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Colleges in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 102 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 30 public, 71 private nonprofit and 1 for-profit. Together they enroll about 307,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with 23,671. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
American International CollegeSpringfield · Private nonprofit
$24,178100%38%1,017
Amherst CollegeAmherst · Private nonprofit
$19,5369%93%1,911
Anna Maria CollegePaxton · Private nonprofit
$26,30950%46%906
Assumption UniversityWorcester · Private nonprofit
$28,78883%73%1,669
Babson CollegeWellesley · Private nonprofit
$34,09617%92%2,728
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow · Private nonprofit
$16,39085%42%1,108
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston · Private nonprofit
$18,833Not reported31%483
Bentley UniversityWaltham · Private nonprofit
$38,96945%88%4,474
Berklee College of MusicBoston · Private nonprofit
$47,58744%73%7,468
Berkshire Community CollegePittsfield · Public
$8,257Not reportedNot reported1,358
Boston Architectural CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
$30,907Not reported37%280
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
$16,12591%64%19
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill · Private nonprofit
$38,93016%90%10,085
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncBrookline · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Boston UniversityBoston · Private nonprofit
$36,50311%90%18,248
Brandeis UniversityWaltham · Private nonprofit
$30,60641%81%3,618
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater · Public
$18,06188%52%7,829
Bristol Community CollegeFall River · Public
$10,095Not reportedNot reported6,083
Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston · Public
$5,976Not reportedNot reported8,612
Cambridge CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
$31,462Not reported100%532
Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable · Public
$7,964Not reportedNot reported2,911
Clark UniversityWorcester · Private nonprofit
$29,44640%77%2,214
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee · Private nonprofit
$16,23785%63%949
College of the Holy CrossWorcester · Private nonprofit
$38,82918%86%3,106
Conway School of Landscape DesignNorthampton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Curry CollegeMilton · Private nonprofit
$30,15588%50%1,780
Dean CollegeFranklin · Private nonprofit
$32,62974%53%1,089
Emerson CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
$49,21551%80%3,870
Emmanuel CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
$27,19676%64%1,854
Endicott CollegeBeverly · Private nonprofit
$39,21971%74%3,125
FINE Mortuary CollegeNorwood · Private for-profit
$27,510Not reportedNot reported185
Fisher CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
$22,04271%40%1,167
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg · Public
$13,80387%53%2,752
Framingham State UniversityFramingham · Public
$15,95184%46%2,566
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham · Private nonprofit
$17,05725%96%377
Gordon CollegeWenham · Private nonprofit
$25,22769%71%1,278
Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminarySouth Hamilton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield · Public
$7,949Not reportedNot reported1,395
Hampshire CollegeAmherst · Private nonprofit
$23,03075%58%839
Harvard UniversityCambridge · Private nonprofit
$19,1484%97%7,601
Hebrew CollegeNewton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported0
Hellenic College, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline · Private nonprofit
$19,82180%38%64
Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke · Public
$6,427Not reportedNot reported3,591
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge · Private nonprofit
$47,73360%60%618
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton · Private nonprofit
Not reported50%Not reported525
Lasell UniversityNewton · Private nonprofit
$26,34181%64%1,226
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of NursingMedford · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported174
Lesley UniversityCambridge · Private nonprofit
$31,77797%42%1,122
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge · Private nonprofit
Not reported53%56%10
Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills · Public
$1,756Not reportedNot reported3,837
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston · Public
$26,39776%59%1,831
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams · Public
$11,40290%47%713
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston · Private nonprofit
$43,89185%61%3,451
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge · Private nonprofit
$14,8155%96%4,535
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay · Public
$23,75995%73%1,395
Massachusetts School of LawAndover · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton · Public
$6,492Not reportedNot reported4,235
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover · Private nonprofit
$39,21970%69%3,916
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported164
Middlesex Community CollegeBedford · Public
$3,970Not reportedNot reported5,412
Montserrat College of ArtBeverly · Private nonprofit
$35,385Not reported63%226
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley · Private nonprofit
$30,86136%82%2,169
Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner · Public
$4,452Not reportedNot reported3,059
New England College of OptometryBoston · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
New England Law-BostonBoston · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Nichols CollegeDudley · Private nonprofit
$31,98381%54%1,163
North Shore Community CollegeDanvers · Public
$5,287Not reportedNot reported4,393
Northeastern UniversityBoston · Private nonprofit
$29,0605%91%17,326
Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston · Private nonprofit
Not reported7%Not reported1,802
Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill · Public
$6,427Not reportedNot reported3,685
Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill · Private nonprofit
$20,550Not reported17%86
Quincy CollegeQuincy · Public
$16,530Not reported17%2,300
Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester · Public
$6,588Not reportedNot reported6,447
Regis CollegeWeston · Private nonprofit
$25,50670%71%956
Roxbury Community CollegeRoxbury Crossing · Public
$12,552Not reportedNot reported1,977
Saint John's SeminaryBrighton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported7
Salem State UniversitySalem · Public
$12,92196%49%4,291
Sattler CollegeBoston · Private nonprofit
Not reported69%68%57
Simmons UniversityBoston · Private nonprofit
$23,44470%77%1,670
Smith CollegeNorthampton · Private nonprofit
$25,51921%86%2,544
Springfield CollegeSpringfield · Private nonprofit
$28,05372%71%1,751
Springfield College, Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield · Private nonprofit
Not reported72%Not reported176
Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield · Public
$2,020Not reportedNot reported4,759
Stonehill CollegeEaston · Private nonprofit
$36,08266%74%2,528
Suffolk UniversityBoston · Private nonprofit
$40,00882%59%4,268
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston · Private nonprofit
$50,84041%74%393
Tufts UniversityMedford · Private nonprofit
$38,79711%94%7,061
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolWorcester · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
University of Massachusetts, AmherstAmherst · Public
$22,85760%81%23,671
University of Massachusetts, BostonBoston · Public
$22,54884%51%11,512
University of Massachusetts, DartmouthNorth Dartmouth · Public
$20,31991%49%5,221
University of Massachusetts, LowellLowell · Public
$17,36283%69%11,434
Urban College of BostonBoston · Private nonprofit
$12,358Not reportedNot reported438
Wellesley CollegeWellesley · Private nonprofit
$23,99514%91%2,300
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston · Private nonprofit
$30,13491%63%3,747
Western New England UniversitySpringfield · Private nonprofit
$27,07783%64%2,603
Westfield State UniversityWestfield · Public
$16,48481%49%3,615
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton · Private nonprofit
$31,14768%72%1,773
William James CollegeNewton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported39
Williams CollegeWilliamstown · Private nonprofit
$15,1578%95%2,076
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester · Private nonprofit
$43,88560%90%5,447
Worcester State UniversityWorcester · Public
$13,86688%57%3,930

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.