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Find target, reach, and safety schools based on your GPA, with acceptance rates and test score data for thousands of colleges.

Where your 3.9 fits: Safety, Target or Reach, from each college's reported average GPA and acceptance rate. A guide, not a prediction.

Colleges in MassachusettsEvery college we list in Massachusetts, with its average GPA and test scores where it reports them.

Showing 30 of 92 colleges
Colleges that report an average GPA (16) · best fit first
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,40% admitted
Average GPA3.84As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%690–750 R&W700–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
Your 3.9their average 3.84Target
Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,40% admitted
Average GPA3.76As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%658–740 R&W630–720 Math
ACT, middle 50%30–33
Your 3.9their average 3.76Target
Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,25% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%723–768 R&W770–790 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.90Target
University of Massachusetts LowellLowell, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,83% admitted
Average GPA3.72As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%590–680 R&W590–690 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–32
Your 3.9their average 3.72Safety
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,88% admitted
Average GPA3.41As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%533–665 R&W493–618 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.41Safety
Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,96% admitted
Average GPA3.17As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.17Safety
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA3.48As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%560–660 R&W550–660 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–31
Your 3.9their average 3.48Safety
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,87% admitted
Average GPA3.28As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%540–620 R&W520–610 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.28Safety
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,83% admitted
Average GPA3.52As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–650 R&W550–650 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–28
Your 3.9their average 3.52Safety
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,72% admitted
Average GPA3.22As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%570–690 R&W510–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–29
Your 3.9their average 3.22Safety
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,95% admitted
Average GPA3.36As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.36Safety
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,90% admitted
Average GPA3.31As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.31Safety
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
Average GPA3.24As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.9their average 3.24Safety
Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearHard to get into,11% admitted
Average GPA3.86As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%690–750 R&W730–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%32–34
Your 3.9their average 3.86Reach
Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearVery hard to get into,3.6% admitted
Average GPA4.22Weighted, as reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%740–780 R&W770–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–36
Your 3.9their weighted average 4.22Reach
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,60% admitted
Average GPA4.05Weighted, as reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%650–730 R&W660–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%30–33
Your 3.9their weighted average 4.05not comparable with an unweighted GPA
More colleges in your filters (no GPA reported)
Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearVery hard to get into,5.2% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%710–760 R&W730–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%33–35
University of Massachusetts BostonBoston, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,84% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%540–650 R&W530–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–29
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%710–760 R&W730–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%33–35
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,88% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%550–650 R&W510–613 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–30
Berklee College of MusicBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,44% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearHard to get into,11% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%720–770 R&W750–790 Math
ACT, middle 50%33–35
University of Massachusetts DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%530–640 R&W520–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%26–30
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,60% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearVery hard to get into,4.5% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%740–780 R&W780–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–36
Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,45% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%630–700 R&W650–730 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–31
Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,82% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%550–670 R&W540–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–28
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,70% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,51% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%660–720 R&W610–700 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–32
MCPHS UniversityBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,85% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%570–678 R&W590–738 Math
ACT, middle 50%26–30
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How to read the figures

Example: how a college appears in the list
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan Public, 4-yearHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W680–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
  • How hard it is to get in: the share of first-year applicants the college admitted for fall 2024. Very hard is under 10%, Hard 10–24%, Moderate 25–49%, Fairly easy 50–74% and Easy 75% or more. Open admission colleges accept everyone, so they have no rate.
  • Average GPA: the average high school GPA of the college's first-year students, from the college's own yearly report (its Common Data Set), with the year and, when the college says, whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so use it as a rough guide, not a cutoff.
  • Safety, Target and Reach: with your GPA in the box, where it fits at each college that reports an average GPA. Your GPA is compared with the college's average (0.15 or more above it, close to it, or below it), and the acceptance rate decides how much that counts: a college that admits under 15% of applicants is a reach for everyone. Colleges that don't report an average get no label: we never estimate one.
  • SAT: the middle 50% of scores of first-year students who sent them, for reading and writing (R&W) and math. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it.
  • ACT: the middle 50% of overall ACT scores, read the same way.

A dash means the college didn't report that figure.

Where the data comes from

FigureSourceData year
Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT rangesThe U.S. Department of Education's yearly college surveyFall 2024
Average high school GPA (268 colleges)Each college's own yearly report (Common Data Set)2023–24 to 2025–26
Average SAT for the SAT filter and sortCollege Scorecard, U.S. Department of EducationLatest available

Each college's page also has its enrollment, net price, admission factors and policies on AP and dual credit from the same survey, and gives the year of every figure. Admission policies change every year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

Reviewed by the GPA Calculator team · Updated October 2026

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release)
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data