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Colleges and universities in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is home to 143 Title IV-eligible colleges and universities, enrolling about 485,926 students in total.

Of these, 43 are public and 100 private. The largest by enrollment include Boston, Northeastern, and UM. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 69% and the median average net price is $24,741.

Institutions
143
indexed
Combined enrollment
485,926
students
Median grad rate
69%
reporting
Median net price
$24,741
reporting
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How the 143 institutions in Massachusetts break down

Control and level come from IPEDS institutional characteristics. Pick a tile to see just that slice of the list.

By control
Public
43
30% of all
State and locally governed
Private
100
70% of all
76 nonprofit · 24 for-profit
By level
4-year
87
61% of all
Bachelor's and above
2-year
21
15% of all
Associate degrees
Less-than-2-year
33
23% of all
Certificate programs

2 institutions have no reported level in IPEDS; they stay in the full list but not in the level slices.

87 institutions4-year · of 143

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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

American International College

Springfield, Massachusetts

Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
99.6%
Enrollment
2,037
Net price
$23,274
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts

Grad rate
94%
Admit rate
9.0%
Enrollment
1,914
Net price
$23,367
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Anna Maria College

Paxton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
50.3%
Enrollment
1,202
Net price
$28,333
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Assumption University

Worcester, Massachusetts

Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
83.0%
Enrollment
2,037
Net price
$29,498
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Private (nonprofit)

Babson College

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Grad rate
93%
Admit rate
17.1%
Enrollment
3,932
Net price
$40,514
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Bard College at Simon's Rock

Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
95.9%
Enrollment
314
Net price
$31,625
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Grad rate
44%
Admit rate
85.2%
Enrollment
2,605
Net price
$14,271
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
744
Net price
$15,488
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts

Grad rate
87%
Admit rate
45.1%
Enrollment
5,333
Net price
$37,930
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
43.5%
Enrollment
8,369
Net price
$49,465
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Private (nonprofit)HSI

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
32%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
853
Net price
$25,865
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Private (nonprofit)

Boston Baptist College

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
14%
Admit rate
90.9%
Enrollment
43
Net price
$17,933
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Grad rate
91%
Admit rate
16.4%
Enrollment
15,432
Net price
$41,704
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Private (nonprofit)

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc

Brookline, Massachusetts

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
169
Net price
Grad-only
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
89%
Admit rate
11.1%
Enrollment
37,737
Net price
$24,402
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
40.5%
Enrollment
5,205
Net price
$35,736
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
87.8%
Enrollment
9,727
Net price
$16,383
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Cambridge College

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
11%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
1,835
Net price
$31,072
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R2 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
39.5%
Enrollment
3,925
Net price
$28,714
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

College of Our Lady of the Elms

Chicopee, Massachusetts

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
85.3%
Enrollment
1,268
Net price
$17,545
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, Massachusetts

Grad rate
87%
Admit rate
17.6%
Enrollment
3,126
Net price
$38,782
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Private (nonprofit)

Conway School of Landscape Design

Northampton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
17
Net price
Grad-only
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Curry College

Milton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
87.6%
Enrollment
1,994
Net price
$29,207
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Dean College

Franklin, Massachusetts

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
73.7%
Enrollment
1,092
Net price
$30,684
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Eastern Nazarene College

Quincy, Massachusetts

Grad rate
39%
Admit rate
59.0%
Enrollment
60
Net price
$25,381
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
51.3%
Enrollment
5,263
Net price
$49,180
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Emmanuel College

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
75.6%
Enrollment
1,983
Net price
$26,706
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Endicott College

Beverly, Massachusetts

Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
71.2%
Enrollment
4,394
Net price
$40,654
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Fisher College

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
28%
Admit rate
70.7%
Enrollment
1,652
Net price
$26,649
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
86.9%
Enrollment
5,892
Net price
$14,262
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic

Framingham State University

Framingham, Massachusetts

Grad rate
48%
Admit rate
83.6%
Enrollment
4,002
Net price
$16,114
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Private (nonprofit)

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham, Massachusetts

Grad rate
96%
Admit rate
25.2%
Enrollment
405
Net price
$25,171
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Gordon College

Wenham, Massachusetts

Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
69.2%
Enrollment
1,595
Net price
$24,883
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Private (nonprofit)

Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary

South Hamilton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
1,352
Net price
Grad-only
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Hampshire College

Amherst, Massachusetts

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
75.3%
Enrollment
844
Net price
$24,034
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Grad rate
98%
Admit rate
3.6%
Enrollment
30,259
Net price
$19,066
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Private (nonprofit)

Hebrew College

Newton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
163
Net price
Grad-only
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Brookline, Massachusetts

Grad rate
44%
Admit rate
79.6%
Enrollment
274
Net price
$25,203
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Private (nonprofit)

Hult International Business School

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
60.5%
Enrollment
2,008
Net price
$45,447
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Private (nonprofit)

Laboure College of Healthcare

Milton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
100%
Admit rate
50.0%
Enrollment
530
Net price
$36,863
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Lasell University

Newton, Massachusetts

Grad rate
59%
Admit rate
81.2%
Enrollment
1,668
Net price
$27,511
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Lesley University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
96.9%
Enrollment
2,557
Net price
$31,152
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Private (nonprofit)

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Grad rate
78%
Admit rate
84.4%
Enrollment
317
Net price
$38,530
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Public

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
76.3%
Enrollment
1,989
Net price
$24,100
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BaccalaureatePublic

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, Massachusetts

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
89.7%
Enrollment
896
Net price
$16,068
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)Land-grant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Grad rate
96%
Admit rate
4.5%
Enrollment
11,886
Net price
$20,111
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Grad rate
74%
Admit rate
94.7%
Enrollment
1,488
Net price
$21,582
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Private (nonprofit)

Massachusetts School of Law

Andover, Massachusetts

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
273
Net price
Grad-only
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Frequently asked questions

How many colleges and universities are in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has 143 Title IV-eligible institutions in this dataset, drawn from IPEDS and College Scorecard. Together they enroll about 485,926 students.
What are the largest universities in Massachusetts?
By total enrollment, the largest institutions in Massachusetts are Boston, Northeastern, UM, Harvard, and UM.
What is the average graduation rate and net price in Massachusetts?
The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 69%, and the median average net price is $24,741. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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