Colleges in Massachusetts That Accept a 1500 SAT

A 1500 SAT is a safety at one school and a long shot at another, so these schools are split into likely, target and reach rather than one list. Every number is the school's own average admitted SAT, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only Massachusetts schools are listed here.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 1500 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Babson College — Wellesley, MA · 1457 avg SAT
• Bentley University — Waltham, MA · 1352 avg SAT
• College of the Holy Cross — Worcester, MA · 1353 avg SAT
• MCPHS University — Boston, MA · 1269 avg SAT
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst — Amherst, MA · 1423 avg SAT
• Wentworth Institute of Technology — Boston, MA · 1229 avg SAT
• Emerson College — Boston, MA · 1358 avg SAT
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts) — Norton, MA · 1308 avg SAT
• Clark University — Worcester, MA · 1370 avg SAT
• Simmons University — Boston, MA · 1316 avg SAT
• Endicott College — Beverly, MA · 1274 avg SAT
• Emmanuel College — Boston, MA · 1250 avg SAT
• Western New England University — Springfield, MA · 1192 avg SAT
• University of Massachusetts-Lowell — Lowell, MA · 1285 avg SAT
• Suffolk University — Boston, MA · 1216 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1500 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Franklin W Olin College of Engineering — Needham, MA · 1520 avg SAT
• Boston College — Chestnut Hill, MA · 1507 avg SAT
• Williams College — Williamstown, MA · 1533 avg SAT
• Northeastern University — Boston, MA · 1497 avg SAT
• Wellesley College — Wellesley, MA · 1520 avg SAT
• Tufts University — Medford, MA · 1513 avg SAT
• Boston University — Boston, MA · 1480 avg SAT
• Amherst College — Amherst, MA · 1533 avg SAT
• Brandeis University — Waltham, MA · 1462 avg SAT
• Smith College — Northampton, MA · 1500 avg SAT
• Mount Holyoke College — South Hadley, MA · 1463 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1500 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA · 1560 avg SAT
• Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · 1553 avg SAT

All colleges that accept a 1500 SAT, nationwide

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