Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Private · Moderately Selective · MA

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationMA · Northeast

SettingUrban

Undergrads3,451

Student:faculty9:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate53.3%

6-yr grad rate62%

Drop-out rate26%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$41k

Out-of-state tuition$41k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity70.6%

Gender diversity77.2%

International11.8%

Identity—

Overview

MCPHS is a health-professions specialist located in Boston's Longwood Medical Area, surrounded by Harvard's teaching hospitals and several other academic medical centers. Nearly every student enrolls already committed to a defined clinical career path rather than a general liberal-arts course of study.

Academics

Pharmacy has been the founding discipline since 1823 and remains the university's signature program, alongside nursing, physician assistant studies, dental hygiene, and other allied-health fields, many offered in accelerated or direct-entry formats that compress the path to a professional credential. The curriculum is built around clinical training from early on rather than a traditional four-year general-education sequence.

Campus & student life

The Longwood Medical Area location puts students inside a working hospital and medical-research district rather than a traditional college quad, and much of campus life is organized around clinical rotations and cohort structure within a specific program rather than campus-wide traditions.

Getting in

Because programs are direct-entry, admission is typically to a specific professional track from the start, and applicants are evaluated on readiness for that track's accelerated timeline as much as general academic strength.

Worth knowing

MCPHS suits a student who has already decided on a specific healthcare career, such as pharmacy, nursing, or PA studies, rather than one still exploring options, since the accelerated, direct-entry structure leaves comparatively little room to change paths after enrolling.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate85.2%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 1160–1416 · ACT 26–30

Test policyoptional

Rec letters1

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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