List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts
Extant institutions

List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts

Section Title: Extant institutions
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School	Location	Control	Type	Enrollment (2013–2014)	Founded	Accreditation

American International College	Springfield	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	2,177	1885	AOTA, APTA, CCNE, NEASC

Amherst College	Amherst	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,817	1821	NEASC

Anna Maria College	Paxton	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	1,455	1946	NASM, NEASC, NLNAC

Assumption College	Worcester	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	2,813	1904	NEASC

Babson College	Wellesley	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	3,250	1919	NEASC

Bard College at Simon's Rock	Great Barrington	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate/associate's college	354	1964	NEASC

Bay Path University	Longmeadow	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,370	1897	AOTA, NEASC

Bay State College	Boston	For-profit	Associate's college	1,721	1946	ABHES, APTA, NEASC, NLNAC

Becker College	Worcester	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,826	1784	APTA, NEASC, NLNAC

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	475	1908	NEASC

Bentley University	Waltham	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	5,647	1917	NEASC

Berklee College of Music	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	4,255	1945	NEASC

Berkshire Community College	Pittsfield	Public	Associate's college	2,503	1960	NEASC

Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary	Weston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	66	1964	ATS

Boston Architectural College	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	941	1889	NEASC

Boston Baptist College	Milton	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	89	1976	NEASC

Boston College	Chestnut Hill	Private not-for-profit	Research university	14,605	1863	AANA, ABA, APA, ATS, CNE, NCATE, NEASC, TEAC

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis	Brookline	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	165	1973	NEASC

Boston University	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Research university	32,603	1839	ABA, ADA, AOTA, APTA, APA, ASHA, ATS, CAHME, CELPA, CEPH, LCME, MEAC, NASM, NEASC

Brandeis University	Waltham	Private not-for-profit	Research university	5,808	1948	NEASC

Bridgewater State University	Bridgewater	Public	Master's university	11,417	1840	NASAD, NASM, NCATE, NEASC

Bristol Community College	Fall River	Public	Associate's college	9,022	1965	ADA, AOTA, COMTA, NEASC, NLNAC

Bunker Hill Community College	Boston	Public	Associate's college	13,504	1973	JRCERT, NEASC, NLNAC

Cambridge College	Cambridge	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	3,378	1971	NEASC

Cape Cod Community College	West Barnstable	Public	Associate's college	4,201	1961	ADA, NEASC, NLNAC

Clark University	Worcester	Private not-for-profit	Research university	3,210	1887	APA, NEASC

College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,926	1843	NAST, NEASC

Conway School of Landscape Design	Conway	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	18	1972	NEASC

Curry College	Milton	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	3,097	1879	CCNE, NEASC

Dean College	Franklin	Private not-for-profit	Associate's college	1,322	1865	NEASC

Eastern Nazarene College	Quincy	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,459	1900	NEASC

Elms College	Chicopee	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,576	1928	CCNE, NEASC

Emerson College	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	4,531	1880	ASHA, NEASC,

Emmanuel College	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	2,489	1919	CCNE, NEASC

Endicott College	Beverly	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	4,408	1939	NLNAC, NEASC

Fisher College	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,037	1903	NEASC

Fitchburg State University	Fitchburg	Public	Master's university	6,889	1894	CCNE, NCATE, NEASC

Framingham State University	Framingham	Public	Master's university	6,506	1839	CADE, NEASC, NLNAC

Gordon College	Wenham	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,906	1889	NEASC, NASM

Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary	South Hamilton	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	2,033	1969	CAATS, NEASC

Greenfield Community College	Greenfield	Public	Associate's college	2,437	1962	COMTA, NEASC, NLNAC

Hallmark Institute of Photography	Turners Falls	For-profit	Special-focus institution	72	1975	ACCSC

Hampshire College	Amherst	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,461	1970	NEASC

Harvard University	Cambridge	Private not-for-profit	Research university	28,147	1636	ABA, ADA, APA, CAATS, CEPH, LCME, NEASC

Hebrew College	Newton	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	231	1921	NEASC

Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	Brookline	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	209	1937	CAATS, NEASC

Holyoke Community College	Holyoke	Public	Associate's college	7,164	1946	JRCERT, NASM, NEASC, NLNAC

Hult International Business School	Cambridge	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	2,648	1964	NEASC

Labouré College	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Associate's college	727	1892	ADiA, CCNE, JRCERT, NEASC, NLNAC

Lasell College	Newton	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,980	1851	NEASC

Lesley University	Cambridge	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	5,944	1909	NEASC, TEAC

Longy School of Music of Bard College	Cambridge	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	224	1915	NASM, NEASC

Massachusetts Bay Community College	Wellesley	Public	Associate's college	5,427	1961	NEASC

Massachusetts College of Art and Design	Boston	Public	Special-focus institution	2,326	1873	NASAD, NEASC

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	Public	Baccalaureate college	1,799	1894	NEASC

Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	Private not-for-profit	Research university	11,189	1861	NEASC

Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Bourne	Public	Baccalaureate college	1,135	1891	NEASC

Massachusetts School of Law	Andover	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	580	1988	NEASC

Massasoit Community College	Brockton	Public	Associate's college	8,209	1966	JRCERT, NEASC, NLNAC

MCPHS University	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	6,010	1823	ACPE, ADA, CCNE, JRCERT, NEASC

Merrimack College	North Andover	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,694	1947	NEASC

MGH Institute of Health Professions	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,036	1977	NEASC

Middlesex Community College	Lowell, Bedford	Public	Associate's college	9,664	1970	JRCERT, NEASC

Montserrat College of Art	Beverly	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	396	1970	NASAD, NEASC

Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,347	1837	NEASC

Mount Wachusett Community College	Gardner	Public	Associate's college	4,731	1963	ADA, APTA, CMTA, NEASC, NLNAC

New England College of Optometry	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	502	1894	AOA, NEASC

New England Conservatory of Music	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	813	1867	NASM, NEASC

New England Law Boston	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	964	1938	ABA

New England School of Photography	Boston	For-profit	Special-focus institution	66	1968	ACCSC

Newbury College	Brookline	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	751	1962	NEASC

Nichols College	Dudley	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	1,459	1815	NEASC

North Shore Community College	Danvers	Public	Associate's college	7,750	1965	AOTA, APTA, JRCERT, NEASC, NLNAC

Northeastern University	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Research university	20,053	1898	ABA, ACPE, APTA, APA, ASLHA, CCNE, CANAEP, CEPH, NEASC

Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill	Public	Associate's college	7,352	1972	NEASC

Northpoint Bible College	Haverhill	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	472	1924	ABHE

Olin College	Needham	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	355	1997	NEASC

Pine Manor College	Chestnut Hill	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	346	1911	NEASC

Quincy College	Quincy	Public	Associate's college	4,576	1958	NEASC, NLNAC

Quinsigamond Community College	Worcester	Public	Associate's college	8,582	1963	ADA, AOTA, JRCERT, NEASC, NLNAC

Regis College	Weston	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	2,069	1927	NEASC, NLNAC

Roxbury Community College	Roxbury	Public	Associate's college	2,437	1973	JRCERT, NEASC, NLNAC

Saint John's Seminary	Brighton	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	192	1884	CAATS, NEASC

Salem State University	Salem	Public	Master's university	10,085	1854	AOTA, CCNE, JRCEPNMT, NASAD, NASM, NAST, NCATE, NEASC, NLNAC

Simmons University	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	4,655	1899	AiDA, APTA, CAHME, CCNE, NEASC

Smith College	Northampton	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	3,033	1875	NEASC

Springfield College	Springfield	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	5,018	1885	AOTA, APTA, NEASC

Springfield Technical Community College	Springfield	Public	Associate's college	6,792	1967	ADA, AOTA, APTA, CMTA, JCERT, JRCEPNMT, NEASC, NLNAC

Stonehill College	Easton	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,481	1948	NEASC

Suffolk University	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Research university	8,675	1906	ABA, APA, JRCERT, NASAD, NEASC

Tufts University	Medford	Private not-for-profit	Research university	10,872	1852	AOTA, AVMA, LCME, NEASC

University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst	Public	Research university	28,518	1863	AiDA, APA, ASLHA, CCNE, CEPH, NASM, NCATE, NEASC

University of Massachusetts Boston	Boston	Public	Research university	16,277	1964	APA, AAMFT, CCNE, NCATE, NEASC

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Dartmouth	Public	Research university	9,053	1962	CCNE, NASAD, NEASC, NLNAC

University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell	Public	Research university	16,932	1894	APTA, CCNE, NASAD, NASM, NCATE, NEASC

University of Massachusetts Medical School	Worcester	Public	Special-focus institution	1,161	1962	CCNE, JRCERT, JRCERPNMT, LCME, NEASC

Urban College of Boston	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Associate's college	762	1993	NEASC

Wellesley College	Wellesley	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,474	1875	NEASC

Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	4,179	1904	NEASC

Western New England University	Springfield	Private not-for-profit	Master's university	3,657	1919	ABA, ACPE, NEASC

Westfield State University	Westfield	Public	Master's university	6,371	1838	CCNE, NASM, NCATE, NEASC

Wheaton College	Norton	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	1,654	1834	NEASC

William James College	Boston	Private not-for-profit	Special-focus institution	650	1974	APA, NEASC

Williams College	Williamstown	Private not-for-profit	Baccalaureate college	2,150	1793	NEASC

Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	Private not-for-profit	Research university	6,296	1865	NEASC

Worcester State University	Worcester	Public	Master's university	6,447	1874	AOTA, ASLHA, CCNE, NLNAC, NEASC, TEAC

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Boston University is the state's largest institution in terms of enrollment, having 32,603 students while Conway School of Landscape Design is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 18.

final_sentence: Boston University is the state's largest institution in terms of enrollment, having 32,603 students while Conway School of Landscape Design is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 18.