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For the academic year 2023-2024, total 485,469 students have enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including both undergraduate and graduate schools - 337,877 undergraduate and 147,524 graduate students.

By gender, there are 205,580 male students and 279,889 female students at Massachusetts colleges. For online degree programs, 81,950 students have enrolled online exclusively at Massachusetts colleges.

Massachusetts College Student Population Statistics

The next list shows the colleges having the most students by gender and enrollment types. Online completely schools are excluded for the statistics (excepting the colleges with the most online students).

Boston University has the largest number of students including both undergraduate and graduate schools of 37,737.
Boston University has the largest number of male students of 15,963.
Boston University has the largest number of female students of 21,774.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the most undergraduate students of 23,920.
Harvard University has the most graduate students of 21,415.
Harvard University has the most online enrollment of 7,584 students who are enrolled online exclusively.

Student Population Comparison Between Massachusetts Colleges

All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges

College Name	Total Number of Students	Men Students	Women Students	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduate Enrollment	Online Student Population
Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,008	1,200	808	618	1,390	577
American International College Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,037	885	1,152	1,207	830	585
Amherst College Amherst, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,914	861	1,053	1,914	-	-
Anna Maria College Paxton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,202	757	445	916	286	266
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough, MA Public, Less than 2 years	47	11	36	47	-	-
Assumption University Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,037	850	1,187	1,713	324	213
Babson College Wellesley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,932	2,254	1,678	2,793	1,139	287
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy Worcester, MA Private, Less than 2 years	64	12	52	64	-	-
Boston Baptist College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	43	26	17	43	-	24
Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,605	181	2,424	1,177	1,428	1,874
Bentley University Waltham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,333	3,136	2,197	4,526	807	82
Berklee College of Music Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	8,369	4,592	3,777	7,549	820	1,790
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA Public, 2-4 years	1,694	561	1,133	1,694	-	389
Boston Architectural College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	853	331	522	320	533	437
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years	169	56	113	-	169	6
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Private, 4 years four-years	15,432	7,082	8,350	10,314	5,118	732
Boston University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	37,737	15,963	21,774	18,805	18,932	5,423
Brandeis University Waltham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,205	2,291	2,914	3,632	1,573	401
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA Public, 4 years four-years	9,727	3,842	5,885	8,270	1,457	1,092
Bristol Community College Fall River, MA Public, 2-4 years	6,950	2,320	4,630	6,950	-	3,186
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton, MA Private, 2-4 years	146	18	128	146	-	-
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA Public, 2-4 years	9,876	3,954	5,922	9,876	-	2,782
Cambridge College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,835	374	1,461	646	1,189	1,187
Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA Public, 2-4 years	3,260	1,144	2,116	3,260	-	692
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn, MA Private, Less than 2 years	174	3	171	174	-	-
Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	530	68	462	530	-	183
Clark University Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,925	1,889	2,036	2,266	1,659	37
Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	17	8	9	-	17	-
Curry College Milton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,994	828	1,166	1,808	186	143
Dean College Franklin, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,092	538	554	1,092	-	28
Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River, MA Public, Less than 2 years	17	2	15	17	-	-
National Aviation Academy of New England Concord, MA Private, 2-4 years	241	215	26	241	-	-
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA Private, 4 years four-years	60	24	36	23	37	13
Emerson College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,263	1,529	3,734	3,908	1,355	599
Emmanuel College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,983	463	1,520	1,909	74	90
Endicott College Beverly, MA Private, 4 years four-years	4,394	1,377	3,017	3,194	1,200	1,130
Rob Roy Academy-Fall River Fall River, MA Private, Less than 2 years	97	32	65	97	-	-
Fisher College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,652	635	1,017	1,536	116	965
Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA Public, 4 years four-years	5,892	2,341	3,551	3,027	2,865	2,745
Framingham State University Framingham, MA Public, 4 years four-years	4,002	1,559	2,443	2,782	1,220	1,070
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	744	577	167	744	-	61
Gordon College Wenham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,595	617	978	1,314	281	162
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,352	836	516	-	1,352	275
Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA Public, 2-4 years	1,689	635	1,054	1,689	-	579
Hampshire College Amherst, MA Private, 4 years four-years	844	317	527	844	-	-
Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	30,259	13,812	16,447	8,844	21,415	7,584
Hebrew College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	163	67	96	73	90	13
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years	274	226	48	86	188	129
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,126	1,434	1,692	3,126	-	-
Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA Public, 2-4 years	4,200	1,444	2,756	4,200	-	1,252
Lasell University Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,668	601	1,067	1,293	375	268
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford, MA Private, 2-4 years	174	14	160	174	-	-
Lesley University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,557	595	1,962	1,229	1,328	496
Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	317	119	198	10	307	64
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute Lowell, MA Private, Less than 2 years	66	1	65	66	-	-
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA Public, 4 years four-years	16,598	9,314	7,284	12,122	4,476	5,089
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA Public, 4 years four-years	31,726	15,245	16,481	23,920	7,806	3,511
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years	15,575	6,619	8,956	12,138	3,437	1,700
Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills, MA Public, 2-4 years	4,578	1,942	2,636	4,578	-	1,433
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,945	1,384	4,561	3,469	2,476	672
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years	1,989	502	1,487	1,871	118	48
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	11,886	6,650	5,236	4,535	7,351	46
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA Public, 4 years four-years	1,488	1,266	222	1,402	86	86
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA Public, 4 years four-years	1,489	470	1,019	-	1,489	22
William James College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	967	187	780	39	928	105
Massachusetts School of Barbering Quincy, MA Private, Less than 2 years	44	31	13	44	-	-
Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA Public, 2-4 years	5,574	2,131	3,443	5,574	-	2,229
Merrimack College North Andover, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,862	2,508	3,354	4,102	1,760	1,344
MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,672	246	1,426	363	1,309	461
Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA Public, 2-4 years	9,374	3,649	5,725	9,374	-	2,303
Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA Private, 4 years four-years	227	64	163	227	-	-
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,275	14	2,261	2,178	97	96
Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA Public, 2-4 years	3,694	1,234	2,460	3,694	-	1,004
Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford New Bedford, MA Private, Less than 2 years	15	-	15	15	-	-
The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	853	471	382	421	432	-
New England College of Optometry Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	515	129	386	-	515	-
New England Law-Boston Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,131	410	721	-	1,131	-
Nichols College Dudley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,392	904	488	1,163	229	305
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA Public, 4 years four-years	896	389	507	794	102	90
North Bennet Street School Boston, MA Private, 2-4 years	155	98	57	155	-	-
North Shore Community College Danvers, MA Public, 2-4 years	5,743	2,028	3,715	5,743	-	974
Northeastern University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	32,553	15,644	16,909	17,432	15,121	1,730
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA Public, 2-4 years	4,721	1,732	2,989	4,721	-	999
College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,268	334	934	1,002	266	279
Quincy College Quincy, MA Public, 4 years four-years	3,022	1,192	1,830	3,022	-	1,164
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA Public, 2-4 years	7,811	2,954	4,857	7,811	-	1,579
Regis College Weston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,517	398	2,119	987	1,530	1,474
Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing, MA Public, 2-4 years	2,044	641	1,403	2,044	-	-
Saint John's Seminary Brighton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	86	70	16	23	63	-
Salem State University Salem, MA Public, 4 years four-years	6,230	2,086	4,144	4,867	1,363	836
Simmons University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	4,666	417	4,249	1,675	2,991	1,982
Smith College Northampton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,857	43	2,814	2,549	308	-
Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton, MA Public, Less than 2 years	260	107	153	260	-	-
Springfield College Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,599	1,171	1,428	1,763	836	14
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA Public, 2-4 years	5,447	1,995	3,452	5,447	-	1,877
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA Public, 4 years four-years	7,968	3,804	4,164	5,731	2,237	1,690
Stonehill College Easton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,674	1,231	1,443	2,568	106	38
Suffolk University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	6,356	2,312	4,044	4,326	2,030	31
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton Taunton, MA Private, Less than 2 years	23	-	23	23	-	-
Tufts University Medford, MA Private, 4 years four-years	13,599	5,595	8,004	7,126	6,473	469
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,407	42	2,365	2,407	-	-
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	4,191	3,064	1,127	3,965	226	75
Western New England University Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,674	1,934	1,740	2,616	1,058	266
Westfield State University Westfield, MA Public, 4 years four-years	4,588	1,923	2,665	3,868	720	515
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,785	617	1,168	1,785	-	-
Williams College Williamstown, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,164	1,025	1,139	2,115	49	-
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	7,584	5,120	2,464	5,558	2,026	666
Worcester State University Worcester, MA Public, 4 years four-years	5,745	2,159	3,586	4,868	877	747
Northpoint Bible College Haverhill, MA Private, 4 years four-years	122	65	57	89	33	44
Massachusetts School of Law Andover, MA Private, 4 years four-years	273	101	172	-	273	-
New England Hair Academy Malden, MA Private, Less than 2 years	87	35	52	87	-	-
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA Private, Less than 2 years	109	58	51	109	-	-
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Bourne, MA Public, Less than 2 years	70	5	65	70	-	-
Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro, MA Public, Less than 2 years	80	14	66	80	-	-
Empire Beauty School-Malden Malden, MA Private, Less than 2 years	95	3	92	95	-	-
EINE Inc Tewksbury, MA Private, Less than 2 years	47	4	43	47	-	-
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica, MA Public, Less than 2 years	37	9	28	37	-	-
Motoring Technical Training Institute Seekonk, MA Private, Less than 2 years	312	238	74	312	-	-
Charles H McCann Technical School North Adams, MA Public, Less than 2 years	41	3	38	41	-	-
Urban College of Boston Boston, MA Private, 2-4 years	868	43	825	868	-	868
Monty Tech Fitchburg, MA Public, Less than 2 years	48	8	40	48	-	-
COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA Private, Less than 2 years	192	8	184	192	-	-
FINE Mortuary College Norwood, MA Private, 2-4 years	185	31	154	185	-	185
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	405	211	194	405	-	-
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough, MA Private, Less than 2 years	182	2	180	182	-	-
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth, MA Private, Less than 2 years	233	7	226	233	-	-
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield, MA Private, Less than 2 years	21	1	20	21	-	-
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton, MA Public, Less than 2 years	42	9	33	42	-	-
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin, MA Public, Less than 2 years	72	6	66	72	-	-
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts North Andover, MA Private, Less than 2 years	430	405	25	430	-	-
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	380	89	291	176	204	344
Alexander Academy Lunenburg, MA Private, Less than 2 years	39	21	18	39	-	-
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	7,411	3,159	4,252	2,416	4,995	2,649
Jupiter Beauty Academy Boston, MA Private, Less than 2 years	201	8	193	201	-	-
Technology Learning Center Oxford, MA Private, Less than 2 years	31	27	4	31	-	-
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover, MA Private, Less than 2 years	118	8	110	118	-	-
Average	485,469	205,580	279,889	337,877	147,524	81,950

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