In Massachusetts, 33,664 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 5,420 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Harvard University has the most online students of 6,923 out of 30,631 total students (22.60%) among 37 Massachusetts colleges that offer online programs.

Boston University with 4,044 online students and Northeastern University Professional Programs with 3,037 online students are following it in The largest online Massachusetts Private Colleges ranking.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of The Largest Online Massachusetts Private Colleges

Harvard University has the most online students with 6,923 students and Boston University has the second highest online population with 4,044 students.

Harvard University stay at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Boston University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $49,515 and graduate tuition & fees is $33,498 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 53.45% and the average SAT score is 1,324 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 74.44% and the students to faculty ratio is 11 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 The Largest Online Massachusetts Private Colleges.

Table. The Largest Online Massachusetts Private Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 6,923
3,572		30,6319,36821,26314,20716,424$59,076
2
-		Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 4,044
12		36,71418,45918,25515,64621,068$65,168
3
-		Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 3,037
977		8,2643,2245,0403,2495,015$48,899
4
-		Simmons University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 2,864
125		5,7101,7883,9224405,270$45,538
5
-		Regis College Weston, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,973
103		3,2301,1212,1094382,792$47,770
6
-		Berklee College of Music Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,854
139		8,2827,4997834,6933,589$50,270
7
-		Bay Path University Longmeadow, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,664
38		2,4651,3151,1501212,344$37,227
8
-		MCPHS University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,317
191		6,8243,5223,3021,6545,170$38,850
9
-		Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,058
228		30,01316,30213,71114,26615,747$63,141
10
2		Endicott College Beverly, MAPrivate, 4-year 891
6		4,0063,0629441,3512,655$39,212
Average2,56313,6146,5667,0485,6078,007$49,515