| School | Location [note 1] | Control [1] | Type [1] | Enrollment (fall 2024) [14] [15] | Founded | Accreditation [16] |
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| American International College | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,037 | 1885 [17] | AOTA, APTA, CCNE, NECHE [17] |
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| Amherst College | Amherst | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,914 | 1821 [18] | NECHE [18] |
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| Anna Maria College | Paxton | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,202 | 1946 [19] | NECHE, NLNAC [19] |
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| Assumption University | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,037 | 1904 [20] | NECHE, CCNE [20] |
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| Babson College | Wellesley | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 3,932 | 1919 [21] | NECHE [21] |
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| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,605 | 1897 [22] | AOTA, CCNE, NECHE [22] |
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| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 744 | 1908 [23] | NECHE [23] |
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| Bentley University | Waltham | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 5,333 | 1917 [24] | NECHE [24] |
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| Berklee College of Music | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 8,369 | 1945 [25] | NECHE [25] |
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| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Public | Associate's college | 1,694 | 1960 [26] | APTA, ACEN, NECHE [26] |
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| Boston Architectural College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 853 | 1889 [27] | NECHE [27] |
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| Boston Baptist College | Milton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 43 | 1976 [28] | TRACS |
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| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 15,234 [29] | 1863 [30] | AANA, ABA, APA, ATS, CNE, NECHE [30] |
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| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis | Brookline | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 169 | 1973 [31] | NECHE [31] |
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| Boston University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 37,737 | 1839 [32] [33] | ABA, ADA, ACEND, AOTA, APTA, APA, ASHA, ATS, CEA, CEPH, LCME, NASM, NECHE [32] |
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| Brandeis University | Waltham | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 4,696 [34] | 1948 [35] | NECHE [35] |
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| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public | Master's university | 9,492 [36] | 1840 [37] | ASHA, NECHE [37] |
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| Bristol Community College | Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, Attleboro | Public | Associate's college | 6,950 | 1965 [38] | ACEN, ADA, AOTA, COMTA, NECHE [38] |
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| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Public | Associate's college | 9,876 | 1973 [39] | ACEN, CEA, JRCERT, NECHE [39] |
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| Cambridge College | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,835 | 1971 [40] | NECHE [40] |
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| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Public | Associate's college | 3,260 | 1961 [41] | ACEN, ADA, NECHE [41] |
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| Clark University | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 3,275 [42] | 1887 [43] | APA, NECHE [43] |
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| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 3,256 [44] | 1843 [45] | NECHE [45] |
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| Conway School of Landscape Design | Northampton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 17 | 1972 [7] | NECHE [7] |
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| Curry College | Milton | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,994 | 1879 [46] | CCNE, NECHE [46] |
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| Dean College | Franklin | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,092 | 1865 [47] | NECHE [47] |
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| Elms College | Chicopee | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,268 | 1928 [48] | CCNE, NECHE [48] |
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| Emerson College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 5,263 | 1880 [49] | ASHA, NECHE, [49] |
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| Emmanuel College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,954 [50] | 1919 [51] | CCNE, NECHE [51] |
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| Endicott College | Beverly | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 4,394 | 1939 [52] | ACEN, CCNE, NECHE [52] |
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| FINE Mortuary College | Norwood | Private for-profit | Special-focus institution | 185 | 1996 [53] | American Board of Funeral Service Education [53] |
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| Fisher College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,652 | 1903 [54] | NECHE [54] |
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| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | Master's university | 5,892 | 1894 [55] | CCNE, NECHE [55] |
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| Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | Master's university | 3,529 [56] | 1839 [57] | ACEN, ACEND, CCNE, NECHE, NLNAC [57] |
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| Gordon College | Wenham | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,595 | 1889 [58] | NECHE [58] |
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| Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary | South Hamilton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 1,352 | 1969 [59] | ATS, NECHE [59] |
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| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | Associate's college | 1,689 | 1962 [60] | ACEN, COMTA, NECHE [60] |
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| Hampshire College | Amherst | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 844 | 1970 [61] | NECHE [61] |
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| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 30,259 | 1636 [62] | ABA, ADA, APA, ATS, CEPH, LCME, NECHE [62] |
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| Hebrew College | Newton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 163 | 1921 [63] | NECHE [63] |
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| Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 274 | 1937 [64] | ATS, NECHE [64] |
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| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | Associate's college | 4,200 | 1946 [65] | ACEN, JRCERT, NECHE [65] |
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| Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 2,008 | 1964 [66] | NECHE [66] |
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| Labouré College | Milton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 530 | 1892 [67] | ACEND, ACEN, CCNE, JRCERT, NECHE [67] |
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| Lasell University | Newton | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,454 [68] | 1851 [69] | NECHE [69] |
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| Lesley University | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Doctorate-granting university | 2,557 | 1909 [70] | NECHE [70] |
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| Longy School of Music of Bard College | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 317 | 1915 [71] | NASM |
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| Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley | Public | Associate's college | 4,578 | 1961 [72] | NECHE [72] |
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| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | Public | Special-focus institution | 1,989 | 1873 [73] | NASAD, NECHE [73] |
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| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | Public | Baccalaureate college | 896 | 1894 [74] | JRCERT, NECHE [74] |
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| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston, Worcester Manchester | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 5,945 | 1823 [75] | ACAHM, ACPE, ADA, CCNE, CEPH, JRCERT, NECHE [75] |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 11,886 | 1861 [76] | NECHE [76] |
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| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Bourne | Public | Master's university | 1,488 | 1891 [77] | NECHE [77] |
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| Massachusetts School of Law | Andover | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 273 | 1988 [78] | NECHE [78] |
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| Massasoit Community College | Brockton, Middleboro, Canton | Public | Associate's college | 5,574 | 1966 [79] | ACEN, JRCERT, NECHE [79] |
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| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 5,862 | 1947 [80] | ACEND, CCNE, NECHE [80] |
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| MGH Institute of Health Professions | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 1,672 | 1977 [81] | ACEN, AOTA, APTA, ASHA, CCNE, JRCERT, NECHE [81] |
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| Middlesex Community College | Lowell, Bedford | Public | Associate's college | 9,374 | 1970 [82] | JRCERT, NECHE [82] |
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| Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 227 | 1970 [83] | NASAD, NECHE [83] |
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| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,275 | 1837 [84] | NECHE [84] |
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| Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | Associate's college | 3,694 | 1963 [85] | ACEN, ADA, COMTA, NECHE [85] |
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| New England College of Optometry | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 515 | 1894 [86] | AOA, NECHE [86] |
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| New England Conservatory of Music | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 853 | 1867 [87] | NASM, NECHE [86] |
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| New England Law Boston | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 1,131 | 1938 [88] | ABA [88] |
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| Nichols College | Dudley | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 1,392 | 1931 [89] | NECHE [89] |
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| North Shore Community College | Danvers | Public | Associate's college | 5,743 | 1965 [90] | ACEN, AOTA, APTA, JRCERT, NECHE [90] |
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| Northeastern University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 39,964 | 1898 [91] | ABA, ACPE, APTA, APA, ASHA, CCNE, CANAEP, CEPH, NECHE [91] |
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| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | Associate's college | 4,721 | 1972 [92] | NECHE [92] |
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| Northpoint Bible College | Haverhill | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 122 | 1924 [93] | ABHE [93] |
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| Olin College of Engineering | Needham | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 405 | 1997 [94] | NECHE [94] |
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| Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary | Weston | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 33 [95] | 1964 [96] | ATS [96] |
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| Quincy College | Quincy | Public | Associate's college | 3,022 | 1958 [97] | ACEN, NECHE [97] |
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| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | Associate's college | 7,811 | 1963 [98] | ACEN, ADA, AOTA, JRCERT, NECHE [98] |
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| Regis College | Weston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 2,517 | 1927 [99] | ACEN, ADA, AOTA, ASHA, NECHE [99] |
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| Roxbury Community College | Roxbury | Public | Associate's college | 2,044 | 1973 [100] | ACEN, JRCERT, NECHE [100] |
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| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 86 | 1884 [101] | ATS, NECHE [101] |
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| Sattler College | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Not classified | 57 | 2016 [102] | TRACS [103] |
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| Salem State University | Salem | Public | Master's university | 6,230 | 1854 [104] | ACEN, AOTA, CCNE, NECHE [104] |
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| Simmons University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Doctorate-granting university | 4,666 | 1899 [105] | ACEND, APTA, CCNE, CEPH, NECHE [105] |
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| Smith College | Northampton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,915 [106] | 1875 [107] | NECHE [107] |
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| Springfield College | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | Doctorate-granting university | 2,979 | 1885 [108] | AOTA, APA, APTA, NECHE [108] |
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| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | Associate's college | 5,447 | 1967 [109] | ACEN, ADA, AOTA, APTA, COMTA, JRCERT, NECHE [109] |
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| Stonehill College | Easton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,674 | 1948 [110] | NECHE [110] |
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| Suffolk University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 6,403 [111] | 1906 [112] | ABA, APA, JRCERT, NECHE [112] |
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| Tufts University | Medford, Somerville | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 13,599 | 1852 [113] | AOTA, AVMA, NECHE [113] |
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| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Public | Research university | 31,318 [114] | 1863 [8] | ACEND, APA, ASHA, CCNE, CEPH, NECHE [8] |
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| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | Public | Research university | 15,428 [115] | 1964 [116] | APA, CCNE, NECHE [116] |
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| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Dartmouth | Public | Research university | 7,968 | 1962 [117] | ACEN, CCNE, NECHE [117] |
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| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell | Public | Research university | 16,598 | 1894 [118] | ACEND, APTA, CCNE, CEPH, NECHE [118] |
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| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | Public | Special-focus institution | 1,489 | 1962 [119] | CCNE, JRCERT, LCME, NECHE [67] [119] |
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| Urban College of Boston | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Associate's college | 868 | 1993 [120] | NECHE [120] |
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| Wellesley College | Wellesley | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,285 [121] | 1875 [122] | NECHE [122] |
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| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | Private not-for-profit | Master's university | 4,191 | 1904 [123] | NECHE [123] |
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| Western New England University | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | Doctorate-granting university | 3,674 | 1919 [124] | ABA, ACPE, AOTA, NECHE [124] |
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| Westfield State University | Westfield | Public | Master's university | 4,588 | 1839 [125] | CCNE, NECHE [125] |
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| Wheaton College | Norton | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 1,785 | 1834 [126] | NECHE [126] |
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| William James College | Newton | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 967 | 1974 [127] | APA, NECHE [127] |
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| Williams College | Williamstown | Private not-for-profit | Baccalaureate college | 2,150 [128] | 1793 [129] | NECHE [129] |
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| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | Research university | 7,388 [130] | 1865 [131] | NECHE [131] |
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| Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | Master's university | 5,745 | 1874 [132] | ACEN, AOTA, ASHA, CCNE, NECHE [132] |
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