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For the academic year 2022-2023, total 473,161 students have enrolled in Massachusetts colleges including both undergraduate and graduate schools - 324,125 undergraduate and 148,961 graduate students.

By gender, there are 199,403 male students and 273,758 female students at Massachusetts colleges. For online degree programs, 81,985 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 36,714.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the largest number of male students of 15,689.
Boston University has the largest number of female students of 21,068.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the most undergraduate students of 24,391.
Harvard University has the most graduate students of 21,263.
Harvard University has the most online enrollment of 6,923 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	2,176	1,285	891	682	1,494	317
American International College Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,010	745	1,265	1,167	843	588
Amherst College Amherst, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,898	917	981	1,898	-	-
Anna Maria College Paxton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,436	855	581	1,069	367	409
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough, MA Public, Less than 2 years	54	12	42	54	-	-
Assumption University Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,059	865	1,194	1,704	355	185
Babson College Wellesley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,989	2,299	1,690	2,761	1,228	404
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy Worcester, MA Private, Less than 2 years	26	4	22	26	-	-
Boston Baptist College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	43	28	15	43	-	-
Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,465	121	2,344	1,315	1,150	1,664
Bentley University Waltham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,165	3,031	2,134	4,131	1,034	151
Berklee College of Music Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	8,282	4,693	3,589	7,499	783	1,854
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA Public, 2-4 years	1,367	449	918	1,367	-	359
Empire Beauty School-Boston Boston, MA Private, Less than 2 years	66	1	65	66	-	-
Boston Architectural College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	747	306	441	297	450	375
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years	155	52	103	-	155	5
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Private, 4 years four-years	15,287	6,938	8,349	9,982	5,305	814
Boston University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	36,714	15,646	21,068	18,459	18,255	4,044
Brandeis University Waltham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,581	2,408	3,173	3,687	1,894	265
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA Public, 4 years four-years	9,604	3,755	5,849	8,116	1,488	1,004
Bristol Community College Fall River, MA Public, 2-4 years	5,822	1,966	3,856	5,822	-	3,290
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton, MA Private, 2-4 years	150	14	136	150	-	-
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA Public, 2-4 years	8,439	3,389	5,050	8,439	-	4,646
Cambridge College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,135	478	1,657	840	1,295	703
Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA Public, 2-4 years	2,336	854	1,482	2,336	-	892
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn, MA Private, Less than 2 years	186	2	184	186	-	-
Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	983	76	907	983	-	32
Clark University Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,770	1,711	2,059	2,389	1,381	40
Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	18	7	11	-	18	-
Curry College Milton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,052	842	1,210	1,833	219	152
Dean College Franklin, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,189	594	595	1,189	-	40
Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River, MA Public, Less than 2 years	44	4	40	44	-	-
National Aviation Academy of New England Concord, MA Private, 2-4 years	202	187	15	202	-	-
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, MA Private, 4 years four-years	535	273	262	409	126	31
Emerson College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,891	1,664	4,227	4,155	1,736	845
Emmanuel College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,012	456	1,556	1,947	65	115
Endicott College Beverly, MA Private, 4 years four-years	4,006	1,351	2,655	3,062	944	891
Rob Roy Academy-Fall River Fall River, MA Private, Less than 2 years	32	11	21	32	-	-
Fisher College Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,421	487	934	1,312	109	679
Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA Public, 4 years four-years	6,554	2,487	4,067	3,168	3,386	2,984
Framingham State University Framingham, MA Public, 4 years four-years	4,111	1,609	2,502	2,970	1,141	1,117
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	513	420	93	513	-	48
Gordon College Wenham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,628	612	1,016	1,294	334	207
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,334	837	497	-	1,334	167
Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA Public, 2-4 years	1,419	497	922	1,419	-	535
Hampshire College Amherst, MA Private, 4 years four-years	508	190	318	508	-	-
Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	30,631	14,207	16,424	9,368	21,263	6,923
Hebrew College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	212	99	113	123	89	10
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA Private, 4 years four-years	131	113	18	39	92	32
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,083	1,383	1,700	3,083	-	-
Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA Public, 2-4 years	3,550	1,240	2,310	3,550	-	1,485
Lasell University Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,591	584	1,007	1,247	344	315
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford, MA Private, 2-4 years	225	13	212	225	-	-
Lesley University Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,406	669	2,737	1,554	1,852	575
Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	315	115	200	40	275	45
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute Lowell, MA Private, Less than 2 years	65	2	63	65	-	-
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA Public, 4 years four-years	17,153	9,743	7,410	12,389	4,764	4,902
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA Public, 4 years four-years	32,229	15,689	16,540	24,391	7,838	3,853
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years	15,586	6,425	9,161	12,221	3,365	1,617
Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills, MA Public, 2-4 years	3,497	1,516	1,981	3,497	-	1,549
MCPHS University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	6,824	1,654	5,170	3,522	3,302	1,317
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years	1,939	510	1,429	1,833	106	67
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years	11,858	6,784	5,074	4,657	7,201	61
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA Public, 4 years four-years	1,425	1,226	199	1,326	99	99
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA Public, 4 years four-years	1,352	464	888	-	1,352	42
William James College Newton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	897	184	713	40	857	82
Massachusetts School of Barbering Quincy, MA Private, Less than 2 years	54	37	17	54	-	-
Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA Public, 2-4 years	4,810	1,852	2,958	4,810	-	2,229
Merrimack College North Andover, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,505	2,344	3,161	4,229	1,276	812
MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,353	214	1,139	140	1,213	104
Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA Public, 2-4 years	7,770	3,118	4,652	7,770	-	2,129
Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA Private, 4 years four-years	296	71	225	296	-	-
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,392	30	2,362	2,193	199	147
Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA Public, 2-4 years	2,868	907	1,961	2,868	-	896
Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford New Bedford, MA Private, Less than 2 years	6	-	6	6	-	-
The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	796	420	376	382	414	-
New England College of Optometry Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	536	128	408	-	536	-
New England Law-Boston Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,060	381	679	-	1,060	-
Nichols College Dudley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,403	888	515	1,164	239	286
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA Public, 4 years four-years	938	390	548	838	100	78
North Bennet Street School Boston, MA Private, 2-4 years	152	92	60	152	-	-
North Shore Community College Danvers, MA Public, 2-4 years	4,391	1,538	2,853	4,391	-	899
Northeastern University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	30,013	14,266	15,747	16,302	13,711	1,058
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA Public, 2-4 years	4,339	1,608	2,731	4,339	-	1,252
College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,275	316	959	980	295	240
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary Weston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	47	47	-	-	47	-
Quincy College Quincy, MA Public, 4 years four-years	2,602	1,050	1,552	2,602	-	1,707
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA Public, 2-4 years	6,481	2,428	4,053	6,481	-	1,275
Regis College Weston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,230	438	2,792	1,121	2,109	1,973
Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing, MA Public, 2-4 years	1,214	385	829	1,214	-	-
Saint John's Seminary Brighton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	103	86	17	29	74	-
Salem State University Salem, MA Public, 4 years four-years	6,539	2,050	4,489	5,078	1,461	851
Simmons University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	5,710	440	5,270	1,788	3,922	2,864
Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA Private, 4 years four-years	298	117	181	298	-	-
Smith College Northampton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,873	52	2,821	2,523	350	-
Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton, MA Public, Less than 2 years	128	28	100	128	-	-
Springfield College Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,921	1,283	1,638	2,005	916	7
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA Public, 2-4 years	3,945	1,568	2,377	3,945	-	1,825
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA Public, 4 years four-years	7,457	3,556	3,901	5,517	1,940	1,375
Stonehill College Easton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,543	1,138	1,405	2,500	43	-
Suffolk University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	6,734	2,510	4,224	4,381	2,353	215
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton Taunton, MA Private, Less than 2 years	5	-	5	5	-	-
Tufts University Medford, MA Private, 4 years four-years	13,431	5,522	7,909	6,815	6,616	697
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,447	35	2,412	2,447	-	-
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,920	2,999	921	3,713	207	160
Western New England University Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	3,430	1,805	1,625	2,406	1,024	249
Westfield State University Westfield, MA Public, 4 years four-years	4,702	1,975	2,727	3,943	759	689
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA Private, 4 years four-years	1,667	612	1,055	1,667	-	2
Williams College Williamstown, MA Private, 4 years four-years	2,222	1,047	1,175	2,169	53	-
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA Private, 4 years four-years	7,308	4,703	2,605	5,246	2,062	806
Worcester State University Worcester, MA Public, 4 years four-years	5,311	1,914	3,397	4,478	833	634
Northpoint Bible College Haverhill, MA Private, 4 years four-years	225	118	107	182	43	35
Blue Hills Regional Technical School Canton, MA Public, Less than 2 years	22	1	21	22	-	-
Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy Medford, MA Private, Less than 2 years	242	6	236	242	-	-
Massachusetts School of Law Andover, MA Private, 4 years four-years	295	110	185	-	295	-
New England Hair Academy Malden, MA Private, Less than 2 years	113	46	67	113	-	-
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA Private, Less than 2 years	59	25	34	59	-	-
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Bourne, MA Public, Less than 2 years	63	6	57	63	-	-
Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro, MA Public, Less than 2 years	80	18	62	80	-	-
Empire Beauty School-Malden Malden, MA Private, Less than 2 years	91	3	88	91	-	-
EINE Inc Tewksbury, MA Private, Less than 2 years	39	-	39	39	-	-
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica, MA Public, Less than 2 years	37	3	34	37	-	-
Motoring Technical Training Institute Seekonk, MA Private, Less than 2 years	292	221	71	292	-	13
Charles H McCann Technical School North Adams, MA Public, Less than 2 years	40	3	37	40	-	-
Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus Pittsfield, MA Private, Less than 2 years	172	21	151	172	-	-
Urban College of Boston Boston, MA Private, 2-4 years	596	27	569	596	-	288
Monty Tech Fitchburg, MA Public, Less than 2 years	41	3	38	41	-	-
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester Worcester, MA Private, Less than 2 years	217	7	210	217	-	-
FINE Mortuary College Norwood, MA Private, 2-4 years	118	20	98	118	-	-
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA Private, 4 years four-years	386	194	192	386	-	-
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough, MA Private, Less than 2 years	163	7	156	163	-	-
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth, MA Private, Less than 2 years	213	7	206	213	-	-
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield, MA Private, Less than 2 years	52	2	50	52	-	-
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton, MA Public, Less than 2 years	46	6	40	46	-	-
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District Charlton, MA Public, Less than 2 years	43	9	34	43	-	-
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin, MA Public, Less than 2 years	56	7	49	56	-	-
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts North Andover, MA Private, Less than 2 years	707	667	40	707	-	-
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education Springfield, MA Private, 4 years four-years	461	107	354	309	152	308
Alexander Academy Lunenburg, MA Private, Less than 2 years	26	16	10	26	-	-
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years	8,264	3,249	5,015	3,224	5,040	3,037
Jupiter Beauty Academy Boston, MA Private, Less than 2 years	248	10	238	248	-	-
Technology Learning Center Oxford, MA Private, Less than 2 years	42	41	1	42	-	19
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover, MA Private, Less than 2 years	104	7	97	104	-	-
Average	473,161	199,403	273,758	324,125	148,961	81,985

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