How Student Population Changes over Past 5 Years for Massachusetts Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the total student population of Massachusetts Colleges is 5,115.The overall number of students in Massachusetts Colleges decreased by 1.64%.

Compared to 5 years ago, the total number of students at Massachusetts Colleges has decreased by 2.22% from 5,231 to 5,115 students. Of the 77 Massachusetts Colleges, 21 schools had an increase in the number of students compared to 5 years ago, and 55 schools had a decrease in the number of students.

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Enrollment Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Massachusetts Colleges
School Name	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	5-Year Changes
Hult International Business SchoolCambridge, MA	3,065	2,349 716	1,814 535	2,214 400	2,176 38	889
American International CollegeSpringfield, MA	3,152	2,891 261	2,612 279	2,244 368	2,010 234	1,142
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA	1,855	1,839 16	1,745 94	1,971 226	1,898 73	43
Anna Maria CollegePaxton, MA	1,461	1,441 20	1,492 51	1,521 29	1,436 85	25
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA	2,428	2,443 15	2,448 5	2,284 164	2,059 225	369
Babson CollegeWellesley, MA	3,357	3,325 32	3,340 15	3,684 344	3,989 305	632
Boston Baptist CollegeBoston, MA	81	63 18	60 3	42 18	43 1	38
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA	3,444	3,324 120	3,224 100	2,745 479	2,465 280	979
Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA	5,460	5,314 146	5,177 137	5,158 19	5,165 7	295
Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA	6,963	6,999 36	6,631 368	7,943 1,312	8,282 339	1,319
Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA	663	737 74	742 5	728 14	747 19	84
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA	14,720	14,747 27	14,934 187	15,577 643	15,287 290	567
Boston UniversityBoston, MA	34,657	33,720 937	32,718 1,002	36,104 3,386	36,714 610	2,057
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA	5,800	5,825 25	5,440 385	5,558 118	5,581 23	219
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, MA	10,990	10,881 109	10,651 230	9,942 709	9,604 338	1,386
Cambridge CollegeBoston, MA	2,234	2,356 122	2,764 408	2,451 313	2,135 316	99
Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA	845	988 143	1,188 200	1,038 150	983 55	138
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA	3,122	3,498 376	3,405 93	3,350 55	3,770 420	648
Curry CollegeMilton, MA	2,580	2,519 61	2,410 109	2,242 168	2,052 190	528
Dean CollegeFranklin, MA	1,320	1,320	1,180 140	1,206 26	1,189 17	131
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA	848	772 76	699 73	647 52	535 112	313
Emerson CollegeBoston, MA	4,573	4,930 357	5,115 185	5,900 785	5,891 9	1,318
Emmanuel CollegeBoston, MA	2,209	2,222 13	1,946 276	1,950 4	2,012 62	197
Endicott CollegeBeverly, MA	4,794	4,741 53	4,287 454	3,982 305	4,006 24	788
Fisher CollegeBoston, MA	1,662	1,628 34	1,419 209	1,367 52	1,421 54	241
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, MA	7,199	7,251 52	6,728 523	6,674 54	6,554 120	645
Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MA	5,565	5,456 109	4,876 580	4,495 381	4,111 384	1,454
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA	630	612 18	463 149	476 13	513 37	117
Gordon CollegeWenham, MA	1,955	1,857 98	1,816 41	1,804 12	1,628 176	327
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA	1,191	745 446	522 223	472 50	508 36	683
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA	31,566	31,655 89	30,391 1,264	31,345 954	30,631 714	935
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyBrookline, MA	154	130 24	126 4	118 8	131 13	23
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA	2,939	2,963 24	2,970 7	3,029 59	3,083 54	144
Lasell UniversityNewton, MA	2,060	2,041 19	1,951 90	1,695 256	1,591 104	469
Lesley UniversityCambridge, MA	4,838	4,510 328	4,200 310	4,010 190	3,406 604	1,432
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeCambridge, MA	244	255 11	202 53	277 75	315 38	71
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA	18,242	18,352 110	18,150 202	17,597 553	17,153 444	1,089
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA	30,593	31,350 757	31,642 292	32,045 403	32,229 184	1,636
University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA	16,164	15,989 175	16,259 270	15,637 622	15,586 51	578
MCPHS UniversityBoston, MA	7,064	7,366 302	7,501 135	7,304 197	6,824 480	240
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA	2,087	2,095 8	1,894 201	1,907 13	1,939 32	148
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA	1,802	1,792 10	1,637 155	1,538 99	1,425 113	377
William James CollegeNewton, MA	765	796 31	805 9	854 49	897 43	132
Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA	4,643	5,186 543	5,418 232	5,452 34	5,505 53	862
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBoston, MA	1,250	1,199 51	1,269 70	1,339 70	1,353 14	103
Montserrat College of ArtBeverly, MA	367	374 7	362 12	341 21	296 45	71
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA	2,335	2,300 35	2,040 260	2,342 302	2,392 50	57
The New England Conservatory of MusicBoston, MA	838	843 5	701 142	827 126	796 31	42
Nichols CollegeDudley, MA	1,592	1,560 32	1,518 42	1,434 84	1,403 31	189
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, MA	1,452	1,507 55	1,202 305	994 208	938 56	514
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA	21,627	22,207 580	22,905 698	28,167 5,262	30,013 1,846	8,386
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, MA	1,531	1,495 36	1,355 140	1,379 24	1,275 104	256
Quincy CollegeQuincy, MA	3,500	3,401 99	3,154 247	2,722 432	2,602 120	898
Regis CollegeWeston, MA	2,757	3,194 437	3,460 266	3,599 139	3,230 369	473
Saint John's SeminaryBrighton, MA	143	111 32	105 6	96 9	103 7	40
Salem State UniversitySalem, MA	8,338	7,706 632	7,242 464	7,131 111	6,539 592	1,799
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA	6,082	6,535 453	6,263 272	5,984 279	5,710 274	372
Bard College at Simon's RockGreat Barrington, MA	396	398 2	343 55	328 15	298 30	98
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA	2,903	2,894 9	2,504 390	2,924 420	2,873 51	30
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA	3,139	3,110 29	3,068 42	2,965 103	2,921 44	218
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA	8,513	8,154 359	7,869 285	7,717 152	7,457 260	1,056
Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA	2,556	2,500 56	2,504 4	2,479 25	2,543 64	13
Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA	7,186	7,169 17	6,830 339	6,647 183	6,734 87	452
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA	11,586	11,878 292	12,219 341	13,293 1,074	13,431 138	1,845
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA	2,534	2,519 15	2,280 239	2,461 181	2,447 14	87
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA	4,516	4,449 67	4,389 60	4,163 226	3,920 243	596
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA	3,780	3,801 21	3,673 128	3,635 38	3,430 205	350
Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA	6,100	5,795 305	5,395 400	5,013 382	4,702 311	1,398
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, MA	1,760	1,774 14	1,670 104	1,701 31	1,667 34	93
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA	2,149	2,150 1	1,987 163	2,224 237	2,222 2	73
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA	6,874	6,894 20	6,920 26	7,230 310	7,308 78	434
Worcester State UniversityWorcester, MA	6,217	6,204 13	5,724 480	5,417 307	5,311 106	906
Northpoint Bible CollegeHaverhill, MA	343	347 4	294 53	250 44	225 25	118
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA	390	386 4	310 76	382 72	386 4	4
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing EducationSpringfield, MA	904	755 149	609 146	529 80	461 68	443
Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, MA	11,900	11,857 43	11,310 547	10,918 392	8,264 2,654	3,636
Thomas Aquinas College - New EnglandNorthfield, MA	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	5,231	5,220 11	5,085 135	5,200 115	5,115 85	-116