Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Colleges in Massachusetts is 485,869 with 280,136 female students and 205,733 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Colleges in Massachusetts.
Among the Colleges in Massachusetts, Boston University has the most enrolled students of 37,737, while Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford has the least number of students of 15 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Colleges in Massachusetts is 338,282 with 194,864 female students and 143,418 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between Colleges in Massachusetts.
Among the Colleges in Massachusetts, University of -Amherst has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 23,920, while Longy School of Music of Bard College has the least number of undergraduate students of 10.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Colleges in Massachusetts is 147,587 with 85,272 female students and 62,315 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between Colleges in Massachusetts.
Among the Colleges in Massachusetts, Harvard University has the most enrolled graduate students of 21,415, while Conway School of Landscape Design has the least number of graduate students of 17.
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Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Colleges in Massachusetts. In undergraduate programs, out of total 326,396 students, 38,960 students (11.94%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 67,526 students (20.69%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 147,458 students, 43,010 students (29.17%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 22,876 students (15.51%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | ||
| Hult International Business School | 618 | - | - | 1,390 | 577 (41.51%) |
813 (58.49%) | |
| Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege | Bard College - Holyoke Microcollege does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| American International College | 1,207 | 25 (2.07%) |
486 (40.27%) | 830 | 560 (67.47%) |
112 (13.49%) | |
| Amherst College | Amherst College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Anna Maria College | 916 | 123 (13.43%) |
242 (26.42%) | 286 | 143 (50.00%) |
41 (14.34%) | |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School | Assabet Valley Regional Technical School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Assumption University | 1,713 | - | 13 (0.76%) | 324 | 213 (65.74%) |
48 (14.81%) | |
| Babson College | 2,793 | 2 (0.07%) |
303 (10.85%) | 1,139 | 285 (25.02%) |
287 (25.20%) | |
| Bancroft School of Massage Therapy | Bancroft School of Massage Therapy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Boston Baptist College | 43 | 24 (55.81%) |
- | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Bay Path University | 1,177 | 717 (60.92%) |
348 (29.57%) | 1,428 | 1,157 (81.02%) |
100 (7.00%) | |
| Bentley University | 4,526 | - | 1,601 (35.37%) | 807 | 82 (10.16%) |
725 (89.84%) | |
| Berklee College of Music | 7,549 | 1,484 (19.66%) |
1,603 (21.23%) | 820 | 306 (37.32%) |
19 (2.32%) | |
| Berkshire Community College | 1,694 | 389 (22.96%) |
454 (26.80%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Boston Architectural College | 320 | 97 (30.31%) |
142 (44.38%) | 533 | 340 (63.79%) |
129 (24.20%) | |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 169 | 6 (3.55%) |
15 (8.88%) | |||
| Boston College | 10,314 | 133 (1.29%) |
876 (8.49%) | 5,118 | 599 (11.70%) |
1,163 (22.72%) | |
| Boston University | 18,805 | 103 (0.55%) |
113 (0.60%) | 18,932 | 5,320 (28.10%) |
1,241 (6.56%) | |
| Brandeis University | 3,632 | - | 721 (19.85%) | 1,573 | 401 (25.49%) |
112 (7.12%) | |
| Bridgewater State University | 8,270 | 585 (7.07%) |
4,293 (51.91%) | 1,457 | 507 (34.80%) |
321 (22.03%) | |
| Bristol Community College | 6,950 | 3,186 (45.84%) |
2,090 (30.07%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Bunker Hill Community College | 9,876 | 2,782 (28.17%) |
3,721 (37.68%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Cambridge College | 646 | 522 (80.80%) |
105 (16.25%) | 1,189 | 665 (55.93%) |
168 (14.13%) | |
| Cape Cod Community College | 3,260 | 692 (21.23%) |
1,070 (32.82%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Laboure College of Healthcare | 530 | 183 (34.53%) |
84 (15.85%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Clark University | 2,266 | 7 (0.31%) |
38 (1.68%) | 1,659 | 30 (1.81%) |
531 (32.01%) | |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Conway School of Landscape Design does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Curry College | 1,808 | 81 (4.48%) |
184 (10.18%) | 186 | 62 (33.33%) |
6 (3.23%) | |
| Dean College | 1,092 | 28 (2.56%) |
313 (28.66%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Diman Regional Technical Institute | Diman Regional Technical Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| National Aviation Academy of New England | National Aviation Academy of New England does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Eastern Nazarene College | 23 | 10 (43.48%) |
11 (47.83%) | 37 | 3 (8.11%) |
5 (13.51%) | |
| Emerson College | 3,908 | - | 232 (5.94%) | 1,355 | 599 (44.21%) |
301 (22.21%) | |
| Emmanuel College | 1,909 | 16 (0.84%) |
32 (1.68%) | 74 | 74 (100.00%) |
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| Endicott College | 3,194 | 114 (3.57%) |
579 (18.13%) | 1,200 | 1,016 (84.67%) |
89 (7.42%) | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | Rob Roy Academy-Fall River does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Fisher College | 1,536 | 918 (59.77%) |
167 (10.87%) | 116 | 47 (40.52%) |
8 (6.90%) | |
| Fitchburg State University | 3,027 | 428 (14.14%) |
948 (31.32%) | 2,865 | 2,317 (80.87%) |
171 (5.97%) | |
| Framingham State University | 2,782 | 317 (11.39%) |
796 (28.61%) | 1,220 | 753 (61.72%) |
133 (10.90%) | |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | 744 | 61 (8.20%) |
168 (22.58%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Gordon College | 1,314 | 16 (1.22%) |
287 (21.84%) | 281 | 146 (51.96%) |
7 (2.49%) | |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 1,352 | 275 (20.34%) |
780 (57.69%) | |||
| Greenfield Community College | 1,689 | 579 (34.28%) |
472 (27.95%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Hampshire College | Hampshire College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Harvard University | 8,844 | 1,047 (11.84%) |
326 (3.69%) | 21,415 | 6,537 (30.53%) |
1,277 (5.96%) | |
| Hebrew College | 73 | - | - | 90 | 13 (14.44%) |
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| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | 86 | 18 (20.93%) |
49 (56.98%) | 188 | 111 (59.04%) |
60 (31.91%) | |
| College of the Holy Cross | College of the Holy Cross does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Holyoke Community College | 4,200 | 1,252 (29.81%) |
1,440 (34.29%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Lasell University | 1,293 | 83 (6.42%) |
721 (55.76%) | 375 | 185 (49.33%) |
190 (50.67%) | |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Lesley University | 1,229 | 149 (12.12%) |
395 (32.14%) | 1,328 | 347 (26.13%) |
231 (17.39%) | |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | 10 | - | - | 307 | 64 (20.85%) |
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| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 12,122 | 2,445 (20.17%) |
1,535 (12.66%) | 4,476 | 2,644 (59.07%) |
402 (8.98%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 23,920 | 926 (3.87%) |
1,733 (7.24%) | 7,806 | 2,585 (33.12%) |
1,060 (13.58%) | |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 12,138 | 535 (4.41%) |
2,819 (23.22%) | 3,437 | 1,165 (33.90%) |
538 (15.65%) | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | 4,578 | 1,433 (31.30%) |
1,351 (29.51%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| MCPHS University | 3,469 | 26 (0.75%) |
1,556 (44.85%) | 2,476 | 646 (26.09%) |
462 (18.66%) | |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 1,871 | 48 (2.57%) |
738 (39.44%) | 118 | - | 33 (27.97%) | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4,535 | - | - | 7,351 | 46 (0.63%) |
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| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1,402 | - | 47 (3.35%) | 86 | 86 (100.00%) |
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| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 1,489 | 22 (1.48%) |
70 (4.70%) | |||
| William James College | 39 | - | 13 (33.33%) | 928 | 105 (11.31%) |
129 (13.90%) | |
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | Massachusetts School of Barbering does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Massasoit Community College | 5,574 | 2,229 (39.99%) |
1,660 (29.78%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Merrimack College | 4,102 | 140 (3.41%) |
543 (13.24%) | 1,760 | 1,204 (68.41%) |
236 (13.41%) | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | 363 | 199 (54.82%) |
164 (45.18%) | 1,309 | 262 (20.02%) |
1,047 (79.98%) | |
| Middlesex Community College | 9,374 | 2,303 (24.57%) |
1,969 (21.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Montserrat College of Art | 227 | - | 79 (34.80%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Mount Holyoke College | 2,178 | - | - | 97 | 96 (98.97%) |
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| Mount Wachusett Community College | 3,694 | 1,004 (27.18%) |
1,148 (31.08%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| The New England Conservatory of Music | 421 | - | - | 432 | - | 90 (20.83%) | |
| New England College of Optometry | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 515 | - | 515 (100.00%) | |||
| New England Law-Boston | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 1,131 | - | 139 (12.29%) | |||
| Nichols College | 1,163 | 76 (6.53%) |
15 (1.29%) | 229 | 229 (100.00%) |
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| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 794 | 28 (3.53%) |
264 (33.25%) | 102 | 62 (60.78%) |
34 (33.33%) | |
| North Bennet Street School | North Bennet Street School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| North Shore Community College | 5,743 | 974 (16.96%) |
1,549 (26.97%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northeastern University | 17,432 | 57 (0.33%) |
4,584 (26.30%) | 15,121 | 1,673 (11.06%) |
2,923 (19.33%) | |
| Northern Essex Community College | 4,721 | 999 (21.16%) |
1,544 (32.70%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | 1,002 | 205 (20.46%) |
337 (33.63%) | 266 | 74 (27.82%) |
66 (24.81%) | |
| Quincy College | 3,022 | 1,164 (38.52%) |
938 (31.04%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Quinsigamond Community College | 7,811 | 1,579 (20.22%) |
2,112 (27.04%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Regis College | 987 | 162 (16.41%) |
608 (61.60%) | 1,530 | 1,312 (85.75%) |
75 (4.90%) | |
| Roxbury Community College | 2,044 | - | 1,284 (62.82%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Saint John's Seminary | Saint John's Seminary does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Salem State University | 4,867 | 371 (7.62%) |
2,323 (47.73%) | 1,363 | 465 (34.12%) |
379 (27.81%) | |
| Simmons University | 1,675 | 136 (8.12%) |
397 (23.70%) | 2,991 | 1,846 (61.72%) |
604 (20.19%) | |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | 314 | 20 (6.37%) |
19 (6.05%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Smith College | 2,549 | - | - | 308 | - | 203 (65.91%) | |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | Southeastern Technical Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Springfield College | 1,763 | - | 133 (7.54%) | 836 | 14 (1.67%) |
90 (10.77%) | |
| Springfield Technical Community College | 5,447 | 1,877 (34.46%) |
2,267 (41.62%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 5,731 | 1,139 (19.87%) |
271 (4.73%) | 2,237 | 551 (24.63%) |
480 (21.46%) | |
| Stonehill College | 2,568 | - | 372 (14.49%) | 106 | 38 (35.85%) |
30 (28.30%) | |
| Suffolk University | 4,326 | - | 786 (18.17%) | 2,030 | 31 (1.53%) |
1,376 (67.78%) | |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | Rob Roy Academy-Taunton does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Tufts University | 7,126 | 3 (0.04%) |
361 (5.07%) | 6,473 | 466 (7.20%) |
724 (11.18%) | |
| Wellesley College | 2,407 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 3,965 | 54 (1.36%) |
281 (7.09%) | 226 | 21 (9.29%) |
81 (35.84%) | |
| Western New England University | 2,616 | 13 (0.50%) |
1,288 (49.24%) | 1,058 | 253 (23.91%) |
218 (20.60%) | |
| Westfield State University | 3,868 | 419 (10.83%) |
1,726 (44.62%) | 720 | 96 (13.33%) |
332 (46.11%) | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 1,785 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Williams College | Williams College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 5,558 | 5 (0.09%) |
289 (5.20%) | 2,026 | 661 (32.63%) |
481 (23.74%) | |
| Worcester State University | 4,868 | 289 (5.94%) |
1,786 (36.69%) | 877 | 458 (52.22%) |
68 (7.75%) | |
| Northpoint Bible College | 89 | 44 (49.44%) |
10 (11.24%) | 33 | - | - | |
| Massachusetts School of Law | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 273 | - | 56 (20.51%) | |||
| New England Hair Academy | New England Hair Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | Rob Roy Academy-Worcester does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Greater Lowell Technical School | Greater Lowell Technical School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | Empire Beauty School-Malden does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| EINE Inc | 47 | - | 47 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing | Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | 312 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Charles H McCann Technical School | Charles H McCann Technical School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus | 46 | - | 2 (4.35%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Urban College of Boston | 868 | 868 (100.00%) |
- | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Monty Tech | Monty Tech does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester | Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| FINE Mortuary College | 185 | 185 (100.00%) |
- | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | Spa Tech Institute-Westboro does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District | Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District | Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | 176 | 154 (87.50%) |
20 (11.36%) | 204 | 190 (93.14%) |
10 (4.90%) | |
| Alexander Academy | Alexander Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | 2,416 | 680 (28.15%) |
1,044 (43.21%) | 4,995 | 1,969 (39.42%) |
842 (16.86%) | |
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | 201 | - | 91 (45.27%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Sattler College | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||
| Technology Learning Center | 31 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | Spa Tech Institute-North Andover does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Average | 326,396 | 38,960 (11.94%) |
67,526 (20.69%) |
147,458 | 43,010 (29.17%) |
22,876 (15.51%) | |
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