Independent Institutions in Massachusetts Under Purview
Out-of-State Institutions Under Purview
Independent Institutions in Massachusetts Not Currently Under Purview
In addition to the 29 public higher education institutions in Massachusetts, the following independent institutions based in Massachusetts fall under the purview of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education:
Anna Maria College
Assumption College
Babson College
Bay Path University
Bay State College
Becker College
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Bentley University
Berklee College of Music
Boston Architectural College
Boston Baptist College
Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis
Cambridge College
Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, Inc.
Conway School of Landscape Design
Curry College
Dean College
Eastern Nazarene College
Emerson College
Endicott College
FINE Mortuary College
Fisher College
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Gordon College
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Hampshire College
Hebrew College
Hellenic College
Hult International Business School
Laboure College, Inc.
Lasell University
Lesley University
Massachusetts School of Law at Andover
Merrimack College
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Montserrat College of Art
New England College of Business and Finance
New England College of Optometry
New England Conservatory of Music
New England Law Boston
Nichols College
Northeast Maritime Institute
Northpoint Bible College
Pine Manor College
Pope John XXIII National Seminary
Quincy College
Regis College
Salter College
Sattler College
Simmons College
Springfield College
Stonehill College
Tufts University
The Urban College of Boston
Thomas Aquinas College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Western New England University
William James College *previously Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning
The following out-of-state institutions fall under the purview of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education for purposes of offering courses for credit in Massachusetts:
Bard College
Bethel University
Central Michigan University
Conservative Baptist Seminary of the East
John Hopkins University
Johnson and Wales
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Northern Vermont Univeristy
New England Institute of Technology
Nova Southeastern University
Rivier University
Saint Catherine University
Saint Louis University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary—Northborough (Boston) Extension Center
The following independent institutions based in Massachusetts do not currently fall under purview of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education:
American International College
Amherst College
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Clark University
College of the Holy Cross
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Emmanuel College
Harvard University
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Holyoke College
Northeastern University
Saint John’s Seminary
Smith College
Suffolk University
Wellesley College
Wheaton College
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute