List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts
There are one hundred and fourteen colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[1] These institutions include four research universities, twenty-one master's universities, and thirty-four special-focus institutions. Eighty-four of Massachusetts' post-secondary institutions are private, of which five are for-profit. Thirty of the state's post-secondary institutions listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education are public. However, this figure does not include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was originally a public school and founded by the state legislature as a land-grant institution, in line with the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.[2][3]
Massachusetts' oldest post-secondary institution is Harvard University, founded in 1636.[4] Tracing its routes back to 1839, Boston University is the state's largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrollment, as it had 32,603 students as of the fall of 2013.[5][6] According to the United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, Conway School of Landscape Design is the state's smallest with an enrollment of 18.[7] The University of Massachusetts Amherst is Massachusetts' largest public university, with an enrollment of 28,518 students.[8]
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is Massachusetts' sole land-grant university.[9] There are also eleven Catholic post-secondary institutions listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education in Massachusetts, including Assumption College, Boston College, College of the Holy Cross, Elms College, Labouré College, Merrimack College, and Stonehill College. There are also multiple Judaic post-secondary institutions in Massachusetts, including Brandeis University, Clark University, and Hebrew College.
Massachusetts has four medical schools: Boston University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. There are eight law schools that are accredited by the American Bar Association: Boston College Law School, Boston University School of Law, Harvard Law School, New England School of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, Suffolk University Law School, University of Massachusetts School of Law, and the Western New England University School of Law.[10] One hundred and seven of Massachusetts post-secondary institutions are officially recognized by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association (ASHA), the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Open institutions
Defunct institutions
Below is a list of every known independently-operated college that has closed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The list excludes the Bible Normal School, as the institution moved to Connecticut before it was merged into the Hartford Seminary. Also excluded are the Bussey Institution, which functioned under Harvard University, Crane Theological School, which functioned under Tufts University,
See also
- List of defunct colleges and universities in Massachusetts
- List of engineering schools in Massachusetts
- List of law schools in Massachusetts
- List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston
- Colleges of Worcester Consortium
- Higher education in the United States
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
Notes
- ^ School location is based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
- ^ a b School control and type is based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[1] Cite error: The named reference "second" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Emmanuel College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Endicott College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Fitchburg State University". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Framingham State University". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Gordon College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Greenfield Community College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Hallmark Institute of Photography". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Hampshire College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
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- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Hebrew College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Holyoke Community College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Hult International Business School". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ a b c d "College Navigator - Laboure College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Lassell College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Lesley University". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Longy School of Music of Bard College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
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- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Massachusetts College of Art and Design". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
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- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Massachusetts Maritime Academy". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Massachusetts School of Law". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - MCPHS University". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
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- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Northeastern University". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Northern Essex Community College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Northpoint Bible College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Pine Manor College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Quincy College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Quinsigamond Community College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Regis College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ a b c "College Navigator - Roxbury Community College". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
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