Open Institutions
| Name | Location | Control | Classification | Enrollment | Founded | NEASC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International College | Springfield | Private | Master's | 2,678 | 1885 | 1933 |
| Amherst College | Amherst | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,683 | 1821 | 1929 |
| Andover Newton Theological School | Newton | Private | Special-focus institution | 350 | 1965 | 1978 |
| Anna Maria College | Paxton | Private | Master's | 1,244 | 1946 | 1955 |
| Assumption College | Worcester | Private | Master's | 2,872 | 1904 | 1949 |
| Babson College | Wellesley | Private | Special-focus institution | 3,434 | 1919 | 1950 |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Great Barrington | Private | Baccalaureate | 403 | 1964 | 1973 |
| Bay Path College | Longmeadow | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,603 | 1897 | 1965 |
| Bay State College | Boston | For-profit | Baccalaureate | 354 | 1946 | 2008 |
| Becker College | Worcester | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,800 | 1784 | 1992 |
| Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 513 | 1908 | 2006 |
| Bentley University | Waltham | Private | Master's | 5,636 | 1917 | 1966 |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 4,090 | 1945 | 1973 |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Public | Associate’s | 2,267 | 1960 | 1964 |
| Blessed John XXIII National Seminary | Weston | Private | Special-focus institution | 56 | 1964 | -- |
| Boston Architectural College | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1,338 | 1889 | 1991 |
| Boston Baptist College | Milton | Private | Special-focus institution | 153 | 1976 | -- |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private | Research university | 14,621 | 1863 | 1935 |
| Boston Conservatory | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 630 | 1867 | 1968 |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis | Brookline | Private | Special-focus institution | 178 | 1973 | 1996 |
| Boston University | Boston | Private | Research university | 32,053 | 1839 | 1929 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | Private | Research university | 5,333 | 1948 | 1953 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public | Master's | 9,934 | 1840 | 1953 |
| Bristol Community College | Fall River | Public | Associate’s | 7,388 | 1965 | 1970 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Private | Associate’s | 8,806 | 1973 | 1976 |
| Cambridge College | Cambridge | Private | Master's | 5,355 | 1971 | 1981 |
| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Public | Associate’s | 4,299 | 1961 | 1967 |
| Clark University | Worcester | Private | Research university | 3,210 | 1887 | 1929 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Private | Baccalaureate | 2,847 | 1843 | 1930 |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Conway | Private | Special-focus institution | 19 | 1972 | 1989 |
| Curry College | Milton | Private | Baccalaureate | 3,182 | 1879 | 1970 |
| Dean College | Franklin | Private | Associate's & Bachelor's | 1,075 | 1865 | 1957 |
| Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,075 | 1900 | 1943 |
| Elms College |
Chicopee | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,258 | 1928 | 1942 |
| Emerson College | Boston | Private | Master's | 4,380 | 1880 | 1950 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | Private | Master's | 2,467 | 1919 | 1933 |
| Endicott College | Beverly | Private | Baccalaureate | 3,710 | 1939 | 1952 |
| Episcopal Divinity School | Cambridge | Private | Special-focus institution | 108 | 1975 | -- |
| Fisher College | Boston | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,225 | 1903 | 1970 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | Master's | 6,692 | 1894 | 1953 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | Master's | 5,903 | 1839 | 1950 |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | Needham | Private | -- | 299 | 1997 | 2006 |
| Gordon College | Wenham | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,648 | 1889 | 1961 |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | South Hamilton | Private | Special-focus institution | 2,134 | 1969 | 1985 |
| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | Associate’s | 2,236 | 1962 | 1966 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,431 | 1970 | 1974 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private | Research university | 25,690 | 1636 | 1929 |
| Hebrew College | Newton | Private | Special-focus institution | 201 | 1921 | 1955 |
| Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | Brookline | Private | Special-focus institution | 211 | 1937 | 1974 |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | Associate’s | 6,461 | 1946 | 1970 |
| Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private | Special-focus institution | 1964 | 1976 | |
| Labouré College | Boston | Private | Associate's | 548 | 1892 | 2005 |
| Lasell College | Newton | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,630 | 1851 | 1932 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge | Private | Master's | 7,003 | 1909 | 1952 |
| Longy School of Music | Cambridge | Private | Special-focus institution | 1,403 | 1915 | 1995 |
| Marian Court College | Swampscott | Private | Associate’s | 350 | 1964 | 2004 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley | Public | Associate’s | 5,018 | 1961 | 1967 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston | Public | Special-focus institution | 2,312 | 1873 | 1954 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | North Adams | Public | Baccalaureate | 1,841 | 1894 | 1953 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 3,626 | 1823 | 1974 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private | Research university | 10,220 | 1861 | 1929 |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | Bourne | Public | Baccalaureate | 1,135 | 1891 | 1974 |
| Massachusetts School of Law | Andover | Private | Special-focus institution | 636 | 1988 | 1997 |
| Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 304 | 1974 | 1984 |
| Massasoit Community College | Brockton | Public | Associate’s | 7,064 | 1966 | 1971 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private | Baccalaureate | 2,098 | 1947 | 1953 |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford | Public | Associate’s | 8,124 | 1970 | 1973 |
| Montserrat College of Art | Beverly | Private | Special-focus institution | 285 | 1970 | 1995 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley | Private | Baccalaureate | 2,204 | 1837 | 1929 |
| Mount Ida College | Newton | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,429 | 1899 | 1970 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | Associate’s | 4,147 | 1963 | 1968 |
| New England College of Optometry | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 464 | 1894 | 1976 |
| New England Conservatory | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 787 | 1867 | 1951 |
| New England Institute of Art | Brookline | For-profit | Special-focus institution | 1,675 | 1952 | 2004 |
| New England School of Law | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 1,103 | 1938 | -- |
| Newbury College | Brookline | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,202 | 1962 | 2000 |
| Nichols College | Dudley | Private | Special-focus institution | 1,477 | 1815 | 1965 |
| North Shore Community College | Lynn | Public | Associate’s | 7,107 | 1965 | 1969 |
| Northeastern University | Boston | Private | Research university | 24,434 | 1898 | 1940 |
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | Associate’s | 6,526 | 1972 | 1969 |
| Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill | Private | Baccalaureate | 472 | 1911 | 1939 |
| Quincy College | Quincy | Public | Associate’s | 3,932 | 1958 | 1980 |
| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | Associate’s | 6,654 | 1963 | 1967 |
| Regis College | Weston | Private | Master's | 1,511 | 1927 | 1933 |
| Roxbury Community College | Roxbury | Public | Associate’s | 2,398 | 1973 | 1981 |
| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Private | Special-focus institution | 118 | 1884 | 1969 |
| Salem State University | Salem | Public | Master's | 10,085 | 1854 | 1953 |
| Salter College | West Boylston | For-profit | -- | 301 | 1937 | -- |
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 797 | 1876 | -- |
| Simmons College | Boston | Private | Master's | 4,733 | 1899 | 1929 |
| Smith College | Northampton | Private | Baccalaureate | 3,065 | 1875 | 1929 |
| Southern New England School of Law | North Dartmouth | Private | Special-focus institution | 256 | 1981 | 1995 |
| Springfield College | Springfield | Private | Master's | 4,755 | 1885 | 1930 |
| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | Associate’s | 6,074 | 1967 | 1971 |
| Stonehill College | Easton | Private | Baccalaureate | 2,450 | 1948 | 1959 |
| Suffolk University | Boston | Private | Master's | 9,103 | 1906 | 1952 |
| Tufts University | Medford | Private | Research university | 9,758 | 1852 | 1929 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Public | Research university | 25,873 | 1863 | 1932 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | Public | Research university | 13,433 | 1964 | 1972 |
| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Dartmouth | Public | Master's | 9,080 | 1895 | 1964 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell | Public | Research university | 14,702 | 1894 | 1975 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | Public | Special-focus institution | 1,013 | 1962 | 1997 |
| Urban College of Boston | Boston | Private | Associate’s | 673 | 1993 | 2001 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley | Private | Baccalaureate | 2,380 | 1875 | 1929 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston | Private | Special-focus institution | 3,728 | 1904 | 1967 |
| Western New England University (as of July 1, 2011) | Springfield | Private | Master's | 3,657 | 1919 | 1965 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield | Public | Master's | 5,392 | 1838 | 1957 |
| Wheaton College | Norton | Private | Baccalaureate | 1,657 | 1834 | 1929 |
| Wheelock College | Boston | Private | Master's | 1,086 | 1939 | 1950 |
| Williams College | Williamstown | Private | Baccalaureate | 2,073 | 1793 | 1929 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole | Private | Special-focus institution | 1930 | 2001 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private | Research university | 4,158 | 1865 | 1937 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | Master's | 5,358 | 1874 | 1957 |
| Zion Bible College | Haverhill | Private | Special-focus institution | 265 | 1924 | -- |
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