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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a public institution located in North Adams, Massachusetts. North Adams is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

$28,992 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
91% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts?

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Contact details for MCLA are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247-4100
Phone: 413-662-5000
Website: www.mcla.edu

How Do I Get Into MCLA?

You can apply to MCLA online at: https://www.mcla.edu/admission-aid/undergraduate-admission/index.php

Admission Requirements for MCLA

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into MCLA?

91% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
MCLA has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Can I Afford Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts?

$28,992 Net Price
97% Take Out Loans
3.0% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of MCLA is $28,992. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At MCLA, approximately 97% of students took out student loans averaging $4,884 a year. That adds up to $19,536 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MCLA is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

759 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 870 undergraduate students at MCLA, with 759 being full-time and 111 being part-time.

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There are also 124 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 759 full-time undergraduates at MCLA, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 13
Black or African American 72
Hispanic or Latino 85
White 528
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 61

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 5 countries are represented at MCLA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Afghanistan, and Ghana.

Online Learning at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

40 Took All Classes Online
310 Took At Least One Class Online
1,503.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 310 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MCLA has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of MCLA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts was 1,503.0%. This is the #39 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MCLA regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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