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Massachusetts Hall at Harvard University Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the W. E. B. Du Bois Library in the background. There are 114 colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. [1]
The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) formerly known as North Adams State College (NASC) [4] is a public liberal arts college in North Adams, Massachusetts. It is part of the state university system of Massachusetts. [5] It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.
Longy School of Music of Bard College: Cambridge: Private: Special-focus: 318 1915 Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Boston: Public: Special-focus: 1,986 1873 1954 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Boston: Private: Special-focus: 6,321 1823 1974 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge: Private: Research ...
Like many colleges and universities, the Massachusetts Agricultural College (as it was originally called) in Amherst was founded as a land-grant college in 1863, receiving initial start-up funding as part of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. It became "Massachusetts State College" in 1931, and "University of Massachusetts" in 1947.
The college was founded in 1970 in leased buildings on the grounds of the Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts. Starting in 1972, the college also leased space at the former Marist Preparatory Seminary, off Springs Road in Bedford. A third campus in Burlington, Massachusetts opened in September 1981 in a former middle-school building. [3]
The Five College Consortium (often referred to as simply the Five Colleges) comprises four liberal arts colleges and one university in the Connecticut River Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts: Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, totaling approximately 38,000 students. [1]
Pages in category "Public universities and colleges in Massachusetts" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Additional universities and colleges will be found in the sub-categories: Category:Community colleges in Massachusetts, Category:Business schools in Massachusetts, Category:Law schools in Massachusetts and Category:Defunct universities and colleges in Massachusetts