Largest Massachusetts Public Colleges

University of Massachusetts-Amherst is the largest public Massachusetts college with 32,229 students. The percentage of online students is 11.96% at the school.

University of Massachusetts-Lowell with 17,153 students and University of Massachusetts-Boston with 15,586 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.

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

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,026 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,552 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 84.90% and the average SAT score is 1,177 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 Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year 32,229
184
24,3917,83815,68916,5403,85318 to 1
2
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University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, 4-year 17,153
444
12,3894,7649,7437,4104,90217 to 1
3
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University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MAPublic, 4-year 15,586
51
12,2213,3656,4259,1611,61716 to 1
4
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Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MAPublic, 4-year 9,604
338
8,1161,4883,7555,8491,00417 to 1
5
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University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MAPublic, 4-year 7,457
260
5,5171,9403,5563,9011,37515 to 1
6
1
Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MAPublic, 4-year 6,554
120
3,1683,3862,4874,0672,98412 to 1
7
1
Salem State University Salem, MAPublic, 4-year 6,539
592
5,0781,4612,0504,48985112 to 1
8
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Worcester State University Worcester, MAPublic, 4-year 5,311
106
4,4788331,9143,39763414 to 1
9
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Westfield State University Westfield, MAPublic, 4-year 4,702
311
3,9437591,9752,72768914 to 1
10
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Framingham State University Framingham, MAPublic, 4-year 4,111
384
2,9701,1411,6092,5021,11711 to 1
Average10,9258,2272,6984,9206,0041,90315 to 1