List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston

Map of the land owned or leased by colleges and universities in the Boston area as of 2021

This is a list of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston. Some are located within Boston proper while some are located in neighboring cities and towns, but all are within the 128/95/1 loop. This is closer to the "inner core" definition of Metropolitan Boston, which excludes more suburban North Shore, South Shore and MetroWest regions. Although larger institutions may have several schools, some of which are located in cities other than that of the main campus (such as Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine), each institution is listed only once and location is determined by the site of each institution's main campus. Three universities—Harvard and MIT in Cambridge, as well as Tufts in Somerville—make up the "brainpower triangle" of greater Boston, a region defined by universities that have a large local and national influence.[1]

There are a total of 44 institutions of higher education in the defined region, including three junior colleges, 11 colleges that primarily grant baccalaureate and master's degrees, eight research universities, and 22 special-focus institutions. Of these, 39 are private ventures while five are public institutions (four are run by the state of Massachusetts and one is operated by the city of Quincy).

In 2024, enrollment at these colleges and universities ranged from 43 students at Boston Baptist College to 37,737 students at Boston University. The first to be founded was Harvard University, also the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, while the most recently established institution is Sattler College. All but five of these schools are accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).

Institutions

Name Location Control[2] Classification[2] Enrollment[3] Founded[a] NECHE-accredited[4]
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston Private Special-focus 744 1908 2006
Bentley University Waltham Private Master's 5,333 1917 1966
Berklee College of Music Boston Private Special-focus 8,369 1945 1973
Boston Architectural College Boston Private Special-focus 853 1889 1991
Boston Baptist College Milton Private Special-focus 43 1976
Boston College Newton Private Research 15,432 1863 1935
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Brookline Private Special-focus 169 1973 1996
Boston University Boston Private Research 37,737 1839 1929
Brandeis University Waltham Private Research 5,205 1948 1953
Bunker Hill Community College Boston Public Associate's 9,876 1973 1976
Cambridge College Boston Private Master's 1,835 1971 1981
Curry College Milton Private Baccalaureate 1,994 1879 1970
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy Private Baccalaureate 60 1900 1943
Emerson College Boston Private Master's 5,263 1880 1950
Emmanuel College Boston Private Baccalaureate 1,983 1919 1933
Fisher College Boston Private Baccalaureate 1,652 1903 1970
Harvard University Cambridge Private Research 30,259 1636 1929
Hebrew College Newton Private Special-focus 163 1921 1955
Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline Private Special-focus 274 1937 1974
Hult International Business School Cambridge Private Special-focus 2,008 1964 1976
Labouré College Milton Private Special-focus 530 1892 2005
Lasell University Newton Private Baccalaureate 1,668 1851 1932
Lesley University Cambridge Private Master's 2,557 1909 1952
Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge Private Special-focus 317 1915
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston Public Special-focus 1,989 1873 1954
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston Private Special-focus 5,945 1823 1974
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Private Research 11,886 1861 1929
MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston Private Special-focus 1,672 1977 1985
New England College of Optometry Boston Private Special-focus 515 1894 1976
New England Conservatory Boston Private Special-focus 853 1867 1951
New England Law | Boston Boston Private Special-focus 1,131 1938
North Bennet Street School Boston Private Special-focus 155 1881
Northeastern University Boston Private Research 32,553 1898 1940
Quincy College Quincy Public Associate's 3,022 1958 1980
Roxbury Community College Boston Public Associate's 2,044 1973 1981
Saint John's Seminary Boston Private Special-focus 86 1884 1969
Sattler College Boston Private Special-focus 57 2016
Simmons University Boston Private Master's 4,666 1899 1929
Suffolk University Boston Private Master's 6,356 1906 1952
Tufts University Medford Private Research 13,599 1852 1929
University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Public Research 15,575 1964 1972
Urban College of Boston Boston Private Special-focus 868 1993 2001
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston Private Special-focus 4,191 1904 1967
William James College Newton Private Special-focus 967 1974 1984

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Founding year is institutionally determined. It may differ from the institution's charter year, the year it became an institution of higher education, or the year it took its current name.

References

  1. ^ Gorey, Colm (September 12, 2018). "Why Greater Boston deserves to be called the 'brainpower triangle'". Silicon Republic. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Institution Lookup". Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  4. ^ "Roster of Institutions". New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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