Cambridge College

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 532 undergrads (small, city) · website ↗

29% Hispanic undergrads
Open admission
$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	—
$30,000 – $48,000	$31,072
$48,000 – $75,000	—
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	$31,072

Sticker tuition and fees: $18,378 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Cambridge College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$12,000
Books and supplies	$1,200
Other expenses, off campus	$3,000

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: —
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 30%
Graduation rate (6yr): 11%
Freshman retention: 100%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $45,998
Median debt at graduation: $21,791
International undergrads: 23 (3.2%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 12 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 0%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported (open admission).

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business52%

Health & Nursing14%

Psychology8%

Education5%

Criminal Justice5%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	49	$64,240	$56,332national $68,257	$21,182
Health and Medical Administrative Services	21	$64,329	—national $58,716	$22,040
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	19	$45,019	—national $47,382	$23,813
Psychology, General	12	—	—national $50,706	$25,524
Human Services, General	12	$62,857	$55,038national $48,597	$25,457

Associate degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	9	$72,937	—national $48,733	—

Master's degrees (10)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	126	$63,194	—national $59,571	$39,257
Business Administration, Management and Operations	76	$71,058	$66,360national $103,485	$27,912
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	57	$46,102	$36,538national $63,707	$14,580
Special Education and Teaching	54	$51,044	$48,826national $64,397	$17,045
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	49	$63,678	$85,569national $65,184	$29,500
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	28	$60,011	—national $60,111	$40,167
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	25	$56,163	$66,861national $59,916	$21,328
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	22	$41,189	—national $65,767	$13,628
Education, General	16	$79,781	$82,941national $65,824	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	5	$43,183	—national $71,685	$18,859

Graduate certificates (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	5	—	$70,134national $60,655	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 39 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 500 Rutherford Avenue, Boston, MA 02129
Phone: (617) 868-1000
Institutional accreditor: New England Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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