A total of 357,652 students are enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Massachusetts colleges and universites, 12,777 students are 18 years old or younger(3.57%), 80,169 students are 18 or 19 years old (22.42%), 79,686 students are between 20 and 22 years old (22.28%), 62,681 students are between 22 and 24 years old (17.53%), and 53,841 students are between 25 and 29 years old (15.05%).
41,650 students are between 30 and 39 years old (11.65%), 16,936 students are between 40 and 49 years old (4.74%), 9,266 students are 50 years old or older (2.59%).
In Massachusetts 4-year colleges and universites, 4,360 students are 18 years old or younger(0.74%), 67,679 students are 18 or 19 years old (11.44%), 69,121 students are between 20 and 22 years old (11.68%), 54,288 students are between 22 and 24 years old (9.17%), 46,112 students are between 25 and 29 years old (7.79%), 32,863 students are between 30 and 39 years old (5.55%), 13,367 students are between 40 and 49 years old (2.26%), 7,609 students are 50 years old or older (1.29%)
In Massachusetts community colleges, there are 20,745 students are younger than 20 years old (16.99%), 18,621 students are between 20 and 24 years old (15.25%), 7,632 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.25%), and 13,859 students are 30 years old or older (11.35%).
In Massachusetts trade schools, there are 162 students are younger than 20 years old (10.79%), 337 students are between 20 and 24 years old (22.44%), 97 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.46%), and 154 students are 30 years old or older (10.25%).
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 357,652 | 12,777 (3.57%) |
80,169 (22.42%) |
79,686 (22.28%) |
62,681 (17.53%) |
53,841 (15.05%) |
41,650 (11.65%) |
16,936 (4.74%) |
9,266 (2.59%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 591,734 | 4,360 (0.74%) |
67,679 (11.44%) |
69,121 (11.68%) |
54,288 (9.17%) |
46,112 (7.79%) |
32,863 (5.55%) |
13,367 (2.26%) |
7,609 (1.29%) |
| Community Colleges | 122,068 | 8,417 (6.90%) |
12,328 (10.10%) |
10,358 (8.49%) |
8,263 (6.77%) |
7,632 (6.25%) |
8,682 (7.11%) |
3,532 (2.89%) |
1,645 (1.35%) |
| Trade Schools | 1,502 | 0 (0.00%) |
162 (10.79%) |
207 (13.78%) |
130 (8.66%) |
97 (6.46%) |
105 (6.99%) |
37 (2.46%) |
12 (0.80%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Massachusetts colleges. A total of 357,652 students have enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University Professional ProgramsPrivate, 4-year | 8,264 | 76 (0.92%) |
1,175 (14.22%) |
336 (4.07%) | 1,939 (23.46%) |
2,117 (25.62%) |
1,476 (17.86%) |
693 (8.39%) | 452 (5.47%) |
| Monty TechPublic, Less than 2-year | 41 | - | 4 (9.76%) |
3 (7.32%) | 6 (14.63%) |
8 (19.51%) |
10 (24.39%) |
9 (21.95%) | - |
| Empire Beauty School-MaldenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 91 | - | 19 (20.88%) |
17 (18.68%) | 25 (27.47%) |
20 (21.98%) |
9 (9.89%) |
1 (1.10%) | - |
| Worcester State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 5,311 | 283 (5.33%) |
1,344 (25.31%) |
1,444 (27.19%) | 975 (18.36%) |
472 (8.89%) |
358 (6.74%) |
195 (3.67%) | 181 (3.41%) |
| Worcester Polytechnic InstitutePrivate, 4-year | 7,308 | 107 (1.46%) |
2,472 (33.83%) |
2,349 (32.14%) | 1,002 (13.71%) |
747 (10.22%) |
402 (5.50%) |
148 (2.03%) | 81 (1.11%) |
| Williams CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,222 | 54 (2.43%) |
914 (41.13%) |
919 (41.36%) | 278 (12.51%) |
34 (1.53%) |
22 (0.99%) |
1 (0.05%) | - |
| Western New England UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,430 | - | 841 (24.52%) |
1,090 (31.78%) | 831 (24.23%) |
355 (10.35%) |
187 (5.45%) |
76 (2.22%) | 50 (1.46%) |
| Wentworth Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year | 3,920 | 150 (3.83%) |
1,468 (37.45%) |
1,442 (36.79%) | 610 (15.56%) |
125 (3.19%) |
74 (1.89%) |
30 (0.77%) | 17 (0.43%) |
| Tufts UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 13,431 | 72 (0.54%) |
3,006 (22.38%) |
3,188 (23.74%) | 2,521 (18.77%) |
3,033 (22.58%) |
1,263 (9.40%) |
248 (1.85%) | 100 (0.74%) |
| Suffolk UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 6,734 | 69 (1.02%) |
1,876 (27.86%) |
1,687 (25.05%) | 1,484 (22.04%) |
1,003 (14.89%) |
459 (6.82%) |
115 (1.71%) | 41 (0.61%) |
| University of Massachusetts-DartmouthPublic, 4-year | 7,457 | 77 (1.03%) |
1,721 (23.08%) |
1,785 (23.94%) | 1,609 (21.58%) |
943 (12.65%) |
733 (9.83%) |
382 (5.12%) | 207 (2.78%) |
| Springfield Technical Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,945 | 121 (3.07%) |
928 (23.52%) |
783 (19.85%) | 593 (15.03%) |
545 (13.81%) |
640 (16.22%) |
206 (5.22%) | 90 (2.28%) |
| Southeastern Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year | 128 | - | 8 (6.25%) |
30 (23.44%) | 27 (21.09%) |
21 (16.41%) |
28 (21.88%) |
8 (6.25%) | 6 (4.69%) |
| Smith CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,873 | 37 (1.29%) |
1,098 (38.22%) |
1,105 (38.46%) | 304 (10.58%) |
146 (5.08%) |
127 (4.42%) |
43 (1.50%) | 13 (0.45%) |
| Simmons UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,710 | 10 (0.18%) |
682 (11.94%) |
744 (13.03%) | 947 (16.58%) |
1,283 (22.47%) |
1,174 (20.56%) |
567 (9.93%) | 301 (5.27%) |
| Salem State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 6,539 | 260 (3.98%) |
1,174 (17.95%) |
1,581 (24.18%) | 1,463 (22.37%) |
920 (14.07%) |
694 (10.61%) |
283 (4.33%) | 157 (2.40%) |
| Regis CollegePrivate, 4-year | 3,230 | 6 (0.19%) |
344 (10.65%) |
380 (11.76%) | 399 (12.35%) |
617 (19.10%) |
774 (23.96%) |
468 (14.49%) | 230 (7.12%) |
| Quinsigamond Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,481 | 887 (13.69%) |
1,438 (22.19%) |
991 (15.29%) | 791 (12.20%) |
825 (12.73%) |
964 (14.87%) |
423 (6.53%) | 162 (2.50%) |
| College of Our Lady of the ElmsPrivate, 4-year | 1,275 | 55 (4.31%) |
272 (21.33%) |
271 (21.25%) | 153 (12.00%) |
153 (12.00%) |
202 (15.84%) |
107 (8.39%) | 53 (4.16%) |
| Northern Essex Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,339 | 738 (17.01%) |
1,096 (25.26%) |
746 (17.19%) | 519 (11.96%) |
448 (10.32%) |
496 (11.43%) |
202 (4.66%) | 94 (2.17%) |
| Northeastern UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 30,013 | 180 (0.60%) |
8,677 (28.91%) |
5,817 (19.38%) | 8,267 (27.54%) |
5,161 (17.20%) |
1,626 (5.42%) |
224 (0.75%) | 61 (0.20%) |
| North Shore Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,391 | 398 (9.06%) |
861 (19.61%) |
734 (16.72%) | 643 (14.64%) |
620 (14.12%) |
675 (15.37%) |
306 (6.97%) | 153 (3.48%) |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsPublic, 4-year | 938 | 76 (8.10%) |
273 (29.10%) |
266 (28.36%) | 125 (13.33%) |
52 (5.54%) |
82 (8.74%) |
43 (4.58%) | 21 (2.24%) |
| New England College of OptometryPrivate, 4-year | 536 | - | - | 12 (2.24%) | 212 (39.55%) |
258 (48.13%) |
47 (8.77%) |
7 (1.31%) | - |
| Mount Wachusett Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,868 | 424 (14.78%) |
569 (19.84%) |
430 (14.99%) | 320 (11.16%) |
358 (12.48%) |
482 (16.81%) |
196 (6.83%) | 89 (3.10%) |
| Mount Holyoke CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,392 | 31 (1.30%) |
991 (41.43%) |
905 (37.83%) | 219 (9.16%) |
59 (2.47%) |
73 (3.05%) |
67 (2.80%) | 47 (1.96%) |
| Montserrat College of ArtPrivate, 4-year | 296 | - | 111 (37.50%) |
135 (45.61%) | 38 (12.84%) |
7 (2.36%) |
2 (0.68%) |
1 (0.34%) | 1 (0.34%) |
| Middlesex Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,770 | 2,566 (33.02%) |
1,437 (18.49%) |
1,007 (12.96%) | 825 (10.62%) |
730 (9.40%) |
754 (9.70%) |
294 (3.78%) | 157 (2.02%) |
| Merrimack CollegePrivate, 4-year | 5,505 | 161 (2.92%) |
1,902 (34.55%) |
1,800 (32.70%) | 816 (14.82%) |
304 (5.52%) |
250 (4.54%) |
152 (2.76%) | 114 (2.07%) |
| Massasoit Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,810 | 626 (13.01%) |
1,060 (22.04%) |
878 (18.25%) | 620 (12.89%) |
519 (10.79%) |
680 (14.14%) |
300 (6.24%) | 127 (2.64%) |
| William James CollegePrivate, 4-year | 897 | - | - | 4 (0.45%) | 210 (23.41%) |
344 (38.35%) |
199 (22.19%) |
86 (9.59%) | 54 (6.02%) |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolPublic, 4-year | 1,352 | - | - | 5 (0.37%) | 300 (22.19%) |
709 (52.44%) |
264 (19.53%) |
48 (3.55%) | 26 (1.92%) |
| Massachusetts College of Art and DesignPublic, 4-year | 1,939 | 4 (0.21%) |
353 (18.21%) |
631 (32.54%) | 464 (23.93%) |
156 (8.05%) |
95 (4.90%) |
24 (1.24%) | 28 (1.44%) |
| Massachusetts Bay Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,497 | 90 (2.57%) |
719 (20.56%) |
736 (21.05%) | 640 (18.30%) |
487 (13.93%) |
502 (14.36%) |
213 (6.09%) | 102 (2.92%) |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstPublic, 4-year | 32,229 | 270 (0.84%) |
9,792 (30.38%) |
10,819 (33.57%) | 3,931 (12.20%) |
2,867 (8.90%) |
2,744 (8.51%) |
1,193 (3.70%) | 613 (1.90%) |
| University of Massachusetts-LowellPublic, 4-year | 17,153 | 201 (1.17%) |
3,397 (19.80%) |
4,260 (24.84%) | 3,313 (19.31%) |
2,203 (12.84%) |
2,224 (12.97%) |
1,068 (6.23%) | 487 (2.84%) |
| Lasell UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,591 | 11 (0.69%) |
528 (33.19%) |
570 (35.83%) | 206 (12.95%) |
100 (6.29%) |
88 (5.53%) |
50 (3.14%) | 25 (1.57%) |
| Holyoke Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,550 | 316 (8.90%) |
858 (24.17%) |
716 (20.17%) | 436 (12.28%) |
438 (12.34%) |
471 (13.27%) |
214 (6.03%) | 101 (2.85%) |
| Harvard UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 30,631 | 164 (0.54%) |
2,248 (7.34%) |
3,381 (11.04%) | 4,842 (15.81%) |
9,273 (30.27%) |
6,759 (22.07%) |
2,417 (7.89%) | 1,546 (5.05%) |
| Hampshire CollegePrivate, 4-year | 508 | 31 (6.10%) |
265 (52.17%) |
123 (24.21%) | 71 (13.98%) |
9 (1.77%) |
5 (0.98%) |
3 (0.59%) | 1 (0.20%) |
| Greenfield Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,419 | 203 (14.31%) |
282 (19.87%) |
194 (13.67%) | 166 (11.70%) |
185 (13.04%) |
229 (16.14%) |
99 (6.98%) | 60 (4.23%) |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 1,334 | - | - | 9 (0.67%) | 80 (6.00%) |
201 (15.07%) |
310 (23.24%) |
312 (23.39%) | 350 (26.24%) |
| Gordon CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,628 | 33 (2.03%) |
554 (34.03%) |
553 (33.97%) | 164 (10.07%) |
82 (5.04%) |
96 (5.90%) |
82 (5.04%) | 60 (3.69%) |
| Framingham State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,111 | 175 (4.26%) |
755 (18.37%) |
1,014 (24.67%) | 747 (18.17%) |
450 (10.95%) |
457 (11.12%) |
292 (7.10%) | 221 (5.38%) |
| Fitchburg State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 6,554 | 140 (2.14%) |
840 (12.82%) |
978 (14.92%) | 902 (13.76%) |
980 (14.95%) |
1,351 (20.61%) |
858 (13.09%) | 502 (7.66%) |
| Emmanuel CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,012 | 6 (0.30%) |
897 (44.58%) |
842 (41.85%) | 165 (8.20%) |
33 (1.64%) |
37 (1.84%) |
17 (0.84%) | 12 (0.60%) |
| Emerson CollegePrivate, 4-year | 5,891 | 36 (0.61%) |
1,790 (30.39%) |
1,875 (31.83%) | 926 (15.72%) |
645 (10.95%) |
439 (7.45%) |
137 (2.33%) | 43 (0.73%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-SomervillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 399 | - | 115 (28.82%) |
139 (34.84%) | 64 (16.04%) |
35 (8.77%) |
35 (8.77%) |
7 (1.75%) | 4 (1.00%) |
| Clark UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,770 | 70 (1.86%) |
1,075 (28.51%) |
1,069 (28.36%) | 728 (19.31%) |
468 (12.41%) |
224 (5.94%) |
60 (1.59%) | 15 (0.40%) |
| Laboure College of HealthcarePrivate, 4-year | 983 | - | 6 (0.61%) |
31 (3.15%) | 92 (9.36%) |
234 (23.80%) |
412 (41.91%) |
149 (15.16%) | 59 (6.00%) |
| Cape Cod Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,336 | 86 (3.68%) |
541 (23.16%) |
437 (18.71%) | 338 (14.47%) |
294 (12.59%) |
378 (16.18%) |
167 (7.15%) | 94 (4.02%) |
| Cambridge CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,135 | 46 (2.15%) |
15 (0.70%) |
22 (1.03%) | 151 (7.07%) |
417 (19.53%) |
732 (34.29%) |
449 (21.03%) | 294 (13.77%) |
| Bunker Hill Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,439 | 1,173 (13.90%) |
875 (10.37%) |
1,552 (18.39%) | 1,501 (17.79%) |
1,309 (15.51%) |
1,310 (15.52%) |
498 (5.90%) | 210 (2.49%) |
| Bristol Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,822 | 555 (9.53%) |
1,339 (23.00%) |
1,000 (17.18%) | 740 (12.71%) |
726 (12.47%) |
876 (15.05%) |
318 (5.46%) | 152 (2.61%) |
| Bridgewater State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,604 | 72 (0.75%) |
2,298 (23.93%) |
2,796 (29.11%) | 2,226 (23.18%) |
1,092 (11.37%) |
675 (7.03%) |
290 (3.02%) | 155 (1.61%) |
| Brandeis UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,581 | 58 (1.04%) |
1,695 (30.37%) |
1,618 (28.99%) | 924 (16.56%) |
665 (11.92%) |
449 (8.05%) |
126 (2.26%) | 46 (0.82%) |
| Boston UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 36,714 | 275 (0.75%) |
7,536 (20.53%) |
8,563 (23.32%) | 8,299 (22.60%) |
6,267 (17.07%) |
3,998 (10.89%) |
1,243 (3.39%) | 532 (1.45%) |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncPrivate, 4-year | 155 | - | - | - | 7 (4.52%) |
20 (12.90%) |
45 (29.03%) |
28 (18.06%) | 55 (35.48%) |
| Boston Architectural CollegePrivate, 4-year | 747 | - | 27 (3.61%) |
40 (5.35%) | 144 (19.28%) |
237 (31.73%) |
188 (25.17%) |
63 (8.43%) | 43 (5.76%) |
| Empire Beauty School-BostonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 66 | - | 13 (19.70%) |
18 (27.27%) | 7 (10.61%) |
8 (12.12%) |
15 (22.73%) |
5 (7.58%) | - |
| Berkshire Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,367 | 234 (17.12%) |
325 (23.77%) |
154 (11.27%) | 131 (9.58%) |
148 (10.83%) |
225 (16.46%) |
96 (7.02%) | 54 (3.95%) |
| Bentley UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,165 | 950 (18.39%) |
1,928 (37.33%) |
1,303 (25.23%) | 403 (7.80%) |
265 (5.13%) |
216 (4.18%) |
74 (1.43%) | 26 (0.50%) |
| Bay Path UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,465 | 33 (1.34%) |
207 (8.40%) |
235 (9.53%) | 351 (14.24%) |
443 (17.97%) |
627 (25.44%) |
326 (13.23%) | 231 (9.37%) |
| Bancroft School of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 26 | - | 3 (11.54%) |
- | 1 (3.85%) |
5 (19.23%) |
8 (30.77%) |
7 (26.92%) | 2 (7.69%) |
| Anna Maria CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,436 | 53 (3.69%) |
342 (23.82%) |
295 (20.54%) | 226 (15.74%) |
144 (10.03%) |
197 (13.72%) |
122 (8.50%) | 57 (3.97%) |
| Amherst CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,898 | 28 (1.48%) |
790 (41.62%) |
829 (43.68%) | 224 (11.80%) |
19 (1.00%) |
7 (0.37%) |
- | 1 (0.05%) |