A recent national return on investment (ROI) report focused on colleges and universities placed Stonehill College in the top 8% among four-year colleges and in the top 4% among all post-secondary educational institutions. 

The 2025 report by the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce considered graduate incomes from 10 to 40 years after graduation. Among the 4,476 schools included in the report, Stonehill ranked No. 163 (Top 4%) based on the most inclusive salary data (40 years) and the most recent data available (2021-2022). 

It ranked No. 145 (Top 8%) among the 1,682 four-year colleges included in the report.

“Because many institutions share general characteristics and offer similar programs, ROI can make the difference when a prospective student considers all other factors to be roughly equal,” the report states. 

The report noted that graduation rates are most strongly correlated with ROI measures at institutions that predominantly award bachelor’s degrees, with the notable exception of those that are for-profit.

The Georgetown report is one among several recent reports that rank Stonehill as among the best in the nation for value. Others include Payscale, which recently examined salary potential among colleges, U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal.

Rank (Massachusetts) School Name Rank (Nationally)
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3
2 MCPHS University 5
3 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 6
4 Babson College 11
5 Bentley University 13
6 Massachusetts Maritime Academy  20
7 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 27
8 Harvard University 29
9 Boston College 37
10 Northeastern University 52
11 College of the Holy Cross 88
12 Amherst College 90
13 Wentworth Institute of Technology 97
14 Boston University 102
15 Wellesley College 133
16 Williams College 144
17 Stonehill College 145
18 Tufts University 159
19 Assumption University 166
20 Brandeis University 178
21 Merrimack College 236
22 UMass Amherst 252
23 UMass Lowell 259
24 Endicott College 275
25 Western New England University 277