Enrollment Statistics at Massachusetts Colleges

Student Population at Massachusetts Colleges

At Massachusetts colleges, there are 484,465 students including 338,282 undergraduate and 146,183 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 340,212 full-time and 144,253 part-time students.By gender, 42.36% male and 57.64% female students enrolled in Massachusetts colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Massachusetts Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	484,465	205,222	279,243
Undergraduate	338,282	143,418	194,864
Graduate	146,183	61,804	84,379
By Attending Status
Full-time	340,212	151,051	189,161
Part-time	144,253	54,171	90,082

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Massachusetts Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Massachusetts colleges have a total of 340,212 full-time students and 144,253 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 252,172 students are attending classes with full-time status and 86,110 are part-time students. In graduate school, 88,040 students are full-time and 58,143 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Massachusetts Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	484,465	340,212	144,253
Undergraduate	338,282	252,172	86,110
Graduate	146,183	88,040	58,143

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Massachusetts Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Massachusetts colleges, 81,970 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 90,207 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 484,465 students. In undergraduate schools, 106,486 students enrolled in online courses and 65,691 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Massachusetts Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	484,465	338,282	146,183
Online Exclusively	81,970	38,960	43,010
In Some Online Classes	90,207	67,526	22,681
Not In Online Classes	312,288	231,796	80,492

[Chart] Massachusetts Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Massachusetts colleges. There are 213,771 Caucasian, 41,509 Black/African American, 46,864 Asian, and 66,619 Hispanic students in Massachusetts colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Massachusetts Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	484,465	205,222	279,243
American Indian/Native American	661	270	391
Asian	46,864	20,136	26,728
Black/African American	41,509	16,116	25,393
Hispanic	66,619	24,330	42,289
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	360	154	206
White	213,771	89,677	124,094
Two More	18,393	7,367	11,026
Un-Known	27,691	11,260	16,431

[Chart] Massachusetts Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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