Colleges in Massachusetts That Accept a 3.8 GPA

A 3.8 GPA 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 GPA, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only Massachusetts schools are listed here.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 3.8 GPA. You are above their typical applicant.

• Wentworth Institute of Technology — Boston, MA · 3.60 avg GPA
• Assumption University — Worcester, MA · 3.55 avg GPA
• Bridgewater State University — Bridgewater, MA · 3.25 avg GPA
• University of Massachusetts-Boston — Boston, MA · 3.40 avg GPA
• Lesley University — Cambridge, MA · 3.25 avg GPA
• Framingham State University — Framingham, MA · 3.30 avg GPA
• University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth — North Dartmouth, MA · 3.55 avg GPA
• Salem State University — Salem, MA · 3.20 avg GPA
• Worcester State University — Worcester, MA · 3.25 avg GPA
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts — North Adams, MA · 3.20 avg GPA
• Fitchburg State University — Fitchburg, MA · 3.15 avg GPA
• Westfield State University — Westfield, MA · 3.20 avg GPA
• Suffolk University — Boston, MA · 3.50 avg GPA
• Curry College — Milton, MA · 3.10 avg GPA
• Berklee College of Music — Boston, MA · 3.42 avg GPA

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 3.8 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Tufts University — Medford, MA · 3.93 avg GPA
• Boston University — Boston, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Northeastern University — Boston, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts) — Norton, MA · 3.80 avg GPA
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Worcester, MA · 3.88 avg GPA
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst — Amherst, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Babson College — Wellesley, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Bentley University — Waltham, MA · 3.70 avg GPA
• College of the Holy Cross — Worcester, MA · 3.78 avg GPA
• Smith College — Northampton, MA · 3.92 avg GPA
• Mount Holyoke College — South Hadley, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Emerson College — Boston, MA · 3.70 avg GPA
• Brandeis University — Waltham, MA · 3.90 avg GPA

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 3.8 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA · 4.17 avg GPA
• Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · 4.20 avg GPA
• Boston College — Chestnut Hill, MA · 4.00 avg GPA
• Williams College — Williamstown, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
• Amherst College — Amherst, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
• Wellesley College — Wellesley, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
• Franklin W Olin College of Engineering — Needham, MA · 3.95 avg GPA

All colleges that accept a 3.8 GPA, nationwide

Colleges in Massachusetts That Accept a 3.8 GPA on PickACampus