Of the 101 colleges in Massachusetts, 101 colleges offer online programs. By school type, there are 30 public and 71 private schools.
By offered degree, 90 schools offer undergraduate level programs and 68 schools offer graduate programs through online.
The 2024 average tuition & fees of the schools is $34,460 for undergraduate programs and $29,349 for graduate programs. Schools may offer "in-state" rate for Massachusetts residents.
A total of 82,041 students were in online degree programs or took online courses. It is 17.78% of total enrollment.
The following table shows the 2024 average academic statistics for Massachusetts Online Schools.
| Number of Online Schools | 101 Online Schools (30 public, 71 private) |
|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $34,460 Undergraduate $29,349 Graduate |
| Student Population | Total 461,310 (4,567 in average) |
| Online Student Population | Total 82,041 (812 in average) |
| Average Number of Online Programs Offered | 13 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 11.6 to 1 |
The following table lists and compare Massachusetts colleges that offer online degree and/or courses.
| Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Online Population | Number of Total Programs | Number of Online Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA | $50,936 | $51,937 | 2,176 | 317 | 6 | |
| American International CollegeSpringfield, MA | $42,970 | $10,983 | 2,010 | 588 | 83 | 26 |
| Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA | $43,064 | $12,203 | 1,436 | 409 | 62 | 2 |
| Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA | $49,414 | $14,866 | 2,059 | 185 | 60 | 14 |
| Babson CollegeWellesley, MA | $56,032 | $54,600 | 3,989 | 404 | 6 | 1 |
| Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA | $14,304 | - | 43 | - | 3 | |
| Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA | $37,227 | $19,235 | 2,465 | 1,664 | 77 | 35 |
| Bay State CollegeBoston, MA | $29,500 | - | 224 | 56 | 19 | 7 |
| Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | $58,150 | $44,720 | 5,165 | 151 | 62 | 25 |
| Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA | $50,270 | $49,934 | 8,282 | 1,854 | 35 | |
| Berkshire Community CollegePittsfield, MA | $11,228 | - | 1,367 | 359 | 35 | |
| Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA | $26,800 | $26,400 | 747 | 375 | 14 | 5 |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncBrookline, MA | - | $22,774 | 155 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | $67,680 | $35,900 | 15,287 | 814 | 149 | 2 |
| Boston UniversityBoston, MA | $65,168 | $64,712 | 36,714 | 4,044 | 496 | 1 |
| Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | $64,946 | $61,578 | 5,581 | 265 | 110 | 8 |
| Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA | $17,529 | $9,041 | 9,604 | 1,004 | 120 | 1 |
| Bristol Community CollegeFall River, MA | $10,356 | - | 5,822 | 3,290 | 111 | 3 |
| Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, MA | $10,464 | - | 8,439 | 4,646 | 106 | 3 |
| Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA | $18,072 | $19,035 | 2,135 | 703 | 72 | 18 |
| Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, MA | $10,656 | - | 2,336 | 892 | 82 | 9 |
| Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA | $33,663 | - | 983 | 32 | 8 | 6 |
| Clark UniversityWorcester, MA | $55,160 | $48,590 | 3,770 | 40 | 99 | 1 |
| Curry CollegeMilton, MA | $45,820 | $17,514 | 2,052 | 152 | 39 | 1 |
| Dean CollegeFranklin, MA | $44,960 | - | 1,189 | 40 | 39 | |
| Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA | $28,610 | $11,373 | 535 | 31 | 62 | 3 |
| Emerson CollegeBoston, MA | $54,816 | $34,352 | 5,891 | 845 | 46 | |
| Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA | $46,686 | $14,319 | 2,012 | 115 | 63 | 14 |
| Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA | $39,212 | $13,370 | 4,006 | 891 | 95 | 42 |
| Fisher CollegeBoston, MA | $35,013 | $27,442 | 1,421 | 679 | 41 | 41 |
| Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA | $17,126 | $6,246 | 6,554 | 2,984 | 119 | 53 |
| Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA | $17,710 | $13,325 | 4,111 | 1,117 | 79 | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | $18,906 | - | 513 | 48 | 21 | |
| Gordon CollegeWenham, MA | $28,100 | $8,113 | 1,628 | 207 | 96 | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminarySouth Hamilton, MA | - | $24,640 | 1,334 | 167 | 13 | 11 |
| Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield, MA | $11,930 | - | 1,419 | 535 | 44 | 4 |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $59,076 | $55,440 | 30,631 | 6,923 | 470 | 55 |
| Hebrew CollegeNewton, MA | $25,220 | $33,060 | 212 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA | $22,490 | $22,490 | 131 | 32 | 11 | 2 |
| Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, MA | $10,754 | - | 3,550 | 1,485 | 81 | 10 |
| Lasell UniversityNewton, MA | $26,000 | $11,682 | 1,591 | 315 | 56 | 17 |
| Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA | $32,780 | $19,650 | 3,406 | 575 | 115 | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA | $52,925 | $52,950 | 315 | 45 | 27 | |
| University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA | $35,396 | $28,426 | 17,153 | 4,902 | 163 | 43 |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA | $39,293 | $34,720 | 32,229 | 3,853 | 338 | 46 |
| University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA | $37,171 | $38,406 | 15,586 | 1,617 | 135 | 1 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, MA | $10,560 | - | 3,497 | 1,549 | 66 | 16 |
| MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA | $38,850 | $26,070 | 6,824 | 1,317 | 69 | 22 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA | $42,180 | $25,500 | 1,939 | 67 | 31 | 1 |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $60,156 | $63,393 | 11,858 | 61 | 122 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | $23,910 | $19,984 | 1,425 | 99 | 10 | 3 |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolWorcester, MA | - | $40,476 | 1,352 | 42 | 7 | |
| William James CollegeNewton, MA | $10,655 | $38,400 | 897 | 82 | 15 | 1 |
| Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, MA | $10,320 | - | 4,810 | 2,229 | 61 | 13 |
| Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA | $51,786 | $35,500 | 5,505 | 812 | 166 | 51 |
| MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA | $93,980 | $66,815 | 1,353 | 104 | 19 | 3 |
| Middlesex Community CollegeBedford, MA | $12,170 | - | 7,770 | 2,129 | 69 | 9 |
| Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA | $39,000 | - | 296 | - | 12 | |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA | $64,142 | $32,710 | 2,392 | 147 | 55 | 1 |
| Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, MA | $10,920 | - | 2,868 | 896 | 68 | 5 |
| The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA | $58,550 | $58,550 | 796 | - | 50 | |
| New England College of OptometryBoston, MA | - | $23,833 | 536 | - | 4 | |
| New England Law-BostonBoston, MA | - | - | 1,060 | - | 1 | |
| Nichols CollegeDudley, MA | $40,375 | $1,165 | 1,403 | 286 | 27 | 4 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA | $20,829 | $7,853 | 938 | 78 | 29 | |
| North Shore Community CollegeDanvers, MA | $10,920 | - | 4,391 | 899 | 81 | |
| Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | $63,141 | $28,100 | 30,013 | 1,058 | 256 | |
| Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, MA | $11,472 | - | 4,339 | 1,252 | 84 | 5 |
| College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA | $42,061 | $17,670 | 1,275 | 240 | 57 | 11 |
| Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA | $7,536 | - | 2,602 | 1,707 | 45 | 32 |
| Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, MA | $10,918 | - | 6,481 | 1,275 | 115 | 6 |
| Regis CollegeWeston, MA | $47,770 | $23,688 | 3,230 | 1,973 | 49 | 3 |
| Roxbury Community CollegeRoxbury Crossing, MA | $11,088 | - | 1,214 | - | 32 | |
| Salem State UniversitySalem, MA | $18,961 | $10,747 | 6,539 | 851 | 149 | 10 |
| Simmons UniversityBoston, MA | $45,538 | $28,662 | 5,710 | 2,864 | 97 | 4 |
| Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA | $66,593 | - | 298 | - | 65 | |
| Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA | $61,568 | $61,260 | 2,873 | - | 61 | |
| Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA | $43,707 | $36,311 | 2,921 | 7 | 97 | |
| Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, MA | $10,728 | - | 3,945 | 1,825 | 86 | |
| University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | $31,750 | $30,253 | 7,457 | 1,375 | 158 | 11 |
| Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA | $53,400 | $33,116 | 2,543 | - | 57 | |
| Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA | $45,380 | $36,336 | 6,734 | 215 | 120 | |
| Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | $67,844 | $49,476 | 13,431 | 697 | 244 | 11 |
| Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | $64,320 | - | 2,447 | - | 57 | |
| Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA | $41,010 | $42,095 | 3,920 | 160 | 42 | 9 |
| Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA | $46,430 | $18,200 | 3,430 | 249 | 102 | 13 |
| Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA | $17,962 | $8,262 | 4,702 | 689 | 97 | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA | $62,080 | - | 1,667 | 2 | 53 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA | $58,870 | $29,040 | 7,308 | 806 | 134 | 30 |
| Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA | $17,366 | $6,093 | 5,311 | 634 | 119 | 2 |
| Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA | $14,160 | $12,988 | 225 | 35 | 4 | |
| Massachusetts School of LawAndover, MA | - | $23,850 | 295 | - | 1 | |
| EINE IncTewksbury, MA | $16,200 | - | 39 | - | 4 | |
| Motoring Technical Training InstituteSeekonk, MA | $17,050 | - | 292 | 13 | 7 | |
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield CampusPittsfield, MA | $16,052 | - | 172 | - | 6 | |
| Urban College of BostonBoston, MA | $7,608 | - | 596 | 288 | 7 | |
| FINE Mortuary CollegeNorwood, MA | $19,325 | - | 118 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA | $19,152 | $19,548 | 461 | 308 | 19 | |
| Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA | $48,899 | $25,765 | 8,264 | 3,037 | 106 | |
| Jupiter Beauty AcademyBoston, MA | $7,495 | - | 248 | - | 4 | |
| Technology Learning CenterOxford, MA | $7,385 | - | 42 | 19 | 2 | |
| Average | $34,460 | $29,349 | 4,567 | 812 | 74.0693 | 13.0164 |