The 44 Colleges and Universities in Boston

When investing in a real estate market, it’s helpful to understand the number of colleges and universities in a given area. There are 44 colleges and universities in Boston making the city home to over 150,000 students. Below is a chart outlining each institution’s location, control, enrollment, year founded, and year accredited.

Name                                              Loc.     Control     Classification  Enroll  Found Accr.

Bay State College	Boston	For-profit	Associate’s	609	1946	2008
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology	Boston	Private	Special-focus	612	1908	2006
Bentley University	Waltham	Private	Master’s	5,314	1917	1966
Berklee College of Music	Boston	Private	Special-focus	6,999	1945	1973
Boston Architectural College	Boston	Private	Special-focus	737	1889	1991
Boston Baptist College	Milton	Private	Special-focus	153	1976
Boston College	Newton	Private	Research	14,747	1863	1935
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis	Brookline	Private	Special-focus	130	1973	1996
Boston University	Boston	Private	Research	33,720	1839	1929
Brandeis University	Waltham	Private	Research	5,825	1948	1953
Bunker Hill Community College	Boston	Public	Associate’s	11,352	1973	1976
Cambridge College	Boston	Private	Master’s	2,356	1971	1981
Curry College	Milton	Private	Baccalaureate	2,519	1879	1970
Eastern Nazarene College	Quincy	Private	Baccalaureate	772	1900	1943
Emerson College	Boston	Private	Master’s	4,930	1880	1950
Emmanuel College	Boston	Private	Master’s	2,222	1919	1933
Fisher College	Boston	Private	Baccalaureate	1,628	1903	1970
Harvard University	Cambridge	Private	Research	31,655	1636	1929
Hebrew College	Newton	Private	Special-focus	167	1921	1955
Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	Brookline	Private	Special-focus	130	1937	1974
Hult International Business School	Cambridge	Private	Special-focus	2,349	1964	1976
Labouré College	Milton	Private	Associate’s	988	1892	1975
Lasell College	Newton	Private	Baccalaureate	2,041	1851	1932
Lesley University	Cambridge	Private	Master’s	4,510	1909	1952
Longy School of Music of Bard College	Cambridge	Private	Special-focus	255	1915	1995
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	Boston	Public	Special-focus	2,095	1873	1954
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Boston	Private	Special-focus	7,366	1823	1974
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	Private	Research	11,520	1861	1929
William James College	Newton	Private	Special-focus	796	1974	1984
MGH Institute of Health Professions	Boston	Private	Special-focus	1,199	1977	1985
New England College of Optometry	Boston	Private	Special-focus	538	1894	1976
New England Conservatory	Boston	Private	Special-focus	843	1867	1951
New England Law | Boston	Boston	Private	Special-focus	709	1938
North Bennet Street School	Boston	Private	Special-focus	157	1881	1985
Northeastern University	Boston	Private	Research	22,207	1898	1940
Quincy College	Quincy	Public	Associate’s	3,401	1958	1980
Roxbury Community College	Boston	Public	Associate’s	1,674	1973	1981
Saint John’s Seminary	Boston	Private	Special-focus	111	1884	1969
Simmons University	Boston	Private	Master’s	6,535	1899	1929
Suffolk University	Boston	Private	Master’s	7,169	1906	1952
Tufts University	Medford	Private	Research	11,878	1852	1929
University of Massachusetts Boston	Boston	Public	Research	15,989	1964	1972
Urban College of Boston	Boston	Private	Associate’s	768	1993	2001
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	Private	Special-focus	4,449	1904	1967

 

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