Assabet Valley
Regional Technical School
Public College in Marlborough, MA.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School admits 85% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 62 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 36% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is weak: only 33% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 48 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 48 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,449 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($29,482 versus $34,275), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,470 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 63% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 9 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $29,482 |
| $30–48k | $24,525 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $34,275 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 30 of these 48 students, totalling $207,511 — an average of $6,917 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Middlesex County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)