Total 484,623 Students Enrolled in Massachusetts Colleges

484,623

Total

402,446

4-Year Colleges

78,424

Community Colleges

3,753

Trade Schools

A total of 484,623 students are enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

  • Student Level: There are 338,398 undergraduate and 146,225 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 69.83% and the proportion of graduate students is 30.17%.
  • Institution Level: 402,446 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 78,424 students enrolled in community colleges, and 3,753 students enrolled in trade schools.

Massachusetts 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 85 Massachusetts 4-year colleges, there are 402,446 students enrolled.

  • Institution Control: 116,935 (29.06%) students in public and 285,511 (70.94%) in private 4-year colleges.
  • Student Level: 256,221 (63.67%) undergraduate and 146,225 (36.33%) graduate students in Massachusetts public 4-year colleges.
  • Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Massachusetts 4-year colleges, 56.44% are women (227,157) and 43.56% are men (175,289). This yields a ratio of approximately 77 male students for every 100 female students.
  • Online Enrollment: 15,105 (3.75%) undergraduate and 43,010 (10.69%) graduate students are enrolled online in Massachusetts 4-year colleges.
  • Largest and Smallest: For Massachusetts colleges, Boston University has the most number of students of 37,737 among 4-year colleges. For Massachusetts community colleges, Bunker Hill Community College has the most students of 9,876 and New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts is the largest trade school with 430.

Student Population By School Level for Massachusetts Colleges

By attending status, there are 340,039 full-time students and 144,169 part-time students at Massachusetts colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Massachusetts colleges. A total of 484,623 students have enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Massachusetts Colleges
SchoolTotalUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Hult International Business SchoolPrivate, 4-year2,008618618-1,390808582
American International CollegePrivate, 4-year2,0371,20797822983074585
Amherst CollegePrivate, 4-year1,9141,9141,914----
Anna Maria CollegePrivate, 4-year1,20291678213428698188
Assabet Valley Regional Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year474747----
Assumption UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,0371,7131,66053324150174
Babson CollegePrivate, 4-year3,9322,7932,734591,139630509
Bancroft School of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year6464-64---
Boston Baptist CollegePrivate, 4-year43431132---
Bay Path UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,6051,1778193581,4281,075353
Bentley UniversityPrivate, 4-year5,3334,5264,48046807312495
Berklee College of MusicPrivate, 4-year8,3697,5495,9981,551820613207
Berkshire Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,6941,6943561,338---
Empire Beauty School-BostonPrivate, Less than 2-year6666-----
Boston Architectural CollegePrivate, 4-year853320171149533406127
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncPrivate, 4-year169---16950119
Boston CollegePrivate, 4-year15,43210,3149,9793355,1183,7131,405
Boston UniversityPrivate, 4-year37,73718,80518,28552018,93210,9747,958
Brandeis UniversityPrivate, 4-year5,2053,6323,615171,5731,163410
Bridgewater State UniversityPublic, 4-year9,7278,2706,6671,6031,457463994
Bristol Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,9506,9502,0414,909---
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year1461469254---
Bunker Hill Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year9,8769,8763,7286,148---
Cambridge CollegePrivate, 4-year1,8356461135331,189383806
Cape Cod Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,2603,2607142,546---
Catherine Hinds Institute of EstheticsPrivate, Less than 2-year1741747698---
Laboure College of HealthcarePrivate, 4-year53053042488---
Clark UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,9252,2662,203631,6591,356303
Conway School of Landscape DesignPrivate, 4-year17---1717-
Curry CollegePrivate, 4-year1,9941,8081,69811018684102
Lincoln Technical Institute-SomervillePrivate, Less than 2-year2727-----
Dean CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0921,0921,05735---
Diman Regional Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year1717-17---
National Aviation Academy of New EnglandPrivate, 2-4 year241241241----
Eastern Nazarene CollegePrivate, 4-year60231763737-
Emerson CollegePrivate, 4-year5,2633,9083,839691,355940415
Emmanuel CollegePrivate, 4-year1,9831,9091,82584742648
Endicott CollegePrivate, 4-year4,3943,1943,0481461,200366834
Rob Roy Academy-Fall RiverPrivate, Less than 2-year97978215---
Fisher CollegePrivate, 4-year1,6521,5366149221162492
Fitchburg State UniversityPublic, 4-year5,8923,0272,2557722,8654972,368
Framingham State UniversityPublic, 4-year4,0022,7822,3814011,220781,142
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year744744346398---
Gordon CollegePrivate, 4-year1,5951,3141,2555928162219
Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year1,352---1,3522661,086
Greenfield Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,6891,6893851,304---
Hampshire CollegePrivate, 4-year844844844----
Harvard UniversityPrivate, 4-year30,2598,8447,2431,60121,41513,5717,844
Hebrew CollegePrivate, 4-year163734825906426
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyPrivate, 4-year27486701618886102
College of the Holy CrossPrivate, 4-year3,1263,1263,10620---
Holyoke Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,2004,2001,2612,939---
Lasell UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,6681,2931,17611737572303
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year17417418156---
Lesley UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,5571,2297914381,3283131,015
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegePrivate, 4-year317108230726245
Lowell Academy Hairstyling InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year66663333---
University of Massachusetts-LowellPublic, 4-year16,59812,1229,4212,7014,4761,6362,840
University of Massachusetts-AmherstPublic, 4-year31,72623,92022,7251,1957,8063,3064,500
University of Massachusetts-BostonPublic, 4-year15,57512,1389,9482,1903,4371,5741,863
Massachusetts Bay Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,5784,5781,4373,141---
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesPrivate, 4-year5,9453,4693,2741952,4761,839637
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignPublic, 4-year1,9891,8711,6841871181099
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year11,8864,5354,489467,3517,194157
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyPublic, 4-year1,4881,4021,382208686-
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolPublic, 4-year1,489---1,4891,359130
William James CollegePrivate, 4-year96739930928566362
Massachusetts School of BarberingPrivate, Less than 2-year44443113---
Massasoit Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,5745,5741,7953,779---
Merrimack CollegePrivate, 4-year5,8624,1023,8162861,7601,310450
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsPrivate, 4-year1,6723631512121,309783526
Middlesex Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year9,3749,3741,7657,609---
Montserrat College of ArtPrivate, 4-year2272272225---
Mount Holyoke CollegePrivate, 4-year2,2752,1782,1699971879
Mount Wachusett Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,6943,6949522,742---
Rob Roy Academy-New BedfordPrivate, Less than 2-year151515----
The New England Conservatory of MusicPrivate, 4-year8534213774443238745
New England College of OptometryPrivate, 4-year515---515515-
Nichols CollegePrivate, 4-year1,3921,1631,0729122953176
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsPublic, 4-year8967946571371024260
North Bennet Street SchoolPrivate, 2-4 year155155155----
North Shore Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,7435,7431,3574,386---
Northeastern UniversityPrivate, 4-year32,55317,43217,4013115,12113,5541,567
Northern Essex Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,7214,7211,0253,696---
College of Our Lady of the ElmsPrivate, 4-year1,2681,002863139266109157
Pope St John XXIII National SeminaryPrivate, 4-year42---42--
Quincy CollegePublic, 4-year3,0223,0221,0971,925---
Quinsigamond Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,8117,8112,0355,776---
Regis CollegePrivate, 4-year2,5179877941931,5301751,355
Roxbury Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,0442,0446911,353---
Saint John's SeminaryPrivate, 4-year862323-634419
Salem State UniversityPublic, 4-year6,2304,8673,7581,1091,363513850
Simmons UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,6661,6751,4971782,9911,1471,844
Smith CollegePrivate, 4-year2,8572,5492,542730827731
Southeastern Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year26026078182---
Springfield CollegePrivate, 4-year2,5991,7631,74419836675161
Springfield Technical Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,4475,4471,6543,793---
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthPublic, 4-year7,9685,7314,6231,1082,2371,1681,069
Stonehill CollegePrivate, 4-year2,6742,5682,505631065749
Suffolk UniversityPrivate, 4-year6,3564,3264,1781482,0301,583447
Rob Roy Academy-TauntonPrivate, Less than 2-year23231112---
Tufts UniversityPrivate, 4-year13,5997,1266,9401866,4735,4691,004
Wellesley CollegePrivate, 4-year2,4072,4072,31097---
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year4,1913,9653,62534022617452
Western New England UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,6742,6162,543731,058716342
Westfield State UniversityPublic, 4-year4,5883,8683,196672720378342
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Private, 4-year1,7851,7851,7769---
Williams CollegePrivate, 4-year2,1642,1152,085304949-
Worcester Polytechnic InstitutePrivate, 4-year7,5845,5585,3891692,0269861,040
Worcester State UniversityPublic, 4-year5,7454,8683,3971,471877177700
Northpoint Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year12289602933-33
Blue Hills Regional Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year3838-----
Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year242242-----
New England Hair AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year87876126---
Rob Roy Academy-WorcesterPrivate, Less than 2-year1091097336---
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year707070----
Greater Lowell Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year808080----
Empire Beauty School-MaldenPrivate, Less than 2-year95955936---
EINE IncPrivate, Less than 2-year4747461---
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical NursingPublic, Less than 2-year3737298---
Motoring Technical Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year31231224864---
Charles H McCann Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year414141----
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield CampusPrivate, Less than 2-year4646397---
Urban College of BostonPrivate, 2-4 year86886831837---
Monty TechPublic, Less than 2-year484848----
COLLECTIV Academy-WorcesterPrivate, Less than 2-year192192192----
FINE Mortuary CollegePrivate, 2-4 year18518527158---
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringPrivate, 4-year40540537629---
Spa Tech Institute-WestboroPrivate, Less than 2-year18218211171---
Spa Tech Institute-PlymouthPrivate, Less than 2-year23323314093---
DiGrigoli School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year21211011---
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School DistrictPublic, Less than 2-year4242-42---
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School DistrictPublic, Less than 2-year404040----
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year72724626---
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of MassachusettsPrivate, Less than 2-year430430430----
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationPrivate, 4-year3801763214420433171
Alexander AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year393939----
Northeastern University Professional ProgramsPrivate, 4-year7,4112,4161,0561,3604,9952754,720
Jupiter Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year20120149152---
Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandPrivate, 4-year-------
Porter and Chester Institute of WorcesterPrivate, Less than 2-year-------
Porter and Chester Institute - BrocktonPrivate, Less than 2-year-------
Porter and Chester Institute - ChicopeePrivate, Less than 2-year-------
Bard College - Holyoke MicrocollegePrivate, 2-4 year-------
Technology Learning CenterPrivate, Less than 2-year3131-31---
Spa Tech Institute-North AndoverPrivate, Less than 2-year1181186949---
Sattler CollegePrivate, 4-year5757507---