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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a public liberal arts college located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is very inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is in the bottom 50% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $47,107 10 years after enrolling, 49th in Massachusetts, and in the bottom 50% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts bachelor students earn 16% less than the national average. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is ranked 32nd in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’s median net annual cost of $15,627 and average years to graduate of 4.3 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 6 programs at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts sorted by number of graduates - Business Administration, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other, English Language & Lit, Psychology, Computer science, Sociology - are shown below. To see more programs, click on "see additional programs".
Annual net cost
$15,627
Average years to graduate
4.3
Biology
Rank: #196
Economic score: 4.9
Education
Rank: #28
Economic score: 7.86
History
Rank: #343
Economic score: 20.92
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 1 graduate programs at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Education - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.3 years. 63% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is 9% lower than the state average, and 5% below the average for all liberal arts colleges in the country.
At Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Pell Grant recipients represent 43% of the measured graduating class, 8% higher than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts graduates within 4.2 years.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is in the top 25% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’s economic mobility score of 1.5 is calculated by adjusting the 18.27 economic score of lower-income students by the 43% pell grant recipients within the student body. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’s EMS of 1.5 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
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The average Title IV recipient at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts pays $15,627 a year, $12,024 less than the $27,651 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $15,627
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 99% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $15,627 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 97% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $4,884. This is 43% more than the national average.
Federal grants
$3,734
Pell grants
$4,533
State grants
$2,379
Institutional grants
$4,592
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts's very inclusive admissions are indicated by their 91% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 1,371 applicants, of which 1,247 were admitted and 167 enrolled. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
Full time
93%
83%
Female
64%
59%
First time
61%
59%
In-state
61%
68%
1st generation
33%
35%
White
72%
52%
Black
9%
14%
Hispanic
11%
15%
Asian
1%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
6%
12%