68 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 27.5M citations received by 590K academic papers made by 68 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
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

2. Harvard University

For Physics

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

3. Boston University

For Physics

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

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Physics

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

5. Northeastern University

For Physics

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

6. Tufts University

For Physics

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

7. Brandeis University

For Physics

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

8. Boston College

For Physics

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

9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

For Physics

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

10. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

For Physics

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

11. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Physics

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

12. Williams College

For Physics

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

13. University of Massachusetts - Boston

For Physics

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

14. Clark University

For Physics

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

15. Amherst College

For Physics

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

16. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

For Physics

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

17. Wellesley College

For Physics

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

18. Smith College

For Physics

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

19. Mount Holyoke College

For Physics

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

20. College of the Holy Cross

For Physics

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

21. Bentley University

For Physics

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

22. Babson College

For Physics

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

23. Fisher College

For Physics

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

24. Endicott College

For Physics

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

25. Suffolk University

For Physics

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

26. Simmons University

For Physics

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

27. Western New England University

For Physics

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

28. New England College of Optometry

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
536
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1894

29. Dean College

For Physics

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

30. Hebrew College

For Physics

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

31. Stonehill College

For Physics

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

32. MGH Institute of Health Professions

For Physics

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

33. Hampshire College

For Physics

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

34. Emmanuel College

For Physics

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

35. Newbury College

For Physics

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

36. MCPHS University

For Physics

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

37. Framingham State University

For Physics

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

38. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

For Physics

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

39. Bay State College

For Physics

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

40. Merrimack College

For Physics

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

41. Bridgewater State University

For Physics

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

42. William James College

For Physics

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

43. Wentworth Institute of Technology

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$37,901

44. Emerson College

For Physics

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

45. Springfield College

For Physics

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

46. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

For Physics

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

47. Gordon College

For Physics

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

48. Assumption College

For Physics

#1013 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$28,911
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,492

49. Salem State University

For Physics

#1023 in North America
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1098
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,562

50. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

For Physics

#1060 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,044
Enrollment
938

51. Lesley University

For Physics

#1066 in North America
Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$32,414
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$16,279

52. Worcester State University

For Physics

#1078 in North America
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1118
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
100%

53. Curry College

For Physics

#1098 in North America
Acceptance Rate
88%
Net Price
$31,091
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,402

54. Regis College

For Physics

#1116 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$30,014
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$31,088

55. Eastern Nazarene College

For Physics

#1128 in North America
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1065
Net Price
$20,283
Receiving Aid
100%

56. Westfield State University

For Physics

#1134 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$6,904
Enrollment
4,702

57. Fitchburg State University

For Physics

#1145 in North America
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

58. Bard College at Simon's Rock

For Physics

#1170 in North America
Acceptance Rate
95%
Net Price
$44,326
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$38,119

59. New England Conservatory of Music

For Physics

#1291 in North America
Acceptance Rate
38%
Net Price
$53,162
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$22,068

60. Berklee College of Music

For Physics

#1405 in North America
Acceptance Rate
54%
Net Price
$46,873
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$19,300

61. Massachusetts Maritime Academy

For Physics

#1425 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$11,804
Enrollment
1,425

62. Hult International Business School

For Physics

#1475 in North America
Acceptance Rate
48%
Net Price
$55,251
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$20,196

63. American International College

For Physics

#1480 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$18,317
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$35,061

64. Massachusetts School of Law

For Physics

#1489 in North America
Enrollment
295
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1988

65. New England Law - Boston

For Physics

#1527 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
1,060
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1908

66. College of Our Lady of the Elms

For Physics

#1538 in North America
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Net Price
$23,498
Receiving Aid
98%

67. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

For Physics

#1544 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,334
Male:Female
62:38

68. Lasell College

For Physics

#1556 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1132
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$29,706

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Physics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Rhode Island 9 58
Connecticut 20 25
New Hampshire 11 101
Vermont 11 135
New York 131 8
New Jersey 26 9
Maine 13 186
Delaware 3 57
Pennsylvania 102 12
Maryland 26 18
District of Columbia 9 111
Virginia 40 43
West Virginia 16 115
Ohio 57 23
North Carolina 39 39
Michigan 36 5
South Carolina 26 82
Indiana 30 27
Kentucky 25 72
Tennessee 32 56
Wisconsin 30 14
Georgia 43 17
Illinois 65 6
Alabama 24 98
Iowa 26 36
Missouri 34 52
Florida 51 29
Minnesota 26 15
Mississippi 14 143
Arkansas 18 118
Louisiana 24 76
Kansas 14 94
South Dakota 8 252
North Dakota 7 169
Nebraska 11 84
Oklahoma 19 93
Puerto Rico 14 283
Texas 74 13
Colorado 19 35
Montana 7 147
New Mexico 9 80
Utah 10 42
Idaho 7 156
Arizona 9 30
Nevada 6 129
Washington 30 10
Oregon 17 79
California 125 2
Alaska 4 184
Hawaii 7 114