College · Private nonprofit · Boston, MA · City
MCPHS University
Boston, MA
Admit rate85%
6-yr median pay$77k
Net price / yr$40k
Undergrad size3,451
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $40k/yr for a shot at a $77k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 85% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1269 · ACT 27.
If you get in
3,451 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $65k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $40k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$260k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$158k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$102k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $40.5k
- Room & board
- $24.7k
- Books & supplies
- $986
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans67%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr62%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$77k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$126k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out24%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 3,451
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- MCPHS University
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White29%
- Asian20%
- Hispanic16%
- Black13%
- International12%
- Unknown8%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$51k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 15
What you can study.