Boston Duck Tours Celebrating 30th Anniversary with Discounted Tickets
Boston Duck Tours is celebrating its 30th anniversary by offering discounted tickets with a special promo code.
Per NBC 10 Boston, today (Sept. 30) through Friday (Oct. 4), tickets will be $30 when you use the promo code 30YEARS at checkout at BostonDuckTours.com.
Boston Duck Tours has grown significantly since launching on October 4, 1994. Per its website, the tour company began with 15 employees and four Duck boats. Now, the company boasts 200 employees and 28 Duck boats. In the past 30 years, Boston Duck Tours have quacked up many awards and accolades from the likes of TripAdvisor, Boston Parents Paper, the National Tour Association, Boston’s A-List, Flipkey, National Geographic, USA Today, AAA and more.
9 Massachusetts Colleges in Top 100 of U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings
Nine Massachusetts colleges have made the top 100 in the latest college ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
The following Massachusetts colleges made the top 100, and their rankings are:
-Massachusetts Institue of Technology (#2)
-Harvard University (#3)
-Boston College (#37 tie)
-Tufts University (#37 tie)
-Boston University (#41)
-Northeastern University (#54)
-University of Massachusetts–Amherst (#58)
-Brandeis University (#63)
-Worcester Polytechnic Institute (#86)
For those wondering who beat out MIT and Harvard to take the top spot in the ranking, it was Princeton University.
How Were These Colleges Ranked?
U.S. News and World Report offers a very detailed explanation about how they calculated their 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. In total, there are 17 ranking factors that determine the list. They are, along with the percentage of importance to their overall ranking:
-Graduation rates (16%)
-First-year retention rates (5%)
-Graduation rate performance (10%)
-Pell graduation rates (5.5%)
-Pell graduation performance (5.5%)
-College grads earning more than a high school grad (5%)
-Borrower debt (5%)
-Peer assessment (20%)
-Financial resources (8%)
-Faculty salaries (6%)
-Full-time faculty (2%)
-Student-faculty ratio (3%)
-Standardized tests (5%)
-Citations per publication (1.25%)
-Field-Weighted Citation Impact (1.25%)
-Publication share in the Top 5% of Journals by CiteScore (1%)
-Publication share in the Top 25% of Journals by CiteScore (0.5%)
What is the Tuition Per Year at These Massachusetts Colleges?
As one would expect, tuition per year at these nine prestigious universities is far from cheap. Here’s a breakdown of the tuition and fees associated with the Massachusetts colleges that made the top 100 of the latest college rankings from U.S. News and World Report:
-Massachusetts Institue of Technology ($62,396)
-Harvard University ($61,676)
-Boston College ($70,702)
-Tufts University ($70,704)
-Boston University ($68,102)
-Northeastern University ($66,162)
-University of Massachusetts–Amherst ($40,449 for out-of-state, $17,772 for in-state.)
-Brandeis University ($68,080)
-Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($60,765)
