Westfield State University
Westfield, MA
Westfield State University is a public university in Westfield, Massachusetts, a suburb of a large city, with 3,615 undergraduates. Criminal justice and liberal arts are its signature fields: together they make up 26% of its bachelor's degrees, about seven times their share across the colleges we cover. 54% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $57,346 ten years after starting.
Westfield State University admitted 5,065 of 6,273 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (80.7%).
- Acceptance rate
- 80.7%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $12,179
- $18,259 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $16,721
- 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 Westfield State University is known for
Measured by the 1,015 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Criminal justice
14.1%
of its bachelor's degrees: about six times the 2.2% share across the colleges we cover.
Liberal arts
12.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: about eight times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections14314.1% of degrees$67,363+22% vs $55,378 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities12412.2% of degrees$51,730About the $53,072 national median
- Psychology848.3% of degrees$54,484+7% vs $50,706 nationally
- Business/Commerce828.1% of degrees$66,889About the $68,407 national median
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods787.7% of degrees$51,049+8% vs $47,382 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing616.0% of degrees$93,248+5% vs $88,910 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
Westfield, MA
Undergraduates
3,615
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
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 Westfield State University
Three things Westfield State University 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.
0% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Most of the enrolled class sent no SAT, so any score range would describe that share of it, not the class. Another 0% sent an ACT. Westfield State University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Westfield State University asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 1 prompt we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Families paid $16,721 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
80.7%
5,065 admitted of 6,273 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
0%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
0%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Westfield State University?
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 Westfield State University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $12,179 ($18,259 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $27,649. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $16,721 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$12,179
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$18,259
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$27,649
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$16,721
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $27,649 full cost.
- Under $30k$10,751Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$11,517Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$14,199Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$18,201Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$23,286Typical 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
54%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
74%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$57,346
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$22,457
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 Westfield State University 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
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
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Other colleges in Massachusetts
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Emmanuel College80.6%
- Lasell University82.3%
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell83%
- Western New England University83.3%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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