Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Business Programs

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

Where Is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts?

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/MCLA/82654875561
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/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?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, MCLA is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 82% of students accepted to MCLA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 600.

MCLA received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 21.

Can I Afford Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts?

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 $4,936 a year. That adds up to $19,744 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MCLA is 3.4%. 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

There are 1,076 undergraduate students at MCLA, with 931 being full-time and 145 being part-time.

There are also 126 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 931 full-time undergraduates at MCLA, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	87
Hispanic or Latino	111
White	661
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

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

In 2019-2020, 957 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.

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 #55 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%.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	39	2	8	49
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	39	2	8	49

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.