Largest Massachusetts Colleges and Universities

Largest Massachusetts Colleges with Most Enrollment

Boston University has the most students of 37,737 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Massachusetts. Northeastern University is ranked second with 32,553 students and University of Massachusetts-Amherst follows them with 31,726 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares 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	37,737	21,774	15,963
2	Northeastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	32,553	16,909	15,644
3	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Public, four-yearsAmherst, MA	31,726	16,481	15,245
4	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	30,259	16,447	13,812
5	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Public, four-yearsLowell, MA	16,598	7,284	9,314
6	University of Massachusetts-Boston Public, four-yearsBoston, MA	15,575	8,956	6,619
7	Boston College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChestnut Hill, MA	15,432	8,350	7,082
8	Tufts University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMedford, MA	13,599	8,004	5,595
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	11,886	5,236	6,650
10	Bridgewater State University Public, four-yearsBridgewater, MA	9,727	5,885	3,842
11	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Public, four-yearsNorth Dartmouth, MA	7,968	4,164	3,804
12	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWorcester, MA	7,584	2,464	5,120
13	Suffolk University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	6,356	4,044	2,312
14	Salem State University Public, four-yearsSalem, MA	6,230	4,144	2,086
15	Fitchburg State University Public, four-yearsFitchburg, MA	5,892	3,551	2,341
16	Merrimack College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorth Andover, MA	5,862	3,354	2,508
17	Worcester State University Public, four-yearsWorcester, MA	5,745	3,586	2,159
18	Bentley University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaltham, MA	5,333	2,197	3,136
19	Emerson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	5,263	3,734	1,529
20	Brandeis University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaltham, MA	5,205	2,914	2,291

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