittsfield, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
28%-52%-
Urban College of Boston
Boston, MA
Private, 2-4 years
12%50%-29
Monty Tech
Fitchburg, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
75%-75%-
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester
Worcester, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
83%-97%-
FINE Mortuary College
Norwood, MA
Private, 2-4 years
100%--67
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
93%2%99%-
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro
Westborough, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
70%---
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth
Plymouth, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
85%---
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology
West Springfield, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
68%-90%80
Millennium Training Institute
Woburn, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
84%---
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District
Charlton, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
80%-45%-
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School
Franklin, MA
Public, Less than 2 years
86%-91%100
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts
North Andover, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
69%-80%-
Alexander Academy
Lunenburg, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
73%-100%77
Jupiter Beauty Academy
Boston, MA
Private, Less than 2 years
57%-100%90
Average63%17%77%60