Colleges and International Students in Massachusetts

Where international students come from

In 10/2026, Massachusetts had 76,735 active F and M students. The table lists the 15 largest countries and places of origin. STEM counts come from a separate SEVIS STEM table with a different basis, so for a few countries they exceed the total.

International students by year

From 2013 to 2025, international students grew 62% and their share of students went from 8.5% to 14.1%.

Where first-year students come from and go

In fall 2024, colleges in Massachusetts enrolled 42,124 first-year students from the state and 22,223 from other states; 21,281 first-year students from the state went to college elsewhere.

Colleges in Massachusetts

All 139 colleges recognized by the US Department of Education; counts are fall enrollment for the 2025 school year.

Rank	School	City	Type	Students	International	International share
#42	Northeastern University	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	32,553	11,530	35.4%
#34	Boston University	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	37,737	9,910	26.3%
#3	Harvard University	Cambridge	Private nonprofit, 4-year	30,259	8,013	26.5%
#59	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Amherst	Public, 4-year	31,726	4,505	14.2%
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	Private nonprofit, 4-year	11,886	3,455	29.1%
—	NNortheastern University Professional Programs	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	7,411	3,231	43.6%
—	BBerklee College of Music	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	8,369	2,697	32.2%
#31	Tufts University	Medford	Private nonprofit, 4-year	13,599	2,001	14.7%
—	HHult International Business School	Cambridge	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,008	1,785	88.9%
#202	University of Massachusetts-Boston	Boston	Public, 4-year	15,575	1,628	10.5%
#31	Boston College	Chestnut Hill	Private nonprofit, 4-year	15,432	1,628	10.5%
#133	Clark University	Worcester	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,925	1,369	34.9%
—	BBabson College	Wellesley	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,932	1,313	33.4%
#59	Brandeis University	Waltham	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,205	1,280	24.6%
#73	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	Private nonprofit, 4-year	7,584	1,160	15.3%
#148	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Lowell	Public, 4-year	16,598	1,001	6.0%
#250	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	Public, 4-year	7,968	884	11.1%
—	MMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,945	866	14.6%
—	BBentley University	Waltham	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,333	853	16.0%
#262	Suffolk University	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	6,356	848	13.3%
—	BBunker Hill Community College	Boston	Public, 2-year	9,876	722	7.3%
—	EEmerson College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,263	687	13.1%
—	MMiddlesex Community College	Bedford	Public, 2-year	9,374	506	5.4%
LAC #34	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,275	430	18.9%
—	TThe New England Conservatory of Music	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	853	414	48.5%
LAC #22	Smith College	Northampton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,857	371	13.0%
LAC #10	Wellesley College	Wellesley	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,407	316	13.1%
#262	Western New England University	Springfield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,674	283	7.7%
LAC #2	Amherst College	Amherst	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,914	254	13.3%
—	SSalem State University	Salem	Public, 4-year	6,230	246	3.9%
—	FFitchburg State University	Fitchburg	Public, 4-year	5,892	226	3.8%
LAC #1	Williams College	Williamstown	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,164	224	10.4%
—	BBoston Architectural College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	853	208	24.4%
#169	Simmons University	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,666	199	4.3%
—	WWentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,191	196	4.7%
—	LLongy School of Music of Bard College	Cambridge	Private nonprofit, 4-year	317	173	54.6%
—	RRoxbury Community College	Roxbury Crossing	Public, 2-year	2,044	167	8.2%
—	FFisher College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,652	164	9.9%
—	NNew England College of Optometry	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	515	161	31.3%
—	QQuincy College	Quincy	Public, 4-year	3,022	146	4.8%
—	MMassachusetts Bay Community College	Wellesley Hills	Public, 2-year	4,578	141	3.1%
LAC #146	GGordon College	Wenham	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,595	125	7.8%
—	BBridgewater State University	Bridgewater	Public, 4-year	9,727	122	1.3%
—	MMerrimack College	North Andover	Private nonprofit, 4-year	5,862	119	2.0%
LAC #22	College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,126	117	3.7%
—	UUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Worcester	Public, 4-year	1,489	117	7.9%
—	WWorcester State University	Worcester	Public, 4-year	5,745	116	2.0%
—	American International College	Springfield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,037	102	5.0%
—	NNorthern Essex Community College	Haverhill	Public, 2-year	4,721	98	2.1%
—	Springfield College	Springfield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,599	95	3.7%
—	MMassachusetts College of Art and Design	Boston	Public, 4-year	1,989	91	4.6%
LAC #81	Wheaton College (MA)	Norton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,785	79	4.4%
—	FFramingham State University	Framingham	Public, 4-year	4,002	73	1.8%
—	CCambridge College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,835	73	4.0%
LAC #85	Stonehill College	Easton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,674	69	2.6%
—	LLasell University	Newton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,668	64	3.8%
—	Lesley University	Cambridge	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,557	63	2.5%
—	EEndicott College	Beverly	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,394	54	1.2%
—	WWestfield State University	Westfield	Public, 4-year	4,588	53	1.2%
—	GGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary	South Hamilton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,352	52	3.8%
—	SSpringfield Technical Community College	Springfield	Public, 2-year	5,447	51	0.9%
—	AAssumption University	Worcester	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,037	48	2.4%
—	HHampshire College	Amherst	Private nonprofit, 4-year	844	48	5.7%
—	AAnna Maria College	Paxton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,202	46	3.8%
—	QQuinsigamond Community College	Worcester	Public, 2-year	7,811	45	0.6%
—	HHolyoke Community College	Holyoke	Public, 2-year	4,200	43	1.0%
—	MMassasoit Community College	Brockton	Public, 2-year	5,574	39	0.7%
—	NNichols College	Dudley	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,392	34	2.4%
—	CCurry College	Milton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,994	33	1.7%
—	FFranklin W Olin College of Engineering	Needham	Private nonprofit, 4-year	405	29	7.2%
—	DDean College	Franklin	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,092	25	2.3%
—	MMassachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay	Public, 4-year	1,488	21	1.4%
—	CCollege of Our Lady of the Elms	Chicopee	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,268	21	1.7%
LAC #125	EEmmanuel College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,983	20	1.0%
—	SSattler College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	57	17	29.8%
—	SSaint John's Seminary	Brighton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	86	15	17.4%
—	BBay Path University	Longmeadow	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,605	11	0.4%
LAC #140	MMassachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	Public, 4-year	896	10	1.1%
—	BBoston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc	Brookline	Private nonprofit, 4-year	169	10	5.9%
—	LLaboure College of Healthcare	Milton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	530	9	1.7%
—	BBerkshire Community College	Pittsfield	Public, 2-year	1,694	8	0.5%
—	NNorthpoint Bible College	Haverhill	Private nonprofit, 4-year	122	8	6.6%
—	UUpper Cape Cod Regional Technical School	Bourne	—	70	8	11.4%
—	NNorth Shore Community College	Danvers	Public, 2-year	5,743	7	0.1%
—	MMount Wachusett Community College	Gardner	Public, 2-year	3,694	7	0.2%
—	WWilliam James College	Newton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	967	5	0.5%
—	SSoutheastern Technical Institute	South Easton	—	260	5	1.9%
—	MMonty Tech	Fitchburg	—	48	5	10.4%
—	BBlackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District	Upton	—	42	5	11.9%
—	RRegis College	Weston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,517	4	0.2%
—	HHellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology	Brookline	Private nonprofit, 4-year	274	4	1.5%
—	NNorth Bennet Street School	Boston	Private nonprofit, 2-year	155	3	1.9%
—	CConway School of Landscape Design	Northampton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	17	3	17.6%
—	BBenjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	744	1	0.1%
—	SSpringfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education	Springfield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	380	1	0.3%
—	JJupiter Beauty Academy	Boston	—	201	1	0.5%
—	BBristol Community College	Fall River	Public, 2-year	6,950	0	0.0%
—	CCape Cod Community College	West Barnstable	Public, 2-year	3,260	0	0.0%
—	GGreenfield Community College	Greenfield	Public, 2-year	1,689	0	0.0%
—	MMGH Institute of Health Professions	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,672	0	0.0%
—	NNew England Law-Boston	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,131	0	0.0%
—	UUrban College of Boston	Boston	Private nonprofit, 2-year	868	0	0.0%
—	NNew England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts	North Andover	—	430	0	0.0%
—	MMotoring Technical Training Institute	Seekonk	—	312	0	0.0%
—	MMassachusetts School of Law	Andover	Private nonprofit, 4-year	273	0	0.0%
—	NNational Aviation Academy of New England	Concord	Private for-profit, 2-year	241	0	0.0%
—	SSpa Tech Institute-Plymouth	Plymouth	—	233	0	0.0%
—	MMontserrat College of Art	Beverly	Private nonprofit, 4-year	227	0	0.0%
—	CCOLLECTIV Academy-Worcester	Worcester	—	192	0	0.0%
—	FFINE Mortuary College	Norwood	Private for-profit, 2-year	185	0	0.0%
—	SSpa Tech Institute-Westboro	Westborough	—	182	0	0.0%
—	CCatherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics	Woburn	—	174	0	0.0%
—	LLawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	Medford	Private nonprofit, 2-year	174	0	0.0%
—	HHebrew College	Newton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	163	0	0.0%
—	SSignature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing	Brockton	Private nonprofit, 2-year	146	0	0.0%
—	SSpa Tech Institute-North Andover	North Andover	—	118	0	0.0%
—	RRob Roy Academy-Worcester	Worcester	—	109	0	0.0%
—	RRob Roy Academy-Fall River	Fall River	—	97	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Malden	Malden	—	95	0	0.0%
—	NNew England Hair Academy	Malden	—	87	0	0.0%
—	GGreater Lowell Technical School	Tyngsboro	—	80	0	0.0%
—	TTri County Regional Vocational Technical High School	Franklin	—	72	0	0.0%
—	LLowell Academy Hairstyling Institute	Lowell	—	66	0	0.0%
—	BBancroft School of Massage Therapy	Worcester	—	64	0	0.0%
—	AAssabet Valley Regional Technical School	Marlborough	—	47	0	0.0%
—	EEINE Inc	Tewksbury	—	47	0	0.0%
—	MMildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus	Pittsfield	—	46	0	0.0%
—	MMassachusetts School of Barbering	Quincy	—	44	0	0.0%
—	BBoston Baptist College	Boston	Private nonprofit, 4-year	43	0	0.0%
—	CCharles H McCann Technical School	North Adams	—	41	0	0.0%
—	SSouthern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District	Charlton	—	40	0	0.0%
—	AAlexander Academy	Lunenburg	—	39	0	0.0%
—	SShawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing	Billerica	—	37	0	0.0%
—	TTechnology Learning Center	Oxford	—	31	0	0.0%
—	RRob Roy Academy-Taunton	Taunton	—	23	0	0.0%
—	DDiGrigoli School of Cosmetology	West Springfield	—	21	0	0.0%
—	DDiman Regional Technical Institute	Fall River	—	17	0	0.0%
—	RRob Roy Academy-New Bedford	New Bedford	—	15	0	0.0%
—	UUniversity of Massachusetts-Central Office	Boston	—	0	0	—

Cities in Massachusetts