71 Best colleges for Philosophy in Massachusetts

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Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Philosophy. A graph of 10.9M citations received by 280K academic papers made by 71 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

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

3. Boston University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

5. Tufts University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

6. Boston College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

7. Northeastern University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,827

8. Brandeis University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,565

9. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,352
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1962

10. University of Massachusetts - Boston

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
99%

11. Clark University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$32,053

12. Amherst College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$21,367

13. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
57%
Net Price
$46,876
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$27,059

14. Wellesley College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$21,362

15. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1259
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

16. Williams College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,965

17. Smith College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$30,790

18. College of the Holy Cross

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$34,679

19. Mount Holyoke College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$35,765

20. Bentley University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1339
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$44,233

21. Suffolk University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$32,270

22. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
96%
Average SAT
1140
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
98%

23. Babson College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
22%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$28,400

24. Fisher College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
74%
Net Price
$26,257
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$25,406

25. Simmons University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$24,423

26. Hebrew College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
80%
Enrollment
212
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1921

27. Emerson College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$51,432

28. William James College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
897
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1974

29. Emmanuel College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$32,273

30. Dean College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$32,219
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,972

31. MGH Institute of Health Professions

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
1,353
Male:Female
15:85
Founded
1977

32. Hampshire College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
69%
Net Price
$24,087
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$44,835

33. Stonehill College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
73%
Net Price
$31,021
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$34,710

34. Western New England University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$30,214

35. Bridgewater State University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
94%

36. Merrimack College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
75%
Net Price
$37,296
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$27,729

37. Lesley University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$32,414
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$16,279

38. Bay State College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
48%
Net Price
$43,020
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$10,243

39. Salem State University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1098
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,562

40. Assumption College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$28,911
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,492

41. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$32,863

42. Springfield College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1200
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$27,930

43. Framingham State University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1105
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$8,069

44. MCPHS University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$38,776

45. Curry College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
88%
Net Price
$31,091
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,402

46. Worcester State University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1118
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
100%

47. Endicott College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$39,496

48. Gordon College

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1200
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$24,483

49. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$38,502

50. Westfield State University

For Philosophy

Acceptance Rate
82%
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$6,904
Enrollment
4,702

51. Regis College

For Philosophy

#1003 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$30,014
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$31,088

52. Newbury College

For Philosophy

#1050 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$23,613
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$26,393

53. Fitchburg State University

For Philosophy

#1054 in North America
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

54. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

For Philosophy

#1121 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,044
Enrollment
938

55. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

For Philosophy

#1156 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,334
Male:Female
62:38

56. New England Conservatory of Music

For Philosophy

#1178 in North America
Acceptance Rate
38%
Net Price
$53,162
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$22,068

57. New England College of Optometry

For Philosophy

#1256 in North America
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
536
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1894

58. Bard College at Simon's Rock

For Philosophy

#1368 in North America
Acceptance Rate
95%
Net Price
$44,326
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$38,119

59. Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

For Philosophy

#1379 in North America
Acceptance Rate
58%
Net Price
$30,506
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$10,326

60. New England Law - Boston

For Philosophy

#1386 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
1,060
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1908

61. Lasell College

For Philosophy

#1388 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1132
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$29,706

62. Eastern Nazarene College

For Philosophy

#1389 in North America
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1065
Net Price
$20,283
Receiving Aid
100%

63. Wentworth Institute of Technology

For Philosophy

#1400 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$37,901

64. Massachusetts School of Law

For Philosophy

#1423 in North America
Enrollment
295
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1988

65. American International College

For Philosophy

#1452 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$18,317
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$35,061

66. Berklee College of Music

For Philosophy

#1476 in North America
Acceptance Rate
54%
Net Price
$46,873
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$19,300

67. Hult International Business School

For Philosophy

#1502 in North America
Acceptance Rate
48%
Net Price
$55,251
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$20,196

68. Anna Maria College

For Philosophy

#1530 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Net Price
$23,894
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$33,503

69. College of Our Lady of the Elms

For Philosophy

#1561 in North America
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Net Price
$23,498
Receiving Aid
98%

70. Massachusetts College of Art and Design

For Philosophy

#1563 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$8,494
Enrollment
1,939

71. Nichols College

For Philosophy

#1586 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1063
Net Price
$27,192
Receiving Aid
100%

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Philosophy

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Rhode Island 9 56
Connecticut 22 12
New Hampshire 11 84
Vermont 11 119
New York 132 6
New Jersey 26 17
Maine 13 207
Pennsylvania 98 11
Maryland 26 22
District of Columbia 12 60
Virginia 42 40
West Virginia 16 115
Ohio 62 21
North Carolina 45 26
Michigan 39 4
South Carolina 25 81
Indiana 33 48
Kentucky 28 66
Tennessee 34 43
Wisconsin 33 13
Georgia 47 45
Illinois 77 10
Alabama 25 98
Iowa 29 38
Missouri 39 42
Florida 51 33
Minnesota 26 25
Mississippi 13 183
Arkansas 17 141
Louisiana 25 55
Kansas 17 76
South Dakota 8 373
North Dakota 6 215
Nebraska 12 93
Oklahoma 20 113
Puerto Rico 14 325
Texas 77 18
Colorado 20 54
Montana 7 198
New Mexico 7 99
Utah 10 53
Idaho 7 214
Arizona 10 27
Nevada 6 149
Washington 28 7
Oregon 18 75
California 126 1
Alaska 4 320
Hawaii 6 116