Largest Massachusetts 4-Years Colleges With Most Students

Boston University is the largest Massachusetts college with 36,714 students. The percentage of online students is 11.01% at the school.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst with 32,229 students and Harvard University with 30,631 students are following it in the largetst Massachusetts college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Massachusetts online colleges.

Boston University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Massachusetts-Amherst also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $50,257 and graduate tuition & fees is $39,416 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 41.10% and the average SAT score is 1,386 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest Massachusetts 4-Years Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	36,714 610	18,459	18,255	15,646	21,068	4,044	11 to 1
2 -	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year	32,229 184	24,391	7,838	15,689	16,540	3,853	18 to 1
3 -	Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year	30,631 714	9,368	21,263	14,207	16,424	6,923	7 to 1
4 -	Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	30,013 1,846	16,302	13,711	14,266	15,747	1,058	16 to 1
5 -	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, 4-year	17,153 444	12,389	4,764	9,743	7,410	4,902	17 to 1
6 -	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MAPublic, 4-year	15,586 51	12,221	3,365	6,425	9,161	1,617	16 to 1
7 -	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year	15,287 290	9,982	5,305	6,938	8,349	814	12 to 1
8 -	Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year	13,431 138	6,815	6,616	5,522	7,909	697	10 to 1
9 1	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MAPublic, 4-year	9,604 338	8,116	1,488	3,755	5,849	1,004	17 to 1
10 1	Berklee College of Music Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year	8,282 339	7,499	783	4,693	3,589	1,854	10 to 1
	Average	20,893	12,554	8,339	9,688	11,205	2,677	13 to 1

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