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Largest higher education administration programs in Massachusetts
Massachusetts higher education administration programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 56 |
| 2 | Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 37 |
| 3 | Northeastern University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 36 |
| 4 | Merrimack College | North Andover | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 14 |
| 5 | Regis College | Weston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 13 |
| 6 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst | Public, 4-year | 8 |
| 7 | Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
| 8 | Salem State University | Salem | Public, 4-year | 7 |
| 9 | Lesley University | Cambridge | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 10 | Suffolk University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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