This is the hardest college to get into in Massachusetts

One institute of higher education in Massachusetts has been named the most competitive to get into in the state.

In an area dominated by colleges and universities, competition to be accepted to prestigious schools is high — but one came out on top.

A ranking by 24/7 Wall St . identified the colleges that are the hardest to get into in each state based on admissions rates and median SAT scores, using data from the National Center for Education Statistics .

Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge was named the hardest college to get into in the Bay State. The website noted the school has a 4% acceptance rate, with a median SAT score of 760 in reading and writing, and 800 in math.

MIT has 4,629 undergraduate students, with a graduation rate of 96%, the website said.

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