$49,705
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Lasell University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Newton, Massachusetts with 1,226 undergraduates and 375 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $27,511 a year (tuition and fees $27,040). It admits 81% of applicants and 59% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $49,705 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $26,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$27,511
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$27,040
US median $11,837
Admission rate
81%
US median 78%
Completion rate
59%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$26,000
About $276 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$49,705
Rank 1,494 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $27,511
- Tuition and fees
- $27,040
- Cost of attendance
- $42,434
- Students with a need-based grant
- 31%
- Students with federal loans
- 72%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $18,334
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $17,631
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $25,139
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $29,359
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $32,947
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $32,000 in 2015-16 to $27,040 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 81%
- Average SAT
- 1,100
- SAT reading, middle
- 638
- SAT math, middle
- 565
- ACT, middle
- 27
- Undergraduates
- 1,226
- Graduate students
- 375
- Part-time students
- 4.1%
- Women
- 65%
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Completion rate
- 59%
- Retention rate
- 70%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 59
- Endowment
- $44.8M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,494 of 5,094 US colleges and 64 of 106 in Massachusetts (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $27,511 | $24,402 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $27,040 | $34,256 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 81% | 71% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 59% | 69% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 70% | 79% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $26,000 | $21,882 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $45,468 | $46,320 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $49,705 | $53,104 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 67% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 71% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
59 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CriminologyOnlineMaster's | Master's | 76 | $26,165 | $137,372 | $115,809 | $67,647 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's | Bachelor's | 40 | $27,000 | $36,606 | $55,292 | $54,562 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 38 | Withheld | $80,875 | Withheld | $103,485 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessOnlineMaster's | Master's | 34 | $34,160 | $44,366 | $60,963 | $62,033 |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 32 | $27,000 | $30,379 | $53,172 | $56,359 |
| Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 31 | $27,000 | $29,661 | $32,379 | $51,490 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | $33,105 | $54,702 | $50,706 |
| CriminologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | $40,527 | $56,766 | $55,556 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | $26,000 | $28,016 | $55,572 | $68,257 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 22 | $26,500 | $38,438 | $69,156 | $59,631 |
| Hospitality Administration/ManagementBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | $26,399 | $31,858 | $68,693 | $56,726 |
| MarketingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | $26,000 | $41,450 | $67,400 | $69,303 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $47,382 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $71,416 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $61,296 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | $26,000 | $44,481 | $70,304 | $83,343 |
| Special Education and TeachingMaster's | Master's | 11 | Withheld | $57,005 | $59,783 | $64,397 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 11 | $24,432 | $68,806 | $85,823 | $124,807 |
| Communication and Media StudiesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 10 | $30,634 | $55,957 | $80,449 | $71,953 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | $25,500 | $45,612 | $68,677 | $76,194 |
| MarketingOnlineMaster's | Master's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Curriculum and InstructionBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | $26,000 | Withheld | $46,378 | $50,452 |
| Curriculum and InstructionMaster's | Master's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,399 |
| Non-Professional Legal StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $61,959 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Newton and Massachusetts on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Lasell University cost?
$27,511 a year is the average net price at Lasell University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $27,040, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $42,434. Families earning under $30,000 pay $18,334 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Lasell University?
81% of applicants are admitted to Lasell University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,100 and the middle ACT score is 27. The median admission rate of colleges in Massachusetts is 71%.
How much do Lasell University graduates earn?
$49,705 a year is the median pay of former Lasell University students who work, 10 years after they started ($45,468 after 6 years). That ranks 1,494 of 5,094 US colleges and 64 of 106 in Massachusetts. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Criminology (Master's) at $137,372.
How much student debt do Lasell University graduates have?
$26,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Lasell University graduates, about $276 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 72% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Lasell University?
59% of first-time, full-time students at Lasell University finish within 6 years. 70% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Lasell University?
Criminology (76 master's graduates), Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (40 bachelor's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (38 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 59 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.