47 Best Acoustical Engineering schools 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 Acoustical Engineering. A graph of 2.97M citations received by 68.5K academic papers made by 47 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in the United States

#2 in North America

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

2. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Acoustical Engineering

#7 in the United States

#7 in North America

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

3. Boston University

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#38 in the United States

#42 in North America

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

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Acoustical Engineering

#55 in the United States

#64 in North America

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

5. Northeastern University

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#70 in the United States

#81 in North America

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

6. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Acoustical Engineering

#93 in the United States

#111 in North America

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

7. Tufts University

Medford

For Acoustical Engineering

#102 in the United States

#122 in North America

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

8. Boston College

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#120 in the United States

#145 in North America

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

9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Acoustical Engineering

#156 in the United States

#182 in North America

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

10. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Acoustical Engineering

#161 in the United States

#188 in North America

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

11. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Acoustical Engineering

#181 in the United States

#209 in North America

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

12. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#221 in the United States

#253 in North America

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

13. Smith College

Northampton

For Acoustical Engineering

#237 in the United States

#270 in North America

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

14. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Acoustical Engineering

#253 in the United States

#288 in North America

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

15. Clark University

Worcester

For Acoustical Engineering

#256 in the United States

#291 in North America

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

16. Amherst College

Amherst

For Acoustical Engineering

#262 in the United States

#299 in North America

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

17. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Acoustical Engineering

#267 in the United States

#305 in North America

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

18. Williams College

Williamstown

For Acoustical Engineering

#305 in the United States

#346 in North America

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

19. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Acoustical Engineering

#373 in the United States

#417 in North America

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

20. Babson College

Wellesley

For Acoustical Engineering

#390 in the United States

#434 in North America

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

21. Suffolk University

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#406 in the United States

#451 in North America

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

22. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Acoustical Engineering

#413 in the United States

#460 in North America

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

23. Simmons University

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#450 in the United States

#499 in North America

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

24. Bentley University

Waltham

For Acoustical Engineering

#465 in the United States

#514 in North America

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

25. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Acoustical Engineering

#473 in the United States

#522 in North America

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

26. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#511 in the United States

#564 in North America

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

27. Western New England University

Springfield

For Acoustical Engineering

#521 in the United States

#574 in North America

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

28. Springfield College

Springfield

For Acoustical Engineering

#527 in the United States

#580 in North America

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

29. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham

For Acoustical Engineering

#565 in the United States

#619 in North America

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

30. Fisher College

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#585 in the United States

#642 in North America

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

31. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Acoustical Engineering

#593 in the United States

#650 in North America

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

32. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#606 in the United States

#664 in North America

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

33. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Acoustical Engineering

#617 in the United States

#675 in North America

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

34. Emerson College

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#637 in the United States

#697 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,703

35. Dean College

Franklin

For Acoustical Engineering

#658 in the United States

#720 in North America

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

36. Berklee College of Music

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#689 in the United States

#752 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Net Price: $48,608
Receiving Aid: 78%
Average Aid: $21,587

37. New England College of Optometry

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#699 in the United States

#762 in North America

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

38. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Acoustical Engineering

#702 in the United States

#765 in North America

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

39. Endicott College

Beverly

For Acoustical Engineering

#704 in the United States

#767 in North America

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

40. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Acoustical Engineering

#725 in the United States

#790 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $33,111
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $16,476

41. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Acoustical Engineering

#769 in the United States

#835 in North America

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

42. Gordon College

Wenham

For Acoustical Engineering

#792 in the United States

#858 in North America

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

43. Salem State University

Salem

For Acoustical Engineering

#793 in the United States

#859 in North America

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

44. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Norton

For Acoustical Engineering

#795 in the United States

#861 in North America

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

45. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Acoustical Engineering

#798 in the United States

#865 in North America

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

46. Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#831 in the United States

#900 in North America

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

47. New England Conservatory of Music

Boston

For Acoustical Engineering

#833 in the United States

#902 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Net Price: $49,544
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $28,326

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Acoustical Engineering

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	5	54
Connecticut	16	28
New Hampshire	6	79
Vermont	4	122
New York	86	9
New Jersey	19	18
Maine	6	171
Pennsylvania	57	5
Maryland	17	17
District of Columbia	8	92
Virginia	24	22
Ohio	33	13
North Carolina	21	32
Michigan	20	3
South Carolina	10	74
Indiana	18	23
Kentucky	10	67
Tennessee	19	60
Wisconsin	18	14
Georgia	21	6
Illinois	34	8
Alabama	13	101
Iowa	8	46
Missouri	14	44
Florida	28	30
Minnesota	17	21
Mississippi	6	105
Arkansas	7	131
Louisiana	14	85
Kansas	8	82
South Dakota	4	319
North Dakota	3	198
Nebraska	7	81
Oklahoma	7	104
Puerto Rico	4	330
Texas	51	15
Colorado	15	40
Montana	3	172
New Mexico	4	87
Utah	6	47
Idaho	4	180
Arizona	4	36
Washington	15	10
Oregon	13	96
California	77	1
Alaska	3	232
Hawaii	4	117