Colleges Near Massachusetts

Explore the Colleges Near Massachusetts

This page breaks down every city in Massachusetts with an accredited college, so you can see where the options actually are. The highest-rated of them is the cost and admissions data at Boston University, in Boston.

Massachusetts's 95 colleges are spread across 51 cities. Boston has the most, with 23 colleges, while 39 smaller cities have a single college each. Across Massachusetts, the average net price works out to roughly $24,280 a year, after grants and scholarships are applied.

Where Massachusetts's Colleges Are

Browse Colleges by City

Across the whole state, the highest-scoring college is the full profile for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In Worcester, the strongest option is the cost and admissions data at Worcester State University.

More Cities in Massachusetts

• Bedford 1 college
• Bridgewater 1 college
• Brookline 1 college
• Buzzards Bay 1 college
• Chestnut Hill 1 college
• Chicopee 1 college
• Concord 1 college
• Danvers 1 college
• Dudley 1 college
• Easton 1 college
• Fall River 1 college
• Fitchburg 1 college
• Framingham 1 college
• Franklin 1 college
• Gardner 1 college
• Greenfield 1 college
• Holyoke 1 college
• Longmeadow 1 college
• Lowell 1 college
• Needham 1 college
• Newton 1 college
• North Adams 1 college
• North Andover 1 college
• North Dartmouth 1 college
• Northampton 1 college
• Norton 1 college
• Norwood 1 college
• Paxton 1 college
• Pittsfield 1 college
• Quincy 1 college
• Roxbury Crossing 1 college
• Salem 1 college
• South Hadley 1 college
• Wellesley Hills 1 college
• Wenham 1 college
• West Barnstable 1 college
• Westfield 1 college
• Weston 1 college
• Williamstown 1 college

Every College in Massachusetts

All 95 accredited colleges in Massachusetts, A to Z, with the city each one sits in. Every name links straight to its profile.

In Springfield, the strongest option is the cost and admissions data at Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education.

For rankings, costs, and outcomes across the whole state rather than one college at a time, see the full Massachusetts college guide.

• American International College Springfield
• Amherst College Amherst
• Anna Maria College Paxton
• Assumption University Worcester
• Babson College Wellesley
• Bay Path University Longmeadow
• Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston
• Bentley University Waltham
• Berklee College of Music Boston
• Berkshire Community College Pittsfield
• Boston Architectural College Boston
• Boston Baptist College Boston
• Boston College Chestnut Hill
• Boston University Boston
• Brandeis University Waltham
• Bridgewater State University Bridgewater
• Bristol Community College Fall River
• Bunker Hill Community College Boston
• Cambridge College Boston
• Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable
• Clark University Worcester
• College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee
• College of the Holy Cross Worcester
• Curry College Milton
• Dean College Franklin
• Emerson College Boston
• Emmanuel College Boston
• Endicott College Beverly
• FINE Mortuary College Norwood
• Fisher College Boston
• Fitchburg State University Fitchburg
• Framingham State University Framingham
• Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham
• Gordon College Wenham
• Greenfield Community College Greenfield
• Hampshire College Amherst
• Harvard University Cambridge
• Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline
• Holyoke Community College Holyoke
• Hult International Business School Cambridge
• Laboure College of Healthcare Milton
• Lasell University Newton
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford
• Lesley University Cambridge
• Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge
• Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills
• Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams
• Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge
• Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay
• Massasoit Community College Brockton
• Merrimack College North Andover
• MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston
• Middlesex Community College Bedford
• Montserrat College of Art Beverly
• Mount Holyoke College South Hadley
• Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner
• National Aviation Academy of New England Concord
• Nichols College Dudley
• North Bennet Street School Boston
• North Shore Community College Danvers
• Northeastern University Boston
• Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston
• Northern Essex Community College Haverhill
• Northpoint Bible College Haverhill
• Quincy College Quincy
• Quinsigamond Community College Worcester
• Regis College Weston
• Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing
• Salem State University Salem
• Sattler College Boston
• Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton
• Simmons University Boston
• Smith College Northampton
• Springfield College Springfield
• Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education Springfield
• Springfield Technical Community College Springfield
• Stonehill College Easton
• Suffolk University Boston
• The New England Conservatory of Music Boston
• Tufts University Medford
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst
• University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston
• University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth
• University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell
• Urban College of Boston Boston
• Wellesley College Wellesley
• Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston
• Western New England University Springfield
• Westfield State University Westfield
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton
• Williams College Williamstown
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester
• Worcester State University Worcester