There are 147 colleges in Massachusetts - 42 public and 105 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Massachusetts colleges is $13,268 for state residents and $42,747 for out-of-state students.

74 Massachusetts cities have at least one college and, of them, Boston has the most of 26 colleges. It has 21 four-year colleges and 3 community colleges with a total of 151,428 students. Worcester and Springfield also has a number of colleges of 11 and 5 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Massachusetts colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year 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.

147 Massachusetts Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Boston 262132 $43,708
($15,649)		 $35,943
($23,503)		 151,428 94,759 56,669 11 to 1
Worcester 11614 $50,591
($11,786)		 $28,758
($17,603)		 32,082 25,707 6,375 10 to 1
Springfield 541- $39,228 $21,389 14,137 11,209 2,928 13 to 1
Cambridge 55-- $53,458 $50,076 47,027 15,236 31,791 7 to 1
Fall River 3-12 - - 7,064 7,064 - 11 to 1
Newton 33-- $21,353 $28,813 2,798 1,405 1,393 14 to 1
Quincy 32-1 $19,431
($8,938)		 $10,410 3,126 3,089 37 12 to 1
Medford 3111 $70,704 $50,798 14,015 7,542 6,473 10 to 1
Amherst 33-- $56,608
($17,772)		 $35,726
($17,410)		 34,484 26,678 7,806 12 to 1
North Andover 31-2 $53,962 $36,800 6,410 4,650 1,760 14 to 1
Brockton 3-21 - - 5,720 5,720 - 6 to 1
Beverly 22-- $40,670 $15,534 4,621 3,421 1,200 11 to 1
Lowell 21-1 $36,264
($16,966)		 $29,118
($16,434)		 16,664 12,188 4,476 15 to 1
Pittsfield 2-11 - - 1,740 1,740 - 8 to 1
North Adams 21-1 $21,381
($12,436)		 $8,181
($8,181)		 937 835 102 7 to 1
Malden 2--2 - - 182 182 - 14 to 1
Northampton 22-- $65,178 $53,059 2,874 2,549 325 4 to 1
Haverhill 211- $14,160 $12,988 4,843 4,810 33 13 to 1
Franklin 21-1 $46,526 - 1,164 1,164 - 13 to 1
Weston 22-- $49,680 $22,955 2,559 987 1,572 5 to 1
Waltham 22-- $64,540 $53,537 10,538 8,158 2,380 11 to 1
Fitchburg 21-1 $17,426
($11,346)		 $6,246
($6,246)		 5,940 3,075 2,865 18 to 1
Milton 22-- $39,019 $17,514 2,524 2,338 186 11 to 1
Brookline 22-- $22,429 $23,069 443 86 357 4 to 1
Chicopee 21-1 $43,325 $17,670 1,268 1,002 266 6 to 1
Wellesley 22-- $62,164 $54,600 6,339 5,200 1,139 11 to 1
Holyoke 2-2- - - 4,200 4,200 - 8 to 1
Longmeadow 11-- $38,302 $15,162 2,605 1,177 1,428 8 to 1
New Bedford 1--1 - - 15 15 - 12 to 1
Williamstown 11-- $68,560 $68,620 2,164 2,115 49 6 to 1
Northfield 11-- $30,200 - - - - -
Woburn 1--1 - - 174 174 - 12 to 1
Salem 11-- $19,531
($12,338)		 $11,069
($9,360)		 6,230 4,867 1,363 12 to 1
Needham 11-- $63,742 - 405 405 - 9 to 1
Framingham 11-- $18,000
($11,920)		 $13,470
($10,965)		 4,002 2,782 1,220 12 to 1
Paxton 11-- $44,571 $10,782 1,202 916 286 12 to 1
Buzzards Bay 11-- $23,722
($11,420)		 $19,984
($19,984)		 1,488 1,402 86 13 to 1
North Dartmouth 11-- $32,567
($15,612)		 $30,589
($17,269)		 7,968 5,731 2,237 16 to 1
Plymouth 1--1 - - 233 233 - 17 to 1
Chestnut Hill 11-- $70,702 $37,520 15,432 10,314 5,118 10 to 1
South Hamilton 11-- $24,750 $25,665 1,352 - 1,352 -
Tyngsboro 1--1 - - 80 80 - 10 to 1
Bedford 1-1- - - 9,374 9,374 - 21 to 1
Taunton 1--1 - - 23 23 - 12 to 1
Upton 1--1 - - 42 42 - 10 to 1
Billerica 1--1 - - 37 37 - 8 to 1
Gardner 1-1- - - 3,694 3,694 - 16 to 1
Norton 11-- $63,960 - 1,785 1,785 - 11 to 1
Lunenburg 1--1 - - 39 39 - 7 to 1
West Barnstable 1-1- - - 3,260 3,260 - 12 to 1
Brighton 11-- $30,642 $23,321 86 23 63 4 to 1
Norwood 1-1- - - 185 185 - 15 to 1
Dudley 11-- $42,705 $1,200 1,392 1,163 229 15 to 1
Canton 1--1 - - 38 38 - 7 to 1
Oxford 1--1 - - 31 31 - 8 to 1
Wellesley Hills 1-1- - - 4,578 4,578 - 16 to 1
South Easton 1--1 - - 260 260 - 7 to 1
Westborough 1--1 - - 182 182 - 15 to 1
Wenham 11-- $30,700 $8,960 1,595 1,314 281 10 to 1
Danvers 1-1- - - 5,743 5,743 - 16 to 1
Bourne 1--1 - - 70 70 - 14 to 1
Marlborough 1--1 - - 47 47 - 10 to 1
Somerville 1--1 - - 27 27 - 24 to 1
Easton 11-- $56,370 $25,777 2,674 2,568 106 12 to 1
West Springfield 1--1 - - 21 21 - 10 to 1
Bridgewater 11-- $17,874
($11,734)		 $9,297
($9,297)		 9,727 8,270 1,457 17 to 1
Greenfield 1-1- - - 1,689 1,689 - 10 to 1
Tewksbury 1--1 - - 47 47 - 12 to 1
Concord 1-1- - - 241 241 - 20 to 1
South Hadley 11-- $67,018 $33,270 2,275 2,178 97 9 to 1
Westfield 11-- $18,259
($12,179)		 $8,676
($8,676)		 4,588 3,868 720 17 to 1
Charlton 1--1 - - 40 40 - 10 to 1
Roxbury Crossing 1-1- - - 2,044 2,044 - 14 to 1
Seekonk 1--1 - - 312 312 - 13 to 1