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Excellent Colleges In or Near Boston

It's the college capital and home to some of the best professional sports teams out there. What's not to love about Beantown? Check out the great colleges in or near Boston, Massachusetts.

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• Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
• Assumption College (Worcester, MA)
• Babson College (Babson Park, MA)
• Bentley University (Waltham, MA)
• Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA)
• Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
• Boston University (Boston, MA)
• Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
• Bridgewater State University (Bridgewater, MA)
• Brown University (Providence, RI)
• Bryant University (Smithfield, RI)
• Clark University (Worcester, MA)
• College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
• Curry College (Milton, MA)
• Emerson College (Boston, MA)
• Emmanuel College (Boston, MA)
• Endicott College (Beverly, MA)
• Fisher College (Boston, MA)
• Framingham State University (Framingham, MA)
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, MA)
• Gordon College (Wenham, MA)
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Johnson & Wales University (Providence, RI)
• Lasell College (Newton, MA)
• Lesley University (Cambridge, MA)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
• Merrimack College (North Andover, MA)
• Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)
• Mount Ida College (Newton, MA)
• Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
• Providence College (Providence, RI)
• Regis College (Weston, MA)
• Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
• Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI)
• Salve Regina University (Newport, RI)
• Simmons College (Boston, MA)
• Smith College (Northampton, MA)
• Stonehill College (Easton, MA)
• Suffolk University (Boston, MA)
• Tufts University (Medford, MA)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
• University of Massachusetts Boston (Boston, MA)
• University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)
• Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
• Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston, MA)
• Wheaton College (Norton, MA)
• Wheelock College (Boston, MA)
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)