50 Best colleges for Health Science 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 Health Science. A graph of 2.95M citations received by 72.1K academic papers made by 50 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 Health Science

#1 in the United States

#1 in North America

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

2. Boston University

Boston

For Health Science

#25 in the United States

#32 in North America

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

3. Tufts University

Medford

For Health Science

#50 in the United States

#58 in North America

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

4. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Health Science

#71 in the United States

#82 in North America

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

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Health Science

#86 in the United States

#98 in North America

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

6. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Health Science

#112 in the United States

#126 in North America

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

7. Northeastern University

Boston

For Health Science

#133 in the United States

#149 in North America

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

8. Boston College

Boston

For Health Science

#149 in the United States

#166 in North America

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

9. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Health Science

#168 in the United States

#186 in North America

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

10. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Health Science

#247 in the United States

#273 in North America

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

11. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Health Science

#254 in the United States

#280 in North America

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

12. Dean College

Franklin

For Health Science

#260 in the United States

#286 in North America

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

13. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Health Science

#268 in the United States

#295 in North America

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

14. Simmons University

Boston

For Health Science

#270 in the United States

#297 in North America

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

15. MCPHS University

Boston

For Health Science

#296 in the United States

#324 in North America

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

16. Suffolk University

Boston

For Health Science

#326 in the United States

#356 in North America

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

17. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Health Science

#336 in the United States

#367 in North America

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

18. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Health Science

#341 in the United States

#373 in North America

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

19. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Health Science

#360 in the United States

#393 in North America

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

20. Clark University

Worcester

For Health Science

#436 in the United States

#474 in North America

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

21. Smith College

Northampton

For Health Science

#442 in the United States

#480 in North America

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

22. Western New England University

Springfield

For Health Science

#458 in the United States

#496 in North America

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

23. Bentley University

Waltham

For Health Science

#512 in the United States

#554 in North America

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

24. Springfield College

Springfield

For Health Science

#528 in the United States

#570 in North America

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

25. Amherst College

Amherst

For Health Science

#529 in the United States

#571 in North America

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

26. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Health Science

#530 in the United States

#572 in North America

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

27. Curry College

Milton

For Health Science

#538 in the United States

#582 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1130
Net Price: $30,367
Receiving Aid: 100%

28. Babson College

Wellesley

For Health Science

#561 in the United States

#607 in North America

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

29. Salem State University

Salem

For Health Science

#598 in the United States

#646 in North America

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

30. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Health Science

#605 in the United States

#653 in North America

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

31. Williams College

Williamstown

For Health Science

#627 in the United States

#676 in North America

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

32. Endicott College

Beverly

For Health Science

#629 in the United States

#678 in North America

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

33. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Health Science

#657 in the United States

#706 in North America

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

34. Regis College

Weston

For Health Science

#661 in the United States

#710 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $30,212
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $34,144

35. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Health Science

#684 in the United States

#734 in North America

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

36. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Health Science

#708 in the United States

#761 in North America

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

37. Gordon College

Wenham

For Health Science

#733 in the United States

#787 in North America

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

38. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Health Science

#744 in the United States

#798 in North America

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

39. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham

For Health Science

#749 in the United States

#803 in North America

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

40. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Health Science

#757 in the United States

#813 in North America

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

41. William James College

Newton

For Health Science

#792 in the United States

#851 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 951
Male:Female: 19:81
Founded: 1974

42. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Health Science

#828 in the United States

#888 in North America

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

43. New England College of Optometry

Boston

For Health Science

#926 in the United States

#989 in North America

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

44. Newbury College

Brookline

For Health Science

#956 in the United States

#1020 in North America

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

45. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Health Science

#959 in the United States

#1023 in North America

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

46. Assumption College

Worcester

For Health Science

#965 in the United States

#1030 in North America

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

47. Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston

For Health Science

#979 in the United States

#1045 in North America

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

48. Lasell College

Newton

For Health Science

#996 in the United States

#1062 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1173
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $28,477

49. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Health Science

#998 in the United States

#1064 in North America

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

50. American International College

Springfield

For Health Science

#1001 in the United States

#1067 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Net Price: $21,454
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $34,009

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Health Science

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	8	47
Connecticut	18	8
New Hampshire	9	91
Vermont	3	99
New York	92	14
New Jersey	19	37
Maine	8	311
Pennsylvania	69	6
Maryland	18	2
District of Columbia	7	55
Virginia	26	46
West Virginia	7	96
Ohio	38	22
North Carolina	29	9
Michigan	23	3
South Carolina	17	62
Indiana	21	27
Kentucky	15	52
Tennessee	22	26
Wisconsin	23	19
Georgia	25	20
Illinois	42	17
Alabama	17	43
Iowa	10	33
Missouri	24	36
Florida	32	23
Minnesota	23	12
Mississippi	7	174
Arkansas	10	97
Louisiana	17	87
Kansas	9	72
South Dakota	6	256
North Dakota	4	186
Nebraska	7	100
Oklahoma	9	108
Puerto Rico	6	546
Texas	57	13
Colorado	16	24
Montana	3	214
New Mexico	3	76
Utah	8	40
Idaho	4	197
Arizona	6	48
Nevada	5	137
Washington	18	4
Oregon	17	21
California	85	5
Hawaii	4	116