Largest Massachusetts Colleges and Universities

Largest Massachusetts Colleges with Most Enrollment

Boston University has the most students of 32,718 for academic year 2020-2021 in Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts-Amherst is ranked second with 31,642 students and Harvard University follows them with 30,391 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most students by gender.
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Largest Massachusetts Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	Boston University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	32,718	19,034	13,684
2	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Public, four-yearsAmherst, MA	31,642	16,077	15,565
3	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	30,391	15,882	14,509
4	Northeastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	22,905	11,168	11,737
5	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Public, four-yearsLowell, MA	18,150	7,615	10,535
6	University of Massachusetts-Boston Public, four-yearsBoston, MA	16,259	9,571	6,688
7	Boston College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChestnut Hill, MA	14,934	8,109	6,825
8	Tufts University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMedford, MA	12,219	6,984	5,235
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	11,254	4,657	6,597
10	Bridgewater State University Public, four-yearsBridgewater, MA	10,651	6,641	4,010
11	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Public, four-yearsNorth Dartmouth, MA	7,869	4,087	3,782
12	Salem State University Public, four-yearsSalem, MA	7,242	4,897	2,345
13	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWorcester, MA	6,920	2,570	4,350
14	Suffolk University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	6,830	4,003	2,827
15	Fitchburg State University Public, four-yearsFitchburg, MA	6,728	4,091	2,637
16	Simmons University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	6,263	5,758	505
17	Worcester State University Public, four-yearsWorcester, MA	5,724	3,668	2,056
18	Brandeis University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaltham, MA	5,440	3,185	2,255
19	Merrimack College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorth Andover, MA	5,418	3,141	2,277
20	Westfield State University Public, four-yearsWestfield, MA	5,395	3,116	2,279

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