51 Best colleges for Organic Chemistry in Massachusetts

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Organic Chemistry. A graph of 20.1M citations received by 321K academic papers made by 51 universities in Massachusetts was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Organic Chemistry

#1 in the United States

#1 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,900

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Organic Chemistry

#2 in the United States

#2 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $21,519

3. Boston University

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#57 in the United States

#62 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,551

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Organic Chemistry

#58 in the United States

#63 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

5. Tufts University

Medford

For Organic Chemistry

#73 in the United States

#82 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $33,333

6. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Organic Chemistry

#104 in the United States

#120 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,394
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1962

7. Northeastern University

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#119 in the United States

#135 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $34,770

8. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Organic Chemistry

#127 in the United States

#145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,668

9. Boston College

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#136 in the United States

#155 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,590

10. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Organic Chemistry

#186 in the United States

#213 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

11. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Organic Chemistry

#201 in the United States

#228 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Net Price: $47,799
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $28,005

12. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#255 in the United States

#290 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 92%

13. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Organic Chemistry

#272 in the United States

#310 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 99%

14. Amherst College

Amherst

For Organic Chemistry

#308 in the United States

#349 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $17,965

15. Clark University

Worcester

For Organic Chemistry

#310 in the United States

#351 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $32,767

16. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Organic Chemistry

#361 in the United States

#409 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,501

17. Williams College

Williamstown

For Organic Chemistry

#396 in the United States

#445 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $16,988

18. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Organic Chemistry

#407 in the United States

#456 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,455

19. Smith College

Northampton

For Organic Chemistry

#416 in the United States

#465 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1474
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,823

20. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Organic Chemistry

#421 in the United States

#470 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,782

21. MCPHS University

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#430 in the United States

#480 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $37,182

22. Newbury College

Brookline

For Organic Chemistry

#503 in the United States

#554 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $23,613
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,393

23. Endicott College

Beverly

For Organic Chemistry

#520 in the United States

#572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $39,988

24. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Organic Chemistry

#607 in the United States

#662 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 177
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1921

25. Suffolk University

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#629 in the United States

#685 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $33,089

26. Western New England University

Springfield

For Organic Chemistry

#637 in the United States

#693 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,548

27. Dean College

Franklin

For Organic Chemistry

#647 in the United States

#703 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $31,472
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,467

28. Simmons University

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#677 in the United States

#734 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $29,575

29. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Organic Chemistry

#738 in the United States

#797 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1163
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $9,184

30. Eastern Nazarene College

Quincy

For Organic Chemistry

#745 in the United States

#805 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1032
Net Price: $21,370
Receiving Aid: 100%

31. Gordon College

Wenham

For Organic Chemistry

#750 in the United States

#810 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1269
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $25,250

32. Fisher College

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#772 in the United States

#832 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Net Price: $27,827
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $24,917

33. Bentley University

Waltham

For Organic Chemistry

#775 in the United States

#836 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $43,858

34. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Organic Chemistry

#788 in the United States

#849 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $27,556
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $43,944

35. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Organic Chemistry

#831 in the United States

#893 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $38,849
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,235

36. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham

For Organic Chemistry

#852 in the United States

#914 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $40,370

37. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Norton

For Organic Chemistry

#897 in the United States

#962 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $31,638

38. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#921 in the United States

#986 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,214

39. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Organic Chemistry

#922 in the United States

#987 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1144
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $7,332

40. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Organic Chemistry

#943 in the United States

#1010 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 94%

41. Stonehill College

Easton

For Organic Chemistry

#949 in the United States

#1016 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $31,134
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $37,353

42. Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#977 in the United States

#1045 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $35,585

43. Springfield College

Springfield

For Organic Chemistry

#988 in the United States

#1056 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1165
Net Price: $29,198
Receiving Aid: 100%

44. Babson College

Wellesley

For Organic Chemistry

#1001 in the United States

#1069 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $30,220

45. Assumption College

Worcester

For Organic Chemistry

#1032 in the United States

#1101 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Net Price: $29,072
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,759

46. Bay State College

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#1040 in the United States

#1109 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $43,020
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,243

47. New England College of Optometry

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#1050 in the United States

#1119 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 529
Male:Female: 24:76
Founded: 1894

48. Salem State University

Salem

For Organic Chemistry

#1079 in the United States

#1149 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1075
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,241

49. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Organic Chemistry

#1080 in the United States

#1150 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

50. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Organic Chemistry

#1123 in the United States

#1196 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $8,406
Enrollment: 4,555

51. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Organic Chemistry

#1136 in the United States

#1209 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,484
Male:Female: 16:84
Founded: 1977

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Organic Chemistry

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	8	86
Connecticut	19	16
New Hampshire	8	106
Vermont	5	131
New York	99	6
New Jersey	19	28
Maine	10	174
Pennsylvania	81	12
Maryland	24	10
District of Columbia	8	111
Virginia	33	50
West Virginia	13	115
Ohio	45	22
North Carolina	28	25
Michigan	29	5
South Carolina	22	89
Indiana	27	19
Kentucky	14	55
Tennessee	28	44
Wisconsin	26	7
Georgia	28	29
Illinois	44	9
Alabama	23	64
Iowa	15	34
Missouri	22	32
Florida	38	21
Minnesota	22	14
Mississippi	12	142
Arkansas	14	130
Louisiana	22	75
Kansas	11	91
South Dakota	8	217
North Dakota	5	141
Nebraska	9	76
Oklahoma	14	116
Puerto Rico	13	258
Texas	64	18
Colorado	16	42
Montana	3	145
New Mexico	7	92
Utah	9	37
Idaho	5	149
Arizona	6	40
Nevada	4	134
Washington	21	8
Oregon	17	70
California	86	3
Alaska	3	209
Hawaii	5	144