Earning a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5, Stonehill College was among the highest-ranking schools in Money’s 2025 Best Colleges list, which was created from an analysis of 2,400 four-year public and private nonprofit institutions in the United States.  

Of those 2,400 schools, 732 were included in Money’s final rankings. Stonehill was one of 41 Massachusetts colleges and universities that made the list and one of only 17 statewide to receive a rating of 4.5 or higher. The College outperformed several schools that students typically consider when applying to Stonehill.

Money’s methodology focused on dozens of data points related to quality of education (30% of weighting), affordability (40% of weighting) and student outcomes (30% of weighting). The magazine gathered information from U.S. Department of Education, Peterson’s, PayScale.com, MONEY/College Measures calculations and ranked the schools on 25 factors in three categories: educational quality, affordability and alumni success.

Colleges & Universities in Massachusetts with 4.5 Stars or Higher 

School Rating
Amherst College     4.5 Stars
Babson College 5 Stars
Bentley University 4.5 Stars
Boston College 4.5 Stars
Boston University 4.5 Stars
College of the Holy Cross 4.5 Stars
Harvard University 5 Stars
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 Stars
Massachusetts Maritime Academy 4.5 Stars
Northeastern University 4.5 Stars
Smith College 4.5 Stars
Stonehill College 4.5 Stars
Tufts University 4.5 Stars
University of Massachusetts-Amherst 4.5 Stars
Wellesley College 4.5 Stars
Williams College 5 Stars
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4.5 Stars

Source: Money’s 2025 Best Value College Rankings