69 Best Physics schools in Massachusetts

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Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Physics. A graph of 36.1M citations received by 675K academic papers made by 69 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

For Physics

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

2. Harvard University

For Physics

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

3. Boston University

For Physics

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

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Physics

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

5. Northeastern University

For Physics

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

6. Tufts University

For Physics

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

7. Brandeis University

For Physics

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

8. Boston College

For Physics

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

9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

For Physics

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

10. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

For Physics

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

11. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Physics

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

12. Williams College

For Physics

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

13. University of Massachusetts - Boston

For Physics

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

14. Clark University

For Physics

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

15. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

For Physics

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

16. Amherst College

For Physics

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

17. Wellesley College

For Physics

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

18. Smith College

For Physics

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

19. College of the Holy Cross

For Physics

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

20. Mount Holyoke College

For Physics

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

21. Suffolk University

For Physics

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

22. Bentley University

For Physics

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

23. Fisher College

For Physics

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

24. Babson College

For Physics

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

25. Hebrew College

For Physics

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

26. Simmons University

For Physics

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

27. Hampshire College

For Physics

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

28. Endicott College

For Physics

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

29. Western New England University

For Physics

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

30. New England College of Optometry

For Physics

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

31. Dean College

For Physics

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

32. Bay State College

For Physics

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

33. Newbury College

For Physics

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

34. Stonehill College

For Physics

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

35. MGH Institute of Health Professions

For Physics

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

36. MCPHS University

For Physics

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

37. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

For Physics

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

38. Framingham State University

For Physics

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

39. Emmanuel College

For Physics

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

40. Springfield College

For Physics

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

41. Bridgewater State University

For Physics

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

42. Merrimack College

For Physics

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

43. Wentworth Institute of Technology

For Physics

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

44. William James College

For Physics

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

45. Emerson College

For Physics

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

46. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

For Physics

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

47. Gordon College

For Physics

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

48. Worcester State University

For Physics

#1014 in North America
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1144
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$7,332

49. Salem State University

For Physics

#1017 in North America
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average SAT
1075
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,241

50. Assumption College

For Physics

#1023 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Net Price
$29,072
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,759

51. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

For Physics

#1053 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,606
Enrollment
933

52. Lesley University

For Physics

#1100 in North America
Acceptance Rate
94%
Net Price
$33,111
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$16,476

53. Curry College

For Physics

#1126 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1130
Net Price
$30,367
Receiving Aid
100%

54. Fitchburg State University

For Physics

#1156 in North America
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
94%

55. Westfield State University

For Physics

#1163 in North America
Acceptance Rate
81%
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$8,406
Enrollment
4,555

56. Regis College

For Physics

#1164 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$30,212
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$34,144

57. Eastern Nazarene College

For Physics

#1194 in North America
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1032
Net Price
$21,370
Receiving Aid
100%

58. Bard College at Simon's Rock

For Physics

#1224 in North America
Acceptance Rate
97%
Net Price
$45,395
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$37,292

59. Berklee College of Music

For Physics

#1283 in North America
Acceptance Rate
50%
Net Price
$48,608
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$21,587

60. New England Conservatory of Music

For Physics

#1286 in North America
Acceptance Rate
43%
Net Price
$49,544
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$28,326

61. Massachusetts School of Law

For Physics

#1354 in North America
Enrollment
284
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1988

62. Massachusetts Maritime Academy

For Physics

#1415 in North America
Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$16,962
Enrollment
1,362

63. Nichols College

For Physics

#1451 in North America
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1095
Net Price
$31,032
Receiving Aid
100%

64. Hult International Business School

For Physics

#1487 in North America
Acceptance Rate
53%
Net Price
$51,986
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$22,889

65. American International College

For Physics

#1512 in North America
Acceptance Rate
97%
Net Price
$21,454
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$34,009

66. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

For Physics

#1526 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,373
Male:Female
62:38

67. New England Law - Boston

For Physics

#1550 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
1,083
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1908

68. Lasell College

For Physics

#1571 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1173
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$28,477

69. College of Our Lady of the Elms

For Physics

#1588 in North America
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1235
Net Price
$22,311
Receiving Aid
100%

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Physics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Rhode Island 9 57
Connecticut 20 26
New Hampshire 11 96
Vermont 11 136
New York 134 8
New Jersey 27 11
Maine 14 185
Delaware 3 58
Pennsylvania 103 12
Maryland 27 18
District of Columbia 9 111
Virginia 41 45
West Virginia 17 113
Ohio 59 24
North Carolina 39 36
Michigan 37 5
South Carolina 27 82
Indiana 31 25
Kentucky 25 72
Tennessee 32 56
Wisconsin 32 14
Georgia 45 17
Illinois 68 6
Alabama 24 97
Iowa 29 41
Missouri 35 51
Florida 55 29
Minnesota 26 16
Mississippi 14 142
Arkansas 18 121
Louisiana 24 75
Kansas 15 91
South Dakota 8 250
North Dakota 8 174
Nebraska 11 83
Oklahoma 19 93
Puerto Rico 15 284
Texas 76 13
Colorado 20 35
Montana 7 150
New Mexico 9 84
Utah 11 44
Idaho 7 157
Arizona 10 30
Nevada 6 129
Washington 31 10
Oregon 17 77
California 132 2
Alaska 4 180
Hawaii 7 114