29 MA Colleges Among 500 ‘That Shine’ With Top Salaries For Grads: Forbes

MASSACHUSETTS — 29 MA Colleges Among 500 ‘That Shine’ With Top Salaries For Grads: Forbes

Several Massachusetts colleges are among 500 “that shine,” according to Forbes’ annual ranking of America’s Top Colleges released Wednesday.

Forbes said its ranking “showcases 500 colleges that produce successful, high-earning and influential graduates from all economic backgrounds, with less student debt.”

Despite the “financial and cultural war on higher education” waged by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans, “American colleges are still delivering gold-standard undergraduate education,” Forbes said.

Forbes considered 14 metrics to determine the top 500 that offer the best educational, financial and career outcomes.

In Massachusetts, colleges that shine are:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Overall ranking: 1
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $58,331
Average debt: $12,071
Median 20-year salary: $196,900
Financial grade: A+
Harvard University, Cambridge
Overall ranking: 6
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $64,942
Average debt: $8,729
Median 20-year salary: $177,400
Financial grade: A+
Williams College, Williamstown
Overall ranking: 7
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $64,176
Average debt: $8,171
Median 20-year salary: $173,900
Financial grade: A+
Amherst College, Amherst
Overall ranking: 19
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $65,623
Average debt: $9,823
Median 20-year salary: $143,900
Financial grade: A+
Wellesley College, Wellesley
Overall ranking: 29
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $61,549
Average debt: $8,059
Median 20-year salary: $138,800
Financial grade: A+
Boston University, Boston
Overall ranking: 45
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $55,080
Average debt: $11,732
Median 20-year salary: $150,100
Financial grade: A
Boston College, Boston
Overall ranking: 54
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $51,099
Average debt: $3,580
Median 20-year salary: $147,000
Financial grade: B+
Tufts University
Overall ranking: 58
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $51,267
Average debt: $8,657
Median 20-year salary: $147,200
Financial grade: A
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester
Overall ranking: 74
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $41,140
Average debt: $5,241
Median 20-year salary: $143,900
Financial grade: A+
Smith College, Northhampton
Overall ranking: 89
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $54,311
Average debt: $11,483
Median 20-year salary: $123,000
Financial grade: A+
Babson College, Babson Park
Overall ranking: 95
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $47,028
Average debt: $10,824
Median 20-year salary: $181,400
Financial grade: A
Northeastern University, Boston
Overall ranking: 113
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $46,558
Average debt: $9,028
Median 20-year salary: $134,600
Financial grade: B
Brandeis University, Waltham
Overall ranking: 117
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $37,489
Average debt: $6,394
Median 20-year salary: $158,700
Financial grade: B+
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham
Overall ranking: 140
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $41,116
Average debt: $10,155
Median 20-year salary: N/A
Financial grade: N/A
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Overall ranking: 152
Type: Public
Average grant aid: $12,343
Average debt: $9,229
Median 20-year salary: $126,200
Financial grade: N/A
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester
Overall ranking: 160
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $28,005
Average debt: $14,606
Median 20-year salary: $166,200
Financial grade: B
Bentley University, Waltham
Overall ranking: 117
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $33,293
Average debt: $11,438
Median 20-year salary: $149,100
Financial grade: B-
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley
Overall ranking: 237
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $41,823
Average debt: $4,202
Median 20-year salary: $115,200
Financial grade: A+
Clark University, Worcester
Overall ranking: 263
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $31,916
Average debt: $9,173
Median 20-year salary: $135,500
Financial grade: C+
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston
Overall ranking: 328
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $19,756
Average debt: $12,037
Median 20-year salary: $138,100
Financial grade: C
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell
Overall ranking: 348
Type: Public
Average grant aid: $12,647
Average debt: $7,308
Median 20-year salary: $132,600
Financial grade: N/A
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne
Overall ranking: 356
Type: Public
Average grant aid: $16,962
Average debt: $10,017
Median 20-year salary: $136,200
Financial grade: N/A
Stonehill College, Easton
Overall ranking: 365
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $37,353
Average debt: $9,557
Median 20-year salary: $129,500
Financial grade: C+
Emerson College, Boston
Overall ranking: 410
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $26,447
Average debt: $11,351
Median 20-year salary: $120,900
Financial grade: B-
Emmanuel College, Boston
Overall ranking: 415
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $30,827
Average debt: $10,554
Median 20-year salary: $110,300
Financial grade: C-
Wheaton College, Norton
Overall ranking: 420
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $45,217
Average debt: $7,794
Median 20-year salary: $120,200
Financial grade: B+
Berklee College of Music, Boston
Overall ranking: 426
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $21,587
Average debt: $14,769
Median 20-year salary: $114,900
Financial grade: B
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston
Overall ranking: 444
Type: Public
Average grant aid: $12,611
Average debt: $7,478
Median 20-year salary: $111,100
Financial grade: B+
Assumption University, Worcester
Overall ranking: 455
Type: Private not-for-profit
Average grant aid: $32,759
Average debt: $9,266
Median 20-year salary: $121,900
Financial grade: C+

For more information on where other colleges in Massachusetts and elsewhere were ranked, go to Forbes.

Forbes’ Top 10 schools are:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts)
2. Columbia University (New York)
3. Princeton University (New Jersey)
4. Stanford University (California)
5. University of California-Berkeley
6. Harvard University (Massachusetts)
7. Williams College (Massachusetts)
8. Johns Hopkins University (Maryland)
9. Yale University (Connecticut)
10. University of Pennsylvania

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