Largest Massachusetts Private Colleges

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

Harvard University with 30,631 students and Northeastern University with 30,013 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. Harvard University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $56,518 and graduate tuition & fees is $40,077 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 36.00% and the average SAT score is 1,416 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 Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 36,714
610		18,45918,25515,64621,0684,04411 to 1
2
-		Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 30,631
714		9,36821,26314,20716,4246,9237 to 1
3
-		Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 30,013
1,846		16,30213,71114,26615,7471,05816 to 1
4
-		Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year 15,287
290		9,9825,3056,9388,34981412 to 1
5
-		Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year 13,431
138		6,8156,6165,5227,90969710 to 1
6
1		Berklee College of Music Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 8,282
339		7,4997834,6933,5891,85410 to 1
7
1		Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 8,264
2,654		3,2245,0403,2495,0153,03716 to 1
8
1		Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year 7,308
78		5,2462,0624,7032,60580613 to 1
9
1		MCPHS University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 6,824
480		3,5223,3021,6545,1701,31710 to 1
10
-		Suffolk University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 6,734
87		4,3812,3532,5104,22421513 to 1
Average16,3498,4807,8697,3399,0102,07712 to 1