- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- Cambridge College
Boston, MACity: largeZIP 02129Founded 1971
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1971
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1981
- Website
- www.cambridgecollege.edu
MassachusettsPrivate nonprofit
Cambridge College
Cambridge College is a private nonprofit college in Boston, Massachusetts, with 532 undergraduates. It graduates 100% within six years and costs $31,462 a year after aid.
100%graduate
Retention100%
4-year graduation100%
Pell Grant share42%
Federal loans61%
$31,462net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
100%graduate in 6 years
$58,665median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,042median debt
#869 of 1,704 for earnings#1,495 of 1,739 for lowest net price#3 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $34,578tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,778
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,778
- Average net price
- $31,462national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$23,486
$30,001–48,000$34,578
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000$33,208
$110,001+$34,578
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college100%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college42%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 100%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 46%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $57,649
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $58,665middle 50%: $39,763–$81,692
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,042
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$81,692
Median, Cambridge College$58,665
Lower quarter$39,763
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 532
- Part-time
- 79%
- Women / men
- 81% / 19%
- Average age at entry
- 33.3
- First-generation students
- 51%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 0.4%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,333 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,549
- Endowment, end of year
- $15,492,455
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White32%
Hispanic29%
Black30%
Asian3.6%
Two or more races0.4%
U.S. nonresident3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Unknown1.3%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management52%
Health professions14%
Public administration & social service12%
Psychology7.8%
Education5.2%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting5.2%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies4.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 165167. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q3695713.