Massachusetts Online Colleges Comparison
90 Massachusetts colleges offer online degree programs and/or online courses. Of that, 11 colleges have online students more than 50% of total enrollment.
The next list summarizes the important statistics for online colleges. For this statistics, we include online completely colleges and colleges with the rate of online students of 50% or more.
- The 2025 average tuition & fees of Massachusetts online colleges is $20,293 for Massachusetts residents and $23,168 for out-of-state students. MGH Institute of Health Professions has the highest tuition & fees of $95,932 and Urban College of Boston has the lowest tuition & fees of $7,608.
- Total 83,523 students have enrolled in online colleges in Massachusetts. Harvard University is the largest online college with 7,584 online students.
- Merrimack College offers the most number of online programs of 47 programs via distance learning.
- Hebrew College has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 3 to 1.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
90 Online Colleges in Massachusetts
The next table lists all online colleges located in Massachusetts. You can sort them to compare the schools focusing on specific topics by clicking each column title. The "-" value in table means that the corresponding data has not been reported or available.
| College Name | Massachusetts Residents Tuition & Fees | Out-of-State Tuition & Fees | Student Population (Total) | Online Student Population | Number of Programs (total) | Number of Online Programs | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $38,584 | $53,688 | 2,008 | 577 | 7 | - | 10 to 1 |
| New England College of Business and Finance Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $12,040 | $12,120 | 1,237 | 1,237 | - | - | 13 to 1 |
| American International College Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $34,470 | $44,230 | 2,037 | 585 | 89 | 8 | 16 to 1 |
| Anna Maria College Paxton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $37,130 | $44,571 | 1,202 | 266 | 64 | 2 | 12 to 1 |
| Assumption University Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $36,260 | $51,356 | 2,037 | 213 | 57 | 14 | 11 to 1 |
| Babson College Wellesley, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $49,664 | $57,152 | 3,932 | 287 | 6 | 1 | 15 to 1 |
| Boston Baptist College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $12,600 | $14,304 | 43 | 24 | 3 | - | 6 to 1 |
| Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $33,557 | $38,302 | 2,605 | 1,874 | 79 | 40 | 8 to 1 |
| Bentley University Waltham, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $48,000 | $61,000 | 5,333 | 82 | 63 | 28 | 12 to 1 |
| Berklee College of Music Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $42,750 | $52,040 | 8,369 | 1,790 | 34 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,712 | $11,328 | 1,694 | 389 | 36 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Boston Architectural College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $23,748 | $27,470 | 853 | 437 | 16 | 6 | 9 to 1 |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years | - | $22,368 | 169 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $53,346 | $70,702 | 15,432 | 732 | 154 | 2 | 10 to 1 |
| Boston University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $52,082 | $68,102 | 37,737 | 5,423 | 544 | 1 | 10 to 1 |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $53,182 | $68,080 | 5,205 | 401 | 110 | 10 | 10 to 1 |
| Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $11,734 | $17,874 | 9,727 | 1,092 | 124 | 1 | 17 to 1 |
| Bristol Community College Fall River, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,832 | $10,776 | 6,950 | 3,186 | 114 | 7 | 16 to 1 |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA Public, 2-4 years | $6,168 | $11,112 | 9,876 | 2,782 | 104 | 6 | 21 to 1 |
| Cambridge College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $14,940 | $18,378 | 1,835 | 1,187 | 74 | 18 | 12 to 1 |
| Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA Public, 2-4 years | $6,000 | $10,944 | 3,260 | 692 | 79 | 10 | 12 to 1 |
| Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $36,103 | $30,468 | 530 | 183 | 9 | 5 | 9 to 1 |
| Clark University Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $44,400 | $58,467 | 3,925 | 37 | 108 | 11 | 8 to 1 |
| Curry College Milton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $38,596 | $47,570 | 1,994 | 143 | 43 | 1 | 12 to 1 |
| Dean College Franklin, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $38,090 | $46,526 | 1,092 | 28 | 41 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $31,780 | $29,924 | 60 | 13 | 62 | 2 | 3 to 1 |
| Emerson College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $43,728 | $57,056 | 5,263 | 599 | 48 | 2 | 14 to 1 |
| Emmanuel College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $38,844 | $48,550 | 1,983 | 90 | 64 | 13 | 13 to 1 |
| Endicott College Beverly, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $32,154 | $40,650 | 4,394 | 1,130 | 99 | 32 | 13 to 1 |
| Fisher College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $30,499 | $35,689 | 1,652 | 965 | 46 | 46 | 14 to 1 |
| Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $11,346 | $17,426 | 5,892 | 2,745 | 125 | 57 | 11 to 1 |
| Framingham State University Framingham, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $11,920 | $18,000 | 4,002 | 1,070 | 85 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $17,450 | $18,906 | 744 | 61 | 19 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Gordon College Wenham, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $36,740 | $30,700 | 1,595 | 162 | 107 | 37 | 10 to 1 |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | - | $24,750 | 1,352 | 275 | 13 | 11 | - |
| Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,810 | $11,930 | 1,689 | 579 | 44 | 3 | 10 to 1 |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $48,949 | $61,676 | 30,259 | 7,584 | 478 | 58 | 7 to 1 |
| Hebrew College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $25,220 | $25,220 | 163 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 28 to 1 |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $22,490 | $22,490 | 274 | 129 | 11 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,988 | $10,932 | 4,200 | 1,252 | 81 | 13 | 15 to 1 |
| Lasell University Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $34,600 | $27,040 | 1,668 | 268 | 58 | 18 | 12 to 1 |
| Lesley University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $26,675 | $34,256 | 2,557 | 496 | 115 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $40,455 | $55,275 | 317 | 64 | 28 | - | 4 to 1 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $16,966 | $36,264 | 16,598 | 5,089 | 178 | 43 | 17 to 1 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $17,772 | $40,449 | 31,726 | 3,511 | 345 | 49 | 17 to 1 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $15,898 | $38,115 | 15,575 | 1,700 | 150 | 15 | 15 to 1 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,856 | $10,800 | 4,578 | 1,433 | 66 | 20 | 16 to 1 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $32,590 | $40,530 | 5,945 | 672 | 70 | 20 | 9 to 1 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $15,400 | $43,400 | 1,989 | 48 | 32 | 1 | 9 to 1 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $60,156 | $62,396 | 11,886 | 46 | 123 | - | 3 to 1 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $11,420 | $23,722 | 1,488 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 13 to 1 |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA Public, 4 years four-years | - | - | 1,489 | 22 | 7 | - | - |
| William James College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | - | $11,800 | 967 | 105 | 15 | 1 | 3 to 1 |
| Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,376 | $10,320 | 5,574 | 2,229 | 64 | 11 | 12 to 1 |
| Merrimack College North Andover, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $39,770 | $53,962 | 5,862 | 1,344 | 170 | 61 | 13 to 1 |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | - | $95,932 | 1,672 | 461 | 24 | 6 | 10 to 1 |
| Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA Public, 2-4 years | $6,098 | $12,170 | 9,374 | 2,303 | 69 | 19 | 21 to 1 |
| Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $47,940 | $67,018 | 2,275 | 96 | 55 | 2 | 9 to 1 |
| Mount Ida College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $35,720 | $35,720 | 1,555 | 3 | - | - | 13 to 1 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA Public, 2-4 years | $6,160 | $11,080 | 3,694 | 1,004 | 61 | 5 | 16 to 1 |
| Newbury College Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $34,470 | $35,540 | 636 | 36 | - | - | 13 to 1 |
| Nichols College Dudley, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $34,000 | $42,705 | 1,392 | 305 | 25 | 4 | 15 to 1 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $12,436 | $21,381 | 896 | 90 | 29 | - | 8 to 1 |
| North Shore Community College Danvers, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,352 | $10,920 | 5,743 | 974 | 82 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $49,497 | $66,162 | 32,553 | 1,730 | 266 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA Public, 2-4 years | $6,732 | $12,516 | 4,721 | 999 | 85 | 3 | 19 to 1 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $34,578 | $43,325 | 1,268 | 279 | 58 | 8 | 11 to 1 |
| Quincy College Quincy, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $8,938 | $8,938 | 3,022 | 1,164 | 48 | 48 | 22 to 1 |
| Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA Public, 2-4 years | $6,262 | $11,206 | 7,811 | 1,579 | 116 | 5 | 16 to 1 |
| Regis College Weston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $39,820 | $49,680 | 2,517 | 1,474 | 56 | 6 | 9 to 1 |
| Salem State University Salem, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $12,338 | $19,531 | 6,230 | 836 | 153 | 15 | 12 to 1 |
| Simmons University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $39,610 | $46,874 | 4,666 | 1,982 | 83 | 5 | 9 to 1 |
| Springfield College Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $36,535 | $44,974 | 2,599 | 14 | 100 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA Public, 2-4 years | $5,904 | $11,112 | 5,447 | 1,877 | 74 | 12 | 18 to 1 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $15,612 | $32,567 | 7,968 | 1,690 | 160 | 11 | 16 to 1 |
| Stonehill College Easton, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $41,300 | $56,370 | 2,674 | 38 | 58 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $37,270 | $47,550 | 6,356 | 31 | 121 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Tufts University Medford, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $54,318 | $70,704 | 13,599 | 469 | 224 | 10 | 10 to 1 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $34,977 | $42,884 | 4,191 | 75 | 39 | 5 | 17 to 1 |
| Western New England University Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $35,740 | $47,820 | 3,674 | 266 | 103 | 18 | 12 to 1 |
| Westfield State University Westfield, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $12,179 | $18,259 | 4,588 | 515 | 99 | - | 17 to 1 |
| Wheelock College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $36,350 | $36,350 | 890 | 29 | - | - | 12 to 1 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $48,628 | $60,765 | 7,584 | 666 | 141 | 31 | 13 to 1 |
| Worcester State University Worcester, MA Public, 4 years four-years | $11,786 | $17,866 | 5,745 | 747 | 143 | 1 | 16 to 1 |
| Northpoint Bible College Haverhill, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $12,054 | $14,160 | 122 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 6 to 1 |
| Urban College of Boston Boston, MA Private, 2-4 years | $7,124 | $7,608 | 868 | 868 | 7 | 7 | 6 to 1 |
| FINE Mortuary College Norwood, MA Private, 2-4 years | $20,520 | $19,600 | 185 | 185 | 1 | 1 | 15 to 1 |
| National Graduate School of Quality Management Falmouth, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $11,810 | $11,810 | 268 | 268 | - | - | 10 to 1 |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $16,560 | $19,887 | 380 | 344 | 24 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $27,748 | $50,688 | 7,411 | 2,649 | 109 | 7 | 16 to 1 |
| Average | $20,293 | $23,168 | 465,397 | 83,523 | - | - | 12 to 1 |