Largest Massachusetts Colleges

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

University of Massachusetts-Amherst with 32,229 students and Harvard University with 30,631 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. University of Massachusetts-Amherst also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $50,257 and graduate tuition & fees is $39,416 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 41.10% and the average SAT score is 1,386 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 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
-		University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year 32,229
184		24,3917,83815,68916,5403,85318 to 1
3
-		Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 30,631
714		9,36821,26314,20716,4246,9237 to 1
4
-		Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 30,013
1,846		16,30213,71114,26615,7471,05816 to 1
5
-		University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, 4-year 17,153
444		12,3894,7649,7437,4104,90217 to 1
6
-		University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MAPublic, 4-year 15,586
51		12,2213,3656,4259,1611,61716 to 1
7
-		Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year 15,287
290		9,9825,3056,9388,34981412 to 1
8
-		Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year 13,431
138		6,8156,6165,5227,90969710 to 1
9
1		Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MAPublic, 4-year 9,604
338		8,1161,4883,7555,8491,00417 to 1
10
1		Berklee College of Music Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 8,282
339		7,4997834,6933,5891,85410 to 1
Average20,89312,5548,3399,68811,2052,67713 to 1