# Università in Massachusetts

Nello stato del Massachusetts ci sono più di 100 istituti universitari (Università e College).
La più antica università è quella di Harvard, che è l'unica dello stato a essere sorta prima della Rivoluzione Americana. La più recente, invece, è il College di Ingegneria Franklin W. Olin (1997).
Per numero di studente la più piccola è la Conway School of Landscape Design con 19 iscritti la più grande è la Università di Boston con 30.000 circa.
La maggior parte degli istituti sono concentrati o nella città di Boston o nella periferia della capitale.

## Elenco

| Nome | Sede | Tipo | Studenti | Fondazione |
| American International College | Springfield | Privata / Non-Profit | 2.678 | 1885 |
| Amherst College | Amherst | Privata / Non-Profit | 1683 | 1821 |
| Andover Newton Theological School | Newton | Privata / Non-Profit | 350 | 1965 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | Privata / Non-Profit | 1.244 | 1946 |
| Assumption University | Worcester | Privata / Non-Profit | 2.872 | 1904 |
| Babson College | Wellesley | Privata / Non-Profit | 3.434 | 1919 |
| Bard College a Simon's Rock | Great Barrington | Privata / Non-Profit | 403 | 1964 |
| Bay Path College | Longmeadow | Privata / Non-Profit | 1.603 | 1897 |
| Bay State College | Boston | Privata / For-Profit | 354 | 1946 |
| Becker College | Worcester | Privata / Non-Profit | 1.800 | 1784 |
| Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology | Boston | Privata / Non-Profit | 513 | 1908 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | Privata / Non-Profit | 5.636 | 1917 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | Privata / Non-Profit | 4.090 | 1945 |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Pubblica | 2.267 | 1960 |
| Blessed John XXIII National Seminary | Weston | Privata / Non-Profit | 56 | 1964 |
| Boston Architectural College | Boston | Privata / Non-Profit | 1.338 | 1889 |
| Boston Baptist College | Milton | Privata / Non-Profit | 153 | 1976 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Privata / Non-Profit | 14.621 | 1863 |
| Boston Conservatory | Boston | Privata / Non-Profit | 630 | 1867 |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis | Brookline | Privata / Non-Profit | 178 | 1973 |
| Boston University | Boston | Privata / Non-Profit | 32.053 | 1839 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | Privata / Non-Profit | 5.333 | 1948 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Pubblica | 9.934 | 1840 |
| Bristol Community College | Fall River | Pubblica | 7.388 | 1965 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Privata / Non-Profit | 8.806 | 1973 |
| Cambridge College | Cambridge | Privata / Non-Profit | 5.355 | 1971 |
| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Pubblica | 4.299 | 1961 |
| Clark University | Worcester | Privata / Non-Profit | 3.210 | 1887 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Privata / Non-Profit | 2.847 | 1843 |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Conway | Privata / Non-Profit | 19 | 1972 |
| Curry College | Milton | Privata / Non-Profit | 3.182 | 1879 |
| Dean College | Franklin | Privata / Non-Profit | 1.075 | 1865 |
| Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy | Private | 1,075 | 1900 |
| Elms College College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee | Private | 1,258 | 1928 |
| Emerson College | Boston | Private | 4,380 | 1880 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | Private | 2,467 | 1919 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | Private | 3,710 | 1939 |
| Episcopal Divinity School | Cambridge | Private | 108 | 1975 |
| Fisher College | Boston | Private | 1,225 | 1903 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | 6,692 | 1894 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | 5,903 | 1839 |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | Needham | Private | 299 | 1997 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | Private | 1,648 | 1889 |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | South Hamilton | Private | 2,134 | 1969 |
| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | 2,236 | 1962 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | Private | 1,431 | 1970 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private | 25,690 | 1636 |
| Hebrew College | Newton | Private | 201 | 1921 |
| Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | Private | 211 | 1937 |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | 6,461 | 1946 |
| Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private | | 1964 |
| Labouré College | Boston | Private | 548 | 1892 |
| Lasell College | Newton | Private | 1,403 | 1851 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | Private | 7,003 | 1909 |
| Longy School of Music | Cambridge | Private | 1,403 | 1915 |
| Marian Court College | Swampscott | Private | 350 | 1964 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley | Public | 5,018 | 1961 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | Public | 2,312 | 1873 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | Public | 1,841 | 1894 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston | Private | 3,626 | 1823 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private | 10,220 | 1861 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Bourne | Public | 1,135 | 1891 |
| Massachusetts School of Law | Andover | Private | 636 | 1988 |
| Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology | Boston | Private | 304 | 1974 |
| Massasoit Community College | Brockton | Public | 7,064 | 1966 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private | 2,098 | 1947 |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford | Public | 8,124 | 1970 |
| Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | Private | 285 | 1970 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | Private | 2,204 | 1837 |
| Mount Ida College | Newton | Private | 1,429 | 1899 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | 4,147 | 1963 |
| New England College of Optometry | Boston | Private | 464 | 1894 |
| New England Conservatory | Boston | Private | 787 | 1867 |
| New England Institute of Art | Brookline | For-profit | 1,675 | 1952 |
| New England School of Law | Boston | Private | 1,103 | 1938 |
| Newbury College | Brookline | Private | 1,202 | 1962 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | Private | 1,477 | 1815 |
| North Shore Community College | Lynn | Public | 7,107 | 1965 |
| Northeastern University | Boston | Private | 24,434 | 1898 |
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | 6,526 | 1972 |
| Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill | Private | 472 | 1911 |
| Quincy College | Quincy | Public | 3,932 | 1958 |
| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | 6,654 | 1963 |
| Regis College | Weston | Private | 1,511 | 1927 |
| Roxbury Community College | Roxbury | Public | 2,398 | 1973 |
| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Private | 118 | 1884 |
| Salem State University | Salem | Public | 10,085 | 1854 |
| Salter College | West Boylston | For-profit | 301 | 1937 |
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts | Boston | Private | 797 | 1876 |
| Simmons College | Boston | Private | 4,733 | 1899 |
| Smith College | Northampton | Private | 3,065 | 1875 |
| Southern New England School of Law | North Dartmouth | Private | 256 | 1981 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | Private | 4,755 | 1885 |
| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | 6,074 | 1967 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | Private | 2,450 | 1948 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | Private | 9,103 | 1906 |
| Tufts University | Medford | Private | 9,758 | 1852 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Public | 25,873 | 1863 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | Public | 13,433 | 1964 |
| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Dartmouth | Public | 9,080 | 1895 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell | Public | 14,702 | 1894 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | Public | 1,013 | 1962 |
| Urban College of Boston | Boston | Private | 673 | 1993 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | Private | 2,380 | 1875 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | Private | 3,728 | 1904 |
| Western New England University (as of July 1, 2011) | Springfield | Private | 3,657 | 1919 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | Public | 5,392 | 1838 |
| Wheaton College | Norton | Private | 1,657 | 1834 |
| Wheelock College | Boston | Private | 1,086 | 1939 |
| Williams College | Williamstown | Private | 2,073 | 1793 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole | Private | | 1930 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private | 4,158 | 1865 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | 5,358 | 1874 |
| Zion Bible College | Haverhill | Private | 265 | 1924 |