Largest Massachusetts Colleges and Universities

Largest Massachusetts Colleges with Most Enrollment

Boston University has the most students of 36,104 for academic year 2021-2022 in Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts-Amherst is ranked second with 32,045 students and Harvard University follows them with 31,345 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	36,104	20,785	15,319
2	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Public, four-yearsAmherst, MA	32,045	16,488	15,557
3	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	31,345	16,567	14,778
4	Northeastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	28,167	14,481	13,686
5	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Public, four-yearsLowell, MA	17,597	7,518	10,079
6	University of Massachusetts-Boston Public, four-yearsBoston, MA	15,637	9,354	6,283
7	Boston College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChestnut Hill, MA	15,577	8,513	7,064
8	Tufts University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMedford, MA	13,293	7,746	5,547
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	11,934	5,003	6,931
10	Bridgewater State University Public, four-yearsBridgewater, MA	9,942	6,173	3,769
11	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Public, four-yearsNorth Dartmouth, MA	7,717	4,041	3,676
12	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWorcester, MA	7,230	2,697	4,533
13	Salem State University Public, four-yearsSalem, MA	7,131	4,869	2,262
14	Fitchburg State University Public, four-yearsFitchburg, MA	6,674	4,104	2,570
15	Suffolk University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	6,647	4,013	2,634
16	Simmons University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	5,984	5,500	484
17	Emerson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	5,900	4,214	1,686
18	Brandeis University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaltham, MA	5,558	3,247	2,311
19	Merrimack College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorth Andover, MA	5,452	3,170	2,282
20	Worcester State University Public, four-yearsWorcester, MA	5,417	3,496	1,921

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