A total of 460,347 students are enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
There are 319,873 undergraduate and 140,474 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 69.49% and the proportion of graduate students is 30.51%.
By school level, 392,383 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 63,691 students enrolled in community colleges, and 4,273 students enrolled in trade schools.
For Massachusetts colleges, Boston University has the most number of students of 36,714 among 4-year colleges. For Massachusetts community colleges, Bunker Hill Community College has the most students of 8,439 and New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts is the largest trade school with 707.
By attending status, there are 324,610 full-time students and 135,737 part-time students at Massachusetts colleges.
The following table compares student population by school level between Massachusetts colleges. A total of 460,347 students have enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||
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Total | Full-time | Part-time | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||
Hult International Business SchoolPrivate, 4-year | 2,176 | 682 | 682 | - | 1,494 | 1,133 | 361 |
American International CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,010 | 1,167 | 1,097 | 70 | 843 | 741 | 102 |
Amherst CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,898 | 1,898 | 1,898 | - | - | - | - |
Anna Maria CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,436 | 1,069 | 829 | 240 | 367 | 105 | 262 |
Assabet Valley Regional Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 54 | 54 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
Assumption UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,059 | 1,704 | 1,665 | 39 | 355 | 149 | 206 |
Babson CollegePrivate, 4-year | 3,989 | 2,761 | 2,737 | 24 | 1,228 | 668 | 560 |
Bancroft School of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 26 | 26 | - | 26 | - | - | - |
Boston Baptist CollegePrivate, 4-year | 43 | 43 | 31 | 12 | - | - | - |
Bay Path UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,465 | 1,315 | 815 | 500 | 1,150 | 450 | 700 |
Bentley UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,165 | 4,131 | 4,075 | 56 | 1,034 | 421 | 613 |
Berklee College of MusicPrivate, 4-year | 8,282 | 7,499 | 5,939 | 1,560 | 783 | 582 | 201 |
Berkshire Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,367 | 1,367 | 350 | 1,017 | - | - | - |
Empire Beauty School-BostonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 66 | 66 | 57 | 9 | - | - | - |
Boston Architectural CollegePrivate, 4-year | 747 | 297 | 206 | 91 | 450 | 425 | 25 |
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncPrivate, 4-year | 155 | - | - | - | 155 | 57 | 98 |
Boston CollegePrivate, 4-year | 15,287 | 9,982 | 9,757 | 225 | 5,305 | 3,680 | 1,625 |
Boston UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 36,714 | 18,459 | 17,734 | 725 | 18,255 | 11,517 | 6,738 |
Brandeis UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,581 | 3,687 | 3,675 | 12 | 1,894 | 1,470 | 424 |
Bridgewater State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,604 | 8,116 | 6,541 | 1,575 | 1,488 | 484 | 1,004 |
Bristol Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,822 | 5,822 | 2,066 | 3,756 | - | - | - |
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year | 150 | 150 | 91 | 59 | - | - | - |
Bunker Hill Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,439 | 8,439 | 2,354 | 6,085 | - | - | - |
Cambridge CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,135 | 840 | 109 | 731 | 1,295 | 378 | 917 |
Cape Cod Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,336 | 2,336 | 629 | 1,707 | - | - | - |
Catherine Hinds Institute of EstheticsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 186 | 186 | 89 | 97 | - | - | - |
Laboure College of HealthcarePrivate, 4-year | 983 | 983 | 93 | 890 | - | - | - |
Clark UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,770 | 2,389 | 2,356 | 33 | 1,381 | 1,178 | 203 |
Conway School of Landscape DesignPrivate, 4-year | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | 18 | - |
Curry CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,052 | 1,833 | 1,687 | 146 | 219 | 68 | 151 |
Lincoln Technical Institute-SomervillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 399 | 399 | 341 | 58 | - | - | - |
Dean CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,189 | 1,189 | 1,103 | 86 | - | - | - |
Diman Regional Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year | 44 | 44 | 32 | 12 | - | - | - |
National Aviation Academy of New EnglandPrivate, 2-4 year | 202 | 202 | 202 | - | - | - | - |
Eastern Nazarene CollegePrivate, 4-year | 535 | 409 | 381 | 28 | 126 | 66 | 60 |
Emerson CollegePrivate, 4-year | 5,891 | 4,155 | 4,104 | 51 | 1,736 | 1,236 | 500 |
Emmanuel CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,012 | 1,947 | 1,801 | 146 | 65 | 13 | 52 |
Endicott CollegePrivate, 4-year | 4,006 | 3,062 | 2,910 | 152 | 944 | 315 | 629 |
Rob Roy Academy-Fall RiverPrivate, Less than 2-year | 32 | 32 | 21 | 11 | - | - | - |
Fisher CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,421 | 1,312 | 624 | 688 | 109 | 25 | 84 |
Fitchburg State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 6,554 | 3,168 | 2,293 | 875 | 3,386 | 602 | 2,784 |
Framingham State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,111 | 2,970 | 2,473 | 497 | 1,141 | 91 | 1,050 |
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year | 513 | 513 | 292 | 221 | - | - | - |
Gordon CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,628 | 1,294 | 1,238 | 56 | 334 | 97 | 237 |
Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 1,334 | - | - | - | 1,334 | 283 | 1,051 |
Greenfield Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,419 | 1,419 | 372 | 1,047 | - | - | - |
Hampshire CollegePrivate, 4-year | 508 | 508 | 508 | - | - | - | - |
Harvard UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 30,631 | 9,368 | 7,516 | 1,852 | 21,263 | 13,690 | 7,573 |
Hebrew CollegePrivate, 4-year | 212 | 123 | 63 | 60 | 89 | 72 | 17 |
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyPrivate, 4-year | 131 | 39 | 39 | - | 92 | 69 | 23 |
College of the Holy CrossPrivate, 4-year | 3,083 | 3,083 | 3,062 | 21 | - | - | - |
Holyoke Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,550 | 3,550 | 1,175 | 2,375 | - | - | - |
Lasell UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,591 | 1,247 | 1,192 | 55 | 344 | 28 | 316 |
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year | 225 | 225 | 13 | 212 | - | - | - |
Lesley UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,406 | 1,554 | 956 | 598 | 1,852 | 551 | 1,301 |
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegePrivate, 4-year | 315 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 275 | 249 | 26 |
Lowell Academy Hairstyling InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 65 | 65 | 29 | 36 | - | - | - |
University of Massachusetts-LowellPublic, 4-year | 17,153 | 12,389 | 9,640 | 2,749 | 4,764 | 1,734 | 3,030 |
University of Massachusetts-AmherstPublic, 4-year | 32,229 | 24,391 | 22,920 | 1,471 | 7,838 | 2,848 | 4,990 |
University of Massachusetts-BostonPublic, 4-year | 15,586 | 12,221 | 9,792 | 2,429 | 3,365 | 1,498 | 1,867 |
Massachusetts Bay Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,497 | 3,497 | 1,077 | 2,420 | - | - | - |
MCPHS UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 6,824 | 3,522 | 3,276 | 246 | 3,302 | 2,105 | 1,197 |
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignPublic, 4-year | 1,939 | 1,833 | 1,577 | 256 | 106 | 96 | 10 |
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyPublic, 4-year | 1,425 | 1,326 | 1,293 | 33 | 99 | 99 | - |
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolPublic, 4-year | 1,352 | - | - | - | 1,352 | 1,249 | 103 |
William James CollegePrivate, 4-year | 897 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 857 | 542 | 315 |
Massachusetts School of BarberingPrivate, Less than 2-year | 54 | 54 | 24 | 30 | - | - | - |
Massasoit Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,810 | 4,810 | 1,614 | 3,196 | - | - | - |
Merrimack CollegePrivate, 4-year | 5,505 | 4,229 | 3,985 | 244 | 1,276 | 888 | 388 |
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsPrivate, 4-year | 1,353 | 140 | 140 | - | 1,213 | 804 | 409 |
Middlesex Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,770 | 7,770 | 1,599 | 6,171 | - | - | - |
Montserrat College of ArtPrivate, 4-year | 296 | 296 | 283 | 13 | - | - | - |
Mount Holyoke CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,392 | 2,193 | 2,172 | 21 | 199 | 20 | 179 |
Mount Wachusett Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,868 | 2,868 | 785 | 2,083 | - | - | - |
Rob Roy Academy-New BedfordPrivate, Less than 2-year | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
The New England Conservatory of MusicPrivate, 4-year | 796 | 382 | 353 | 29 | 414 | 396 | 18 |
New England College of OptometryPrivate, 4-year | 536 | - | - | - | 536 | 536 | - |
Nichols CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,403 | 1,164 | 1,054 | 110 | 239 | 70 | 169 |
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsPublic, 4-year | 938 | 838 | 682 | 156 | 100 | 53 | 47 |
North Bennet Street SchoolPrivate, 2-4 year | 152 | 152 | 152 | - | - | - | - |
North Shore Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,391 | 4,391 | 1,225 | 3,166 | - | - | - |
Northeastern UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 30,013 | 16,302 | 16,278 | 24 | 13,711 | 12,570 | 1,141 |
Northern Essex Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,339 | 4,339 | 1,089 | 3,250 | - | - | - |
College of Our Lady of the ElmsPrivate, 4-year | 1,275 | 980 | 797 | 183 | 295 | 92 | 203 |
Pope St John XXIII National SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 47 | - | - | - | 47 | 47 | - |
Quincy CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,602 | 2,602 | 833 | 1,769 | - | - | - |
Quinsigamond Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,481 | 6,481 | 1,913 | 4,568 | - | - | - |
Regis CollegePrivate, 4-year | 3,230 | 1,121 | 921 | 200 | 2,109 | 390 | 1,719 |
Roxbury Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,214 | 1,214 | 328 | 886 | - | - | - |
Saint John's SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 103 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 74 | 55 | 19 |
Salem State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 6,539 | 5,078 | 3,924 | 1,154 | 1,461 | 561 | 900 |
Simmons UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,710 | 1,788 | 1,601 | 187 | 3,922 | 1,433 | 2,489 |
Bard College at Simon's RockPrivate, 4-year | 298 | 298 | 258 | 40 | - | - | - |
Smith CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,873 | 2,523 | 2,518 | 5 | 350 | 317 | 33 |
Southeastern Technical InstitutePublic, Less than 2-year | 128 | 128 | 72 | 56 | - | - | - |
Springfield CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,921 | 2,005 | 1,982 | 23 | 916 | 738 | 178 |
Springfield Technical Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,945 | 3,945 | 1,422 | 2,523 | - | - | - |
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthPublic, 4-year | 7,457 | 5,517 | 4,707 | 810 | 1,940 | 859 | 1,081 |
Stonehill CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,543 | 2,500 | 2,439 | 61 | 43 | 28 | 15 |
Suffolk UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 6,734 | 4,381 | 4,213 | 168 | 2,353 | 1,377 | 976 |
Rob Roy Academy-TauntonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Tufts UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 13,431 | 6,815 | 6,635 | 180 | 6,616 | 5,369 | 1,247 |
Wellesley CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,447 | 2,447 | 2,363 | 84 | - | - | - |
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year | 3,920 | 3,713 | 3,382 | 331 | 207 | 147 | 60 |
Western New England UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,430 | 2,406 | 2,324 | 82 | 1,024 | 634 | 390 |
Westfield State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,702 | 3,943 | 3,263 | 680 | 759 | 395 | 364 |
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Private, 4-year | 1,667 | 1,667 | 1,656 | 11 | - | - | - |
Williams CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,222 | 2,169 | 2,146 | 23 | 53 | 52 | 1 |
Worcester Polytechnic InstitutePrivate, 4-year | 7,308 | 5,246 | 5,115 | 131 | 2,062 | 856 | 1,206 |
Worcester State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 5,311 | 4,478 | 3,392 | 1,086 | 833 | 162 | 671 |
Northpoint Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 225 | 182 | 134 | 48 | 43 | - | 43 |
Blue Hills Regional Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 22 | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 242 | 242 | 82 | 160 | - | - | - |
New England Hair AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 113 | 113 | 81 | 32 | - | - | - |
Rob Roy Academy-WorcesterPrivate, Less than 2-year | 59 | 59 | 41 | 18 | - | - | - |
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 63 | 63 | 63 | - | - | - | - |
Greater Lowell Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 80 | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - |
Empire Beauty School-MaldenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 91 | 91 | 61 | 30 | - | - | - |
EINE IncPrivate, Less than 2-year | 39 | 39 | 35 | 4 | - | - | - |
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical NursingPublic, Less than 2-year | 37 | 37 | 35 | 2 | - | - | - |
Motoring Technical Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 292 | 292 | 225 | 67 | - | - | - |
Charles H McCann Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 40 | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield CampusPrivate, Less than 2-year | 172 | 172 | 172 | - | - | - | - |
Urban College of BostonPrivate, 2-4 year | 596 | 596 | 7 | 589 | - | - | - |
Monty TechPublic, Less than 2-year | 41 | 41 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-WorcesterPrivate, Less than 2-year | 217 | 217 | 217 | - | - | - | - |
FINE Mortuary CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 118 | 118 | 7 | 111 | - | - | - |
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringPrivate, 4-year | 386 | 386 | 356 | 30 | - | - | - |
Spa Tech Institute-WestboroPrivate, Less than 2-year | 163 | 163 | 95 | 68 | - | - | - |
Spa Tech Institute-PlymouthPrivate, Less than 2-year | 213 | 213 | 131 | 82 | - | - | - |
DiGrigoli School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 52 | 52 | 29 | 23 | - | - | - |
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School DistrictPublic, Less than 2-year | 46 | 46 | - | 46 | - | - | - |
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School DistrictPublic, Less than 2-year | 43 | 43 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 56 | 56 | 41 | 15 | - | - | - |
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of MassachusettsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 707 | 707 | 707 | - | - | - | - |
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationPrivate, 4-year | 461 | 309 | 52 | 257 | 152 | 53 | 99 |
Alexander AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 26 | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
Northeastern University Professional ProgramsPrivate, 4-year | 8,264 | 3,224 | 1,808 | 1,416 | 5,040 | 228 | 4,812 |
Jupiter Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 248 | 248 | 42 | 206 | - | - | - |
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-year | 42 | 42 | - | 42 | - | - | - |
Spa Tech Institute-North AndoverPrivate, Less than 2-year | 104 | 104 | 67 | 37 | - | - | - |