Massachusetts Colleges Statistics by City
The following table shows the Massachusetts colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-years colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.
| City | Number of Schools | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Population | Students to Faculty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Four-year Colleges | Community Colleges | Career Schools | Total | Under. | Graduate | ||||
| Boston | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | $43,741 ($15,228) |
$35,351 ($22,346) |
150,218 | 92,296 | 57,922 | 10 to 1 |
| Worcester | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | $48,372 ($11,286) |
$27,813 ($16,897) |
29,666 | 23,683 | 5,983 | 10 to 1 |
| Cambridge | 5 | 5 | - | - | $51,970 | $48,674 | 48,386 | 16,301 | 32,085 | 7 to 1 |
| Springfield | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | $38,065 | $21,261 | 12,767 | 9,832 | 2,935 | 11 to 1 |
| Quincy | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | $18,073 ($7,344) |
$11,373 | 3,191 | 3,065 | 126 | 15 to 1 |
| Amherst | 3 | 3 | - | - | $54,401 ($17,357) |
$34,720 ($17,009) |
34,635 | 26,797 | 7,838 | 12 to 1 |
| Brockton | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4,960 | 4,960 | - | 8 to 1 |
| Medford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $67,844 | $49,476 | 13,898 | 7,282 | 6,616 | 10 to 1 |
| North Andover | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | $51,786 | $35,500 | 6,316 | 5,040 | 1,276 | 14 to 1 |
| Fall River | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5,898 | 5,898 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Newton | 2 | 2 | - | - | $18,328 | $25,041 | 2,488 | 1,287 | 1,201 | 8 to 1 |
| Waltham | 2 | 2 | - | - | $61,548 | $53,149 | 10,746 | 7,818 | 2,928 | 11 to 1 |
| Fitchburg | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $17,126 ($11,046) |
$6,246 ($6,246) |
6,595 | 3,209 | 3,386 | 13 to 1 |
| Milton | 2 | 2 | - | - | $39,942 | $17,514 | 3,035 | 2,816 | 219 | 10 to 1 |
| Lowell | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $35,396 ($16,570) |
$28,426 ($16,050) |
17,218 | 12,454 | 4,764 | 15 to 1 |
| Brookline | 2 | 2 | - | - | $21,997 | $22,248 | 286 | 39 | 247 | 4 to 1 |
| North Adams | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $20,559 ($11,884) |
$7,853 ($7,638) |
978 | 878 | 100 | 8 to 1 |
| Haverhill | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $14,160 | $12,988 | 4,564 | 4,521 | 43 | 14 to 1 |
| Malden | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 204 | 204 | - | 14 to 1 |
| Wellesley | 2 | 2 | - | - | $60,176 | $54,600 | 6,436 | 5,208 | 1,228 | 12 to 1 |
| Holyoke | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3,550 | 3,550 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Weston | 2 | 2 | - | - | $47,770 | $25,844 | 3,277 | 1,121 | 2,156 | 5 to 1 |
| Beverly | 2 | 2 | - | - | $39,106 | $13,370 | 4,302 | 3,358 | 944 | 12 to 1 |
| Woburn | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 311 | 311 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Pittsfield | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1,539 | 1,539 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Northampton | 2 | 2 | - | - | $61,568 | $50,129 | 2,891 | 2,523 | 368 | 4 to 1 |
| Franklin | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $44,960 | - | 1,245 | 1,245 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Chicopee | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $42,061 | $17,670 | 1,275 | 980 | 295 | 5 to 1 |
| South Hadley | 1 | 1 | - | - | $64,142 | $32,710 | 2,392 | 2,193 | 199 | 9 to 1 |
| Taunton | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 12 to 1 |
| West Springfield | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 52 | 52 | - | 12 to 1 |
| West Barnstable | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2,336 | 2,336 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Roxbury Crossing | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1,214 | 1,214 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Tewksbury | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 39 | 39 | - | 12 to 1 |
| New Bedford | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Norton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $62,080 | - | 1,667 | 1,667 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Charlton | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 43 | 43 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Salem | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,961 ($11,978) |
$10,747 ($9,088) |
6,539 | 5,078 | 1,461 | 12 to 1 |
| Seekonk | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 292 | 292 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Wenham | 1 | 1 | - | - | $28,100 | $8,113 | 1,628 | 1,294 | 334 | 14 to 1 |
| Canton | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 22 | 22 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Lawrence | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marlborough | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 54 | 54 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Somerville | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 399 | 399 | - | 28 to 1 |
| Buzzards Bay | 1 | 1 | - | - | $23,910 ($10,816) |
$19,984 ($19,984) |
1,425 | 1,326 | 99 | 12 to 1 |
| South Easton | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 128 | 128 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Needham | 1 | 1 | - | - | $64,458 | - | 386 | 386 | - | 8 to 1 |
| Bridgewater | 1 | 1 | - | - | $17,529 ($11,389) |
$9,041 ($8,793) |
9,604 | 8,116 | 1,488 | 17 to 1 |
| Greenfield | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1,419 | 1,419 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Oxford | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 42 | 42 | - | 8 to 1 |
| Concord | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 202 | 202 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Bedford | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7,770 | 7,770 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Easton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $54,500 | $33,116 | 2,543 | 2,500 | 43 | 12 to 1 |
| Plymouth | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 213 | 213 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Tyngsboro | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 80 | 80 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Longmeadow | 1 | 1 | - | - | $37,227 | $19,235 | 2,465 | 1,315 | 1,150 | 11 to 1 |
| Gardner | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2,868 | 2,868 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Westfield | 1 | 1 | - | - | $17,962 ($11,882) |
$8,262 ($6,475) |
4,702 | 3,943 | 759 | 14 to 1 |
| Upton | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 46 | 46 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Brighton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $29,463 | $22,731 | 103 | 29 | 74 | 6 to 1 |
| Billerica | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 37 | 37 | - | 6 to 1 |
| Framingham | 1 | 1 | - | - | $17,710 ($11,630) |
$13,325 ($10,820) |
4,111 | 2,970 | 1,141 | 11 to 1 |
| Dudley | 1 | 1 | - | - | $40,375 | $1,165 | 1,403 | 1,164 | 239 | 16 to 1 |
| Williamstown | 1 | 1 | - | - | $64,860 | $64,540 | 2,222 | 2,169 | 53 | 6 to 1 |
| Lunenburg | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 26 | 26 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Paxton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $43,064 | $12,203 | 1,436 | 1,069 | 367 | 12 to 1 |
| Wellesley Hills | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3,497 | 3,497 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Great Barrington | 1 | 1 | - | - | $66,594 | - | 298 | 298 | - | 6 to 1 |
| Norwood | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 118 | 118 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Chestnut Hill | 1 | 1 | - | - | $67,680 | $35,900 | 15,287 | 9,982 | 5,305 | 12 to 1 |
| South Hamilton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $24,000 | $23,895 | 1,334 | - | 1,334 | - |
| Danvers | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4,391 | 4,391 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Andover | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | $23,850 | 295 | - | 295 | - |
| Northfield | 1 | 1 | - | - | $28,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Dartmouth | 1 | 1 | - | - | $31,750 ($15,208) |
$30,253 ($17,065) |
7,457 | 5,517 | 1,940 | 15 to 1 |
| Westborough | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 163 | 163 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Newton Centre | 1 | 1 | - | - | $30,000 | $33,060 | 212 | 123 | 89 | 30 to 1 |
| Bourne | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 63 | 63 | - | 13 to 1 |
