Stonehill College
Easton, MA
Stonehill College is a private, Catholic liberal arts college in Easton, Massachusetts, a suburb of a large city, with 2,528 undergraduates. Psychology and education are its signature fields: together they make up 24% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice their share across the colleges we cover. 76% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $77,745 ten years after starting.
Stonehill College admitted 5,743 of 7,915 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (72.6%).
- Acceptance rate
- 72.6%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $57,490
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $33,016
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Stonehill College is known for
Measured by the 646 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Psychology
14.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 7.2% share across the colleges we cover.
Education
9.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology9414.6% of degrees$63,957+26% vs $50,706 nationally
- Criminology558.5% of degrees$64,957+17% vs $55,556 nationally
- Finance and Financial Management Services457.0% of degrees$93,693+12% vs $83,343 nationally
- Marketing457.0% of degrees$76,511+10% vs $69,303 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods375.7% of degrees$49,884+5% vs $47,382 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations365.6% of degrees$79,796+17% vs $68,257 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Easton, MA
Undergraduates
2,528
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Baccalaureate college, arts and sciences focus
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
12 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Stonehill College
Three things Stonehill College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Stonehill College reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Stonehill College asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 2 prompts we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Families paid $33,016 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
72.6%
5,743 admitted of 7,915 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Stonehill College?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Stonehill College costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $57,490, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $72,714. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $33,016 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$57,490
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$72,714
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$33,016
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $72,714 full cost.
- Under $30k$23,605Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$25,053Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$26,357Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$31,059Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$37,147Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
76%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
84%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$77,745
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$25,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Stonehill College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: 2 are optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionNovember 1, 2026
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
- Early DecisionDecember 1, 2026
Verified July 16, 2026 · Source
- Early Action 2January 15, 2027
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
- Early Decision 2February 1, 2027
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
- Regular DecisionFebruary 15, 2027
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
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