How Student Population Changes over Past 5 Years for Massachusetts Colleges

For the academic year 2024-2025, the total student population of Massachusetts Colleges is 5,157.The overall number of students in Massachusetts Colleges increased by 0.18%.

Compared to 5 years ago, the total number of students at Massachusetts Colleges has increased by 0.16% from 5,148 to 5,157 students. Of the 78 Massachusetts Colleges, 37 schools had an increase in the number of students compared to 5 years ago, and 38 schools had a decrease in the number of students.

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Enrollment Changes from 2020 to 2025 at Massachusetts Colleges
School Name	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	5-Year Changes
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA	1,814	2,214 400	2,176 38	2,003 173	2,008 5	194
American International CollegeSpringfield, MA	2,612	2,244 368	2,010 234	2,142 132	2,037 105	575
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA	1,745	1,971 226	1,898 73	1,910 12	1,914 4	169
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA	1,492	1,521 29	1,436 85	1,332 104	1,202 130	290
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA	2,448	2,284 164	2,059 225	2,046 13	2,037 9	411
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA	3,340	3,684 344	3,989 305	3,943 46	3,932 11	592
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA	60	42 18	43 1	33 10	43 10	17
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA	3,224	2,745 479	2,465 280	2,643 178	2,605 38	619
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA	5,177	5,158 19	5,165 7	5,264 99	5,333 69	156
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA	6,631	7,943 1,312	8,282 339	8,448 166	8,369 79	1,738
Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA	742	728 14	747 19	787 40	853 66	111
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA	14,934	15,577 643	15,287 290	15,280 7	15,432 152	498
Boston UniversityBoston, MA	32,718	36,104 3,386	36,714 610	36,624 90	37,737 1,113	5,019
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA	5,440	5,558 118	5,581 23	5,302 279	5,205 97	235
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA	10,651	9,942 709	9,604 338	9,550 54	9,727 177	924
Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA	2,764	2,451 313	2,135 316	1,952 183	1,835 117	929
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA	1,188	1,038 150	983 55	717 266	530 187	658
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA	3,405	3,350 55	3,770 420	4,124 354	3,925 199	520
Curry CollegeMilton, MA	2,410	2,242 168	2,052 190	1,994 58	1,994	416
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA	1,180	1,206 26	1,189 17	1,151 38	1,092 59	88
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA	699	647 52	535 112	458 77	60 398	639
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA	5,115	5,900 785	5,891 9	5,670 221	5,263 407	148
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA	1,946	1,950 4	2,012 62	2,059 47	1,983 76	37
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA	4,287	3,982 305	4,006 24	4,254 248	4,394 140	107
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA	1,419	1,367 52	1,421 54	1,501 80	1,652 151	233
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA	6,728	6,674 54	6,554 120	6,296 258	5,892 404	836
Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA	4,876	4,495 381	4,111 384	4,028 83	4,002 26	874
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA	463	476 13	513 37	592 79	744 152	281
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA	1,816	1,804 12	1,628 176	1,610 18	1,595 15	221
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA	522	472 50	508 36	717 209	844 127	322
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA	30,391	31,345 954	30,631 714	30,386 245	30,259 127	132
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA	126	118 8	131 13	199 68	274 75	148
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA	2,970	3,029 59	3,083 54	3,035 48	3,126 91	156
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA	1,951	1,695 256	1,591 104	1,527 64	1,668 141	283
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA	4,200	4,010 190	3,406 604	3,134 272	2,557 577	1,643
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA	202	277 75	315 38	318 3	317 1	115
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA	18,150	17,597 553	17,153 444	16,770 383	16,598 172	1,552
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA	31,642	32,045 403	32,229 184	31,810 419	31,726 84	84
University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA	16,259	15,637 622	15,586 51	15,810 224	15,575 235	684
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, MA	7,501	7,304 197	6,824 480	6,321 503	5,945 376	1,556
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA	1,894	1,907 13	1,939 32	1,986 47	1,989 3	95
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA	-	-	-	-	-	-
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA	1,637	1,538 99	1,425 113	1,362 63	1,488 126	149
William James CollegeNewton, MA	805	854 49	897 43	951 54	967 16	162
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA	5,418	5,452 34	5,505 53	5,688 183	5,862 174	444
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA	1,269	1,339 70	1,353 14	1,484 131	1,672 188	403
Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA	362	341 21	296 45	276 20	227 49	135
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA	2,040	2,342 302	2,392 50	2,330 62	2,275 55	235
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA	701	827 126	796 31	784 12	853 69	152
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA	1,518	1,434 84	1,403 31	1,354 49	1,392 38	126
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA	1,202	994 208	938 56	933 5	896 37	306
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA	22,905	28,167 5,262	30,013 1,846	31,159 1,146	32,553 1,394	9,648
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA	1,355	1,379 24	1,275 104	1,332 57	1,268 64	87
Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA	3,154	2,722 432	2,602 120	2,603 1	3,022 419	132
Regis CollegeWeston, MA	3,460	3,599 139	3,230 369	2,842 388	2,517 325	943
Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA	105	96 9	103 7	120 17	86 34	19
Salem State UniversitySalem, MA	7,242	7,131 111	6,539 592	6,239 300	6,230 9	1,012
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA	6,263	5,984 279	5,710 274	5,053 657	4,666 387	1,597
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA	2,504	2,924 420	2,873 51	2,830 43	2,857 27	353
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA	3,068	2,965 103	2,921 44	2,785 136	2,599 186	469
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA	7,869	7,717 152	7,457 260	7,759 302	7,968 209	99
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA	2,504	2,479 25	2,543 64	2,584 41	2,674 90	170
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA	6,830	6,647 183	6,734 87	6,697 37	6,356 341	474
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA	12,219	13,293 1,074	13,431 138	13,274 157	13,599 325	1,380
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA	2,280	2,461 181	2,447 14	2,418 29	2,407 11	127
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA	4,389	4,163 226	3,920 243	4,018 98	4,191 173	198
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA	3,673	3,635 38	3,430 205	3,574 144	3,674 100	1
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA	5,395	5,013 382	4,702 311	4,555 147	4,588 33	807
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA	1,670	1,701 31	1,667 34	1,778 111	1,785 7	115
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA	1,987	2,224 237	2,222 2	2,168 54	2,164 4	177
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA	6,920	7,230 310	7,308 78	7,353 45	7,584 231	664
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA	5,724	5,417 307	5,311 106	5,611 300	5,745 134	21
Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA	294	250 44	225 25	128 97	122 6	172
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA	310	382 72	386 4	402 16	405 3	95
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA	609	529 80	461 68	421 40	380 41	229
Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA	11,310	10,918 392	8,264 2,654	7,471 793	7,411 60	3,899
Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sattler CollegeBoston, MA	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	5,148	5,265 117	5,179 86	5,147 32	5,157 9	8