List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts
There are 114 colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[1] These institutions include fourteen research universities, twenty-one master's universities, and thirty-four special-focus institutions. Eighty-five of Massachusetts' post-secondary institutions are private, of which five are for-profit. Thirty of the state's post-secondary institutions are public, a number which excludes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was founded by the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, but later became a private institution.[2][3][4]
Harvard University is the state's oldest post-secondary institution, having been founded in 1636.[5] Boston University is the state's largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrollment, having 32,603 students in the fall of 2013 while Conway School of Landscape Design is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 18.[6][7][8] The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the state's largest public university, with an enrollment of 28,518 students.[9] Massachusetts is also home to a number of internationally recognized universities, including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which are ranked among the top ten universities in the world.[10][11][12]
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the state's sole public land-grant university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Massachusetts system.[13] There are also eleven Catholic post-secondary institutions, including Boston College, College of the Holy Cross, and Stonehill College. There are also two Judaic post-secondary institutions in Massachusetts, including Brandeis University and Hebrew College. The state has four medical schools, Boston University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Tufts University School of Medicine. There are nine law schools, which are accredited by the American Bar Association, including Boston College Law School, Harvard Law School and the University of Massachusetts School of Law.[14] One hundred and seven of Massachusetts post-secondary institutions are officially recognized by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), while most are accredited by multiple higher education accreditation agencies.
Extant institutions[]
School | Location[note 1] | Control[1] | Type[1] | Enrollment[16] |
Founded | Accreditation[16] |
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American International College | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,177[17] | 1885[17] | AOTA, APTA, CCNE, NEASC[17] |
Amherst College | Amherst | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,817[18] | 1821[18] | NEASC[18] |
Anna Maria College | Paxton | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,455[19] | 1946[19] | NASM, NEASC, NLNAC[19] |
Assumption University | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,813[20] | 1904[20] | NEASC[20] |
Babson College | Wellesley | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 3,250[21] | 1919[21] | NEASC[21] |
Bard College at Simon's Rock | Great Barrington | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 354[22] | 1964[22] | NEASC[22] |
Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,370[23] | 1897[23] | AOTA, NEASC[23] |
Bay State College | Boston | For-profit | Associate's college | 1,721[24] | 1946[24] | ABHES, APTA, NEASC, NLNAC[24] |
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 475[25] | 1908[25] | NEASC[25] |
Bentley University | Waltham | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 5,647[26] | 1917[26] | NEASC[26] |
Berklee College of Music | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 4,255[27] | 1945[27] | NEASC[27] |
Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Public | Associate's college | 2,503[28] | 1960[28] | NEASC[28] |
Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary | Weston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 66[29] | 1964[29] | ATS[29] |
Boston Architectural College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 941[30] | 1889[30] | NEASC[30] |
Boston Baptist College | Milton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 89[31] | 1976[31] | NEASC[31] |
Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 14,605[32] | 1863[32] | AANA, ABA, APA, ATS, CNE, NCATE, NEASC, [32] |
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis | Brookline | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 165[33] | 1973[33] | NEASC[33] |
Boston University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 32,603[7] | 1869[7][34] | ABA, ADA, AOTA, APTA, APA, ASHA, ATS, CAHME, CELPA, CEPH, LCME, , NASM, NEASC[7] |
Brandeis University | Waltham | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 5,808[35] | 1948[35] | NEASC[35] |
Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public | Master's university | 11,417[36] | 1840[36] | NASAD, NASM, NCATE, NEASC[36] |
Bristol Community College | Fall River | Public | Associate's college | 9,022[37] | 1965[37] | ADA, AOTA, , NEASC, NLNAC[37] |
Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Public | Associate's college | 13,504[38] | 1973[38] | , NEASC, NLNAC[38] |
Cambridge College | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 3,378[39] | 1971[39] | NEASC[39] |
Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Public | Associate's college | 4,201[40] | 1961[40] | ADA, NEASC, NLNAC[40] |
Clark University | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 3,210[41] | 1887[41] | APA, NEASC[41] |
College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,926[42] | 1843[42] | , NEASC[42] |
Conway School of Landscape Design | Northampton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 18[8] | 1972[8] | NEASC[8] |
Curry College | Milton | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 3,097[43] | 1879[43] | CCNE, NEASC[43] |
Dean College | Franklin | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,322[44] | 1865[44] | NEASC[44] |
Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,459[45] | 1900[45] | NEASC[45] |
Elms College | Chicopee | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,576[46] | 1928[46] | CCNE, NEASC[46] |
Emerson College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 4,531[47] | 1880[47] | ASHA, NEASC,[47] |
Emmanuel College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,489[48] | 1919[48] | CCNE, NEASC[48] |
Endicott College | Beverly | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 4,408[49] | 1939[49] | NLNAC, NEASC[49] |
Fisher College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,037[50] | 1903[50] | NEASC[50] |
Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | Master's university | 6,889[51] | 1894[51] | CCNE, NCATE, NEASC[51] |
Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | Master's university | 6,506[52] | 1839[52] | , NEASC, NLNAC[52] |
Gordon College | Wenham | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,906[53] | 1889[53] | NEASC, NASM[53] |
Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary | South Hamilton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 2,033[54] | 1969[54] | , NEASC[54] |
Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | Associate's college | 2,437[55] | 1962[55] | , NEASC, NLNAC[55] |
Hampshire College | Amherst | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,461[56] | 1970[56] | NEASC[56] |
Harvard University | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 28,147[57] | 1636[57] | ABA, ADA, APA, , CEPH, LCME, NEASC[57] |
Hebrew College | Newton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 231[58] | 1921[58] | NEASC[58] |
Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 209[59] | 1937[59] | , NEASC[59] |
Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | Associate's college | 7,164[60] | 1946[60] | , NASM, NEASC, NLNAC[60] |
Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 2,648[61] | 1964[61] | NEASC[61] |
Labouré College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Associate's college | 727[62] | 1892[62] | |
Lasell University | Newton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,980[63] | 1851[63] | ACBSP, COSMA, NECHE,CAATE, MDOE, CAAHEP, Quinn Bill, NEASC[63] |
Lesley University | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 5,944[64] | 1909[64] | NEASC, [64] |
Longy School of Music of Bard College | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 224[65] | 1915[65] | NASM, NEASC[65] |
Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley | Public | Associate's college | 5,427[66] | 1961[66] | NEASC[66] |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | Public | Special-focus institution | 2,326[67] | 1873[67] | NASAD, NEASC[67] |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | Public | Baccalaureate college | 1,799[68] | 1894[68] | NEASC[68] |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 11,189[69] | 1861[69] | NEASC[69] |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Bourne | Public | Baccalaureate college | 1,135[70] | 1891[70] | NEASC[70] |
Massachusetts School of Law | Andover | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 580[71] | 1988[71] | NEASC[71] |
Massasoit Community College | Brockton | Public | Associate's college | 8,209[72] | 1966[72] | , NEASC, NLNAC[72] |
MCPHS University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 6,010[73] | 1823[73] | ACPE, ADA, CCNE, CEPH, , NEASC[73] |
Merrimack College | North Andover | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,694[74] | 1947[74] | NEASC[74] |
MGH Institute of Health Professions | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,036[75] | 1977[75] | NEASC[75] |
Middlesex Community College | Lowell, Bedford | Public | Associate's college | 9,664[76] | 1970[76] | , NEASC[76] |
Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 396[77] | 1970[77] | NASAD, NEASC[77] |
Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,347[78] | 1837[78] | NEASC[78] |
Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | Associate's college | 4,731[79] | 1963[79] | ADA, APTA, , NEASC, NLNAC[79] |
New England College of Optometry | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 502[80] | 1894[80] | AOA, NEASC[80] |
New England Conservatory of Music | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 813[81] | 1867[81] | NASM, NEASC[80] |
New England Law Boston | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 964[82] | 1938[82] | ABA[82] |
Nichols College | Dudley | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 1,459[83] | 1815[83] | NEASC[83] |
North Shore Community College | Danvers | Public | Associate's college | 7,750[84] | 1965[84] | AOTA, APTA, , NEASC, NLNAC[84] |
Northeastern University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 20,053[85] | 1898[85] | ABA, ACPE, APTA, APA, ASLHA, CCNE, , CEPH, NEASC[85] |
Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | Associate's college | 7,352[86] | 1972[86] | NEASC[86] |
Northpoint Bible College | Haverhill | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 472[87] | 1924[87] | ABHE[87] |
Olin College | Needham | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 355[88] | 1997[88] | NEASC[88] |
Quincy College | Quincy | Public | Associate's college | 4,576[89] | 1958[89] | NEASC, NLNAC[89] |
Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | Associate's college | 8,582[90] | 1963[90] | ADA, AOTA, , NEASC, NLNAC[90] |
Regis College | Weston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,069[91] | 1927[91] | NEASC, NLNAC[91] |
Roxbury Community College | Roxbury | Public | Associate's college | 2,437[92] | 1973[92] | , NEASC, NLNAC[92] |
Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 192[93] | 1884[93] | , NEASC[93] |
Salem State University | Salem | Public | Master's university | 10,085[94] | 1854[94] | AOTA, CCNE, , NASAD, NASM, , NCATE, NEASC, NLNAC[94] |
Simmons University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 4,655[95] | 1899[95] | AiDA, APTA, CAHME, CCNE, NEASC[95] |
Smith College | Northampton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 3,033[96] | 1875[96] | NEASC[96] |
Springfield College | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 5,018[97][98] | 1885[97] | AOTA, APTA, NEASC[97] |
Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | Associate's college | 6,792[99] | 1967[99] | ADA, AOTA, APTA, , , , NEASC, NLNAC[99] |
Stonehill College | Easton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,481[100] | 1948[100] | NEASC[100] |
Suffolk University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 8,675[101] | 1906[101] | ABA, APA, , NASAD, NEASC[101] |
Tufts University | Medford, Somerville | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 10,872[102] | 1852[102] | AOTA, AVMA, LCME, NEASC[102] |
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Public | Research university | 28,518[9] | 1863[9] | AiDA, APA, ASLHA, CCNE, CEPH, NASM, NCATE, NEASC[9] |
University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | Public | Research university | 16,277[103] | 1964[103] | APA, AAMFT, CCNE, NCATE, NEASC[103] |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Dartmouth | Public | Research university | 9,053[104] | 1962[104] | ABA, CCNE, NASAD, NEASC, NLNAC[104] |
University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell | Public | Research university | 18,338[105] | 1894[106] | APTA, CCNE, NASAD, NASM, NCATE, NEASC[106] |
University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | Public | Special-focus institution | 1,161[107] | 1962[107] | CCNE, , , LCME, NEASC[62][107] |
Urban College of Boston | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Associate's college | 762[108] | 1993[108] | NEASC[108] |
Wellesley College | Wellesley | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,474[109] | 1875[109] | NEASC[109] |
Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 4,179[110] | 1904[110] | NEASC[110] |
Western New England University | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 3,657[111] | 1919[111] | ABA, ACPE, NEASC[111] |
Westfield State University | Westfield | Public | Master's university | 6,371[112] | 1838[112] | CCNE, NASM, NCATE, NEASC[112] |
Wheaton College | Norton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,654[113] | 1834[113] | NEASC[113] |
William James College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 650[114] | 1974[114] | APA, NEASC[114] |
Williams College | Williamstown | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,150[115] | 1793[115] | NEASC[115] |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 6,296[116] | 1865[116] | NEASC[116] |
Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | Master's university | 6,447[117] | 1874[117] | AOTA, ASLHA, CCNE, NLNAC, NEASC, [117] |
Abbreviation | Accrediting agency |
---|---|
AAMFT | American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy |
AANA | American Association of Nurse Anesthetists |
ACPE | Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education |
ACCSC | Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges |
ABA | American Bar Association |
ABFSE | |
ABHE | Association for Biblical Higher Education |
ABHES | Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools |
ACPE | Association for Clinical Pastoral Education |
ADA | American Dental Association |
AiDA | American Dietetic Association |
AOTA | American Occupational Therapy Association |
AOA | American Optometric Association |
APTA | American Physical Therapy Association |
APA | American Psychological Association |
ASHA | American Speech–Language–Hearing Association |
ATS | Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada |
AVMA | American Veterinary Medical Association |
CADE | |
CANAEP | |
CAHME | Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education |
CCNE | Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education |
CELPA | Commission on English Language Program Accreditation |
CEPH | Council on Education for Public Health |
COMTA | |
CAATS | |
JRCEPTNMT | |
JRCERT | |
LCME | Liaison Committee on Medical Education |
MEAC | |
NASAD | National Association of Schools of Art and Design |
NASM | National Association of Schools of Music |
NAST | |
NCATE | National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education |
NEASC | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
NLNAC | National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission |
TEAC |
Defunct institutions[]
At least eighty-two colleges and universities have closed in Massachusetts, beginning with in 1859. Defunct institutes include multiple private institutions, and the public Hyannis State Teachers College. Many schools were also merged into modern public universities, which form the origins of the Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses of the University of Massachusetts system. Many of these were private institutions, which either merged with private institutions and ceased to grant degrees, or institutions like the Swedenborg School of Religion, which merged with the Pacific School of Religion upon its relocation to California. The was founded in Massachusetts but moved to Connecticut before it was merged into the Hartford Seminary. However, this excludes institutions which operated as part of for-profit corporations incorporated in other states, such as Empire Beauty Schools and the University of Phoenix, as they were not operated as separate college campuses and operated more as corporate entities.
School | Location | Control | Type | Founded | Closed | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andover Theological Seminary | Andover | Private | Special-focus institution | 1837 | 1965 | [118] | |
Andover | Private | Associate's college | — | 1979 | [119] | ||
Andover | Private | Associate's college | 1961 | — | [120] | ||
Andover Newton Theological Seminary | Newton | Private | Special-focus institution | 1965 | 2017 | Moved to New Haven as part of Yale Divinity School[121] | |
Aquinas College | Milton, Newton | Private | Associate's college | 1956 | 1999 | [119] | |
ArsDigita University | Cambridge | Private | Special-focus institution | 2000 | 2001 | [119] | |
Art Institute of Boston | Boston | Private | — | 1912 | 1998 | [119] | |
Atlantic Union College | South Lancaster | Private |
1922 | 2018 | [122] | ||
Becker College | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1784[123] | 2021[123] | APTA, NEASC, NLNAC[123] | |
Lenox | Private | Special-focus institution | 1897 | 1986 | [119] | ||
Berkshire Medical College | Pittsfield | Private | Special-focus institution | 1823 | — | [119] | |
Boston Business School | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1914 | 1984 | [119] | |
Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1848 | 1874 | Merged with Boston University[119] | ||
Boston State College | Boston | Public | Liberal arts college | 1872 | 1982 | [119] | |
Bouvé College | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1913 | 1977 | [124] | |
Bradford College | Haverhill | Private | Liberal arts college | 1803 | 2000 | [119] | |
Bradford Durfee College of Technology | Fall River | Private | Special-focus institution | 1899 | 1964 | [119] | |
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | — | 1975 | [119] | |
Lawrence | Private | Associate's college | 1972 | 1975 | [119] | ||
Burdett College | Worcester | Private | Baccalaureate college | — | 1999 | [119] | |
Bussey Institution | Jamaica Plain | Private | Baccalaureate college | 1883 | 1936 | [125] | |
Boston | Private | Liberal arts college | — | 1970 | [119] | ||
Cambridge | Private | Associate's college | 1934 | 1974 | [119] | ||
— | Private | Special-focus institution | 1923 | 1969 | [120] | ||
Cardinal Cushing College | Brookline | Private | Special-focus institution | 1952 | 1972 | [119] | |
Cardinal O'Connell Seminary | Jamaica Plain | Private | Special-focus institution | — | 1970 | [126] | |
Cape Cod Hospital School of Nursing | Hyannis | Private | Special-focus institution | 1940s | 1971 | [127] | |
Worcester | Private | Associate's college | 1905 | 1989 | [119] | ||
Chamberlayne Junior College | Boston | Private | Associate's college | — | 1988 | [120] | |
Boston | Private | — | — | — | [120] | ||
Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1882 | 1906 | [119] | ||
College of Saint Joseph | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | |
Boston | Private | — | — | — | [119] | ||
Boston | Private | — | — | — | [120] | ||
Crane Theological School | Medford | Private | — | 1869 | 1968 | [128] | |
Never opened | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Episcopal Divinity School | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 1975[129] | 2017 | Moved to New York as part of Union Theological Seminary[130] | |
Garland Junior College | Boston | Private | Associate's college | 1947 | 1976 | [119] | |
Grahm Junior College | Boston | Private | Associate's college | 1950 | 1979 | [119] | |
Hallmark Institute of Photography | Turners Falls | Private | Special-focus institution | 1975[131] | 2016 | [132] | |
Boston | Private | — | — | 1977 | [133] | ||
Holliston | Private | Associate's college | 1919 | 1986 | [119] | ||
Hyannis State Teachers College | Hyannis | Public | Special-focus institution | 1897 | 1944 | [119] | |
Ipswich Female Seminary | Ipswich | Private | Special-focus institution | 1828 | 1878 | [119] | |
New Bedford | Private | Special-focus institution | 1969 | 1999 | [120] | ||
— | Private | Special-focus institution | 1911 | 1969 | [120] | ||
Never opened | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Revere | Private | — | — | — | [119] | ||
Leicester | Private | Associate's college | 1784 | 1977 | Merged with Becker College[119] | ||
Lowell State College | Lowell | Public | Liberal arts college | 1894 | 1975 | [134] | |
Lowell Technological Institute | Lowell | Public | Special-focus institution | 1895 | 1975 | [134] | |
Marian Court College | Swampscott | Private not-for-profit | Associate's college | 1964 | 2015 | [120] | |
Framingham | Private | Special-focus institution | 1939 | — | [119] | ||
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1898 | 1944 | [119] | |
Middlesex University | Waltham | Private | Special-focus institution | 1914 | 1947 | [119] | |
Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1880 | — | [119] | ||
Newton | Private | — | 1959 | 1973 | [119] | ||
Mount Ida College | Newton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1899 | 2018 | Campus acquired by UMass-Amherst [119][135] | |
New Bedford Institute of Technology | New Bedford | Private | Special-focus institution | 1904 | 1953 | [119] | |
New England Female Medical College | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1848 | 1875 | [136] | |
Boston | Private | — | — | 1989 | [120] | ||
New England Institute of Art | Brookline | Private (for profit) | Special-focus institution | 1952 | 2015 | [119] | |
New England School of Photography | Boston | For-profit | Special-focus institution | 66[137] | 1968[137] | 2019 | align="center" [119] |
Newbury College | Brookline | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1962 | 2019 | ||
Newton College of the Sacred Heart | Newton Centre | Private | Liberal arts college | 1946 | 1975 | [119] | |
Newtonville | Private | Associate's college | 1946 | 1976 | [119] | ||
Newton Theological Institution | Newton Centre | Private | Special-focus institution | 1825 | 1965 | [119] | |
Northampton | Private | Associate's college | 1963 | 1973 | [119] | ||
Natick | Private | Special-focus institution | — | 1974 | [119] | ||
Oread Institute | Worcester | Private | Special-focus institution | 1849 | 1934 | [119] | |
Sharon | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Boston | Private | — | 1898 | 1974 | [119] | ||
Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1911[138] | 2020 | Merged with Boston College[139] | |
Queen of Apostles Seminary | Dedham | Private | Special-focus institution | 1946 | Late 1960s | ||
Radcliffe College | Cambridge | Private | Liberal arts college | 1879 | 1999 | [119] | |
Never opened | Private | — | — | — | [119] | ||
Revere | Private | Historically black? | active around 1890 | — | Changed name to the before it merged with another school to form Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.[140] | ||
Never opened | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Never opened | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Granby | Private | Special-focus institution | — | 2003 | [119] | ||
Never opened | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Never opened | Private | Special-focus institution | — | — | [119] | ||
Dover | Private | — | — | 1971 | [141] | ||
School for Christian Workers | Springfield | Private | Special-focus institution | 1885 | 1898 | [142] | |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1876 | 2016 | Merged with Tufts University[143] | |
Southern New England School of Law | Dartmouth | Private | Special-focus institution | 1981 | 2010 | [144] | |
Staley School of the Spoken Word | Brookline | Private | Special-focus institution | 1900 | 1957 | [119] | |
Brookline | Private | — | — | 1959 | [119] | ||
Stevens College | Hubbardston | Private | — | — | 1971 | [120] | |
Swain School of Design | New Bedford | Private | — | 1881 | 1988 | [145] | |
Swedenborg School of Religion | Newton | Private | Special-focus institution | 1866 | 2001 | [146] | |
Vesper George School of Art | Boston | Private | Liberal arts college | — | 1983 | [147] | |
Wang Institute of Graduate Studies | Tyngsborough | Private | Special-focus institution | 1979 | 1988 | [119] | |
Wheelock College | Boston | Private | Liberal Arts College | 1888 | 2018 | Merged into Boston University[148] | |
Winter Hill Business College | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1903 | — | Became Fisher College[119] | |
Worcester Junior College | Worcester | Private | Associate's college | 1905 | 1989 | [119] | |
Worcester | Private | Special-focus institution | 1846 | 1859 | [119] | ||
Worcester | Private | Special-focus institution | — | 1997 | [120] |
Forbes National Rankings[]
The Forbes National Colleges Ranking is a ranking system for the best four-year colleges in the United States.[149] These colleges are ranked for their alumni salary, debt, return on investment, graduation rate, membership in Forbes honors lists such as Forbes 30 Under 30, student retention, and academic achievement.[150] As of 2021, Forbes recognizes the University of Massachusetts Amherst as the flagship public university and Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the flagship private university in Massachusetts.
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See also[]
- List of engineering schools in Massachusetts
- List of law schools in Massachusetts
- List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston
- Colleges of Worcester Consortium
- Higher education in the United States
- Lists of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
Notes[]
- ^ Based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
References[]
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