page_title: Hartford–Springfield
section_title: Higher education institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Hartford–Springfield / Higher education institutions
caption_attribution_description: University of Massachusetts Amherst: Chapel and Library in the evening
context_page_description: The greater Hartford–Springfield area is an urban region and surrounding suburban areas that encompasses both north-central Connecticut and the southern Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts; its major city centers are Springfield, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut.
  The area is also sometimes called the Knowledge Corridor, initially employed as a 2012 rename for the Hartford–Springfield Economic Partnership, an interstate cooperative venture to foster an economic, cultural, and civic partnership between the two major cities on the Connecticut River. The term Knowledge Corridor has gained a degree of currency, mostly with some government organizations as well as local businesses and universities using the name. The New Haven–Springfield Line and Conn River Line form the primary rail route through the region, and are sometimes themselves called the Knowledge Corridor in planning documents.
  The Hartford–Springfield region is New England's most populous conurbation after Greater Boston, with approximately 1.9 million residents and 160,000 university students.
caption: UMass Amherst campus at night, 18 miles north of Springfield
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