List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts
There are one hundred and fourteen colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include nine research universities, twenty-one master's universities, and thirty-four special-focus institutions. This number excludes the newly reopened Atlantic Union College, which has yet to receive accreditation. Eighty-five of Massachusetts' post-secondary institutions are private, of which five are for-profit. Thirty of the state's post-secondary institutions are public, a number which excludes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was founded by the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, but later became a private institution.
Regis College (Massachusetts)
As of 2015, approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled at Regis. In 2014, Regis ranked in the top 100 colleges by the Educate to Careers College Ranking Index; top ranked in Massachusetts; top ranked private college in New England. As of 2016, the school had an 11 to 1 student/faculty ratio. Forty-five percent of the Class of 2014 had professional employment at graduation.