The top city with the most 4-year colleges in Massachusetts is Boston, MA with a total of 28 colleges with 152,783 students enrolled. Boston is the largest city in terms of both the number of schools and total student population in Massachusetts.The largest college in Boston is Boston University with 37,737 students enrolled.
Other top cities in Massachusetts include
- Worcester, MA (11 colleges, 32,082 students). The most prominent college in Worcester is Worcester Polytechnic Institute with 7,584 students.
- Cambridge, MA (5 colleges, 47,027 students). The most prominent college in Cambridge is Harvard University with 30,259 students.
- Springfield, MA (5 colleges, 14,137 students). The largest college in Springfield is Missouri State University-Springfield with 24,360 students.
- Amherst, MA (3 colleges, 34,484 students). The biggest institution in Amherst is University of Massachusetts-Amherst with 31,726 students.
- Medford, MA (3 colleges, 14,015 students). The most prominent college in Medford is Tufts University with 13,599 students.
- Fall River, MA (3 colleges, 7,064 students). .
- North Andover, MA (3 colleges, 6,410 students). The top college in North Andover is Merrimack College with 5,862 students.
- Brockton, MA (3 colleges, 5,720 students). .
- Quincy, MA (3 colleges, 3,126 students). The top college in Quincy is Quincy College with 3,022 students.
Massachusetts Cities with Most Colleges
The following table lists cities with the most number of 4-year colleges in Massachusetts, including the total number of schools, total enrollment, undergraduate and graduate students
, along with the distribution of men and women students across institutions. Click on any city to explore detailed information about colleges in that area. Each page also includes information about community colleges and trade schoools in the metropolitan region and nearby cities.