The Greater Boston area has some 65 accredited institutions of higher learning, including many world-renowned colleges, universities, conservatories, and seminaries. The metro Boston area has something of around 250,000 students living in the area at any given time.
In Boston:
Berklee College of Music
Boston Architectural College
Boston Conservatory
Boston University (BU)
Emerson College
Emmanuel College
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP)
New England Conservatory of Music
New England School of Law
New England School of Acupuncture
Northeastern University
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA)
Simmons College
Suffolk University
University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass)
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wheelock College
In Cambridge:
Harvard University
Lesley University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In Brookline:
The New England Institute of Art (NEiA)
In Newton:
Boston College (BC)
In Waltham:
Brandeis University
Bentley University
In Medford:
Tufts University (partially in Somerville)
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