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Colleges in and near Newton

Newton is home to four colleges, with about 17,000 students on campus

Boston College (14,512 students on campus) and Lasell University (1,271) are inside the city, and Bentley University (5,168) is 3.8 miles from the center, just over the line in Waltham. About 11% of Newton’s residents are enrolled in college, above Massachusetts (8%).

Lasell UniversityBoston CollegeMassachusetts Bay Community CollegeBrandeis UniversityBabson CollegeBentley University

From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Newton. Colleges are described, not graded.

Within 15 miles
49
231,788 students on campus
Nearest college
1.7 mi
Hebrew College
Residents in college
11%
Above MA (8%)
Nearest community college
3.1 mi
Massachusetts Bay · $5,856 tuition
Nearest public university
5.6 mi
Massachusetts College of Art and Design · $15,400 in-state
Median household income
$190K
prices below start here

What stands out about college in Newton

Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.

Six colleges within 3.8 milesLasell University admits 81% of applicants; Boston College admits 16%; Brandeis University admits 40%. Together they have 32,195 students on campus.A community college 3.1 miles awayMassachusetts Bay Community College in Wellesley Hills: tuition and fees $5,856 a year for Massachusetts residents.In-state price at Massachusetts College of Art and DesignLiving in Massachusetts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design charges $15,400 in tuition and fees; from out of state, $43,400. State residency rules decide which a new arrival pays.Students are 11% of residentsAbove Massachusetts (8%). The Census counts anyone enrolled, including part-time and online students.
Every college

Colleges within 15 miles of Newton

41 private colleges within 10.9 miles, three public colleges within 12 miles, and six community colleges.

5 mi10 mi15 miBoston UniversityNortheastern UniversityHarvard UniversityNewton
University or collegeCommunity college
Hebrew CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 167 on campus · In NewtonLasell UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,271 on campus · In Newton81%admitted$28knet price59%graduate$50kearningsBoston CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 14,512 on campus · In Newton16%admitted$42knet price91%graduate$104kearningsSaint John's SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 120 on campus · 2.5 mi · BrightonWilliam James CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 851 on campus · In NewtonMassachusetts Bay Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 2,620 on campus · 3.1 mi · Wellesley Hills$7knet price17%graduate$53kearningsTuition and fees: $5,856 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Brandeis UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,978 on campus · 3.5 mi · Waltham40%admitted$36knet price86%graduate$77kearningsBabson CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 3,646 on campus · 3.7 mi · Wellesley17%admitted$41knet price93%graduate$124kearningsBentley UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 5,168 on campus · 3.8 mi · Waltham45%admitted$38knet price87%graduate$121kearningsFranklin W Olin College of EngineeringUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 402 on campus · 3.9 mi · Needham25%admitted$25knet price96%graduate$129kearningsBoston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis IncUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 165 on campus · 3.9 mi · BrooklineGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 125 on campus · 4.2 mi · Brookline80%admitted$25knet price44%graduate$52kearningsBoston UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 32,537 on campus · 5.3 mi · Boston11%admitted$24knet price89%graduate$83kearningsEmmanuel CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,924 on campus · 5.4 mi · Boston76%admitted$27knet price68%graduate$68kearningsRegis CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,166 on campus · 5.4 mi · Weston · mostly online70%admitted$27knet price72%graduate$53kearnings59% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 277 on campus · 5.4 mi · Cambridge$39knet price78%graduate$47kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.Harvard UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 22,636 on campus · 5.5 mi · Cambridge4%admitted$19knet price98%graduate$102kearningsMCPHS UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 5,353 on campus · 5.5 mi · Boston85%admitted$40knet price62%graduate$126kearningsSimmons UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,745 on campus · 5.6 mi · Boston70%admitted$25knet price72%graduate$63kearningsMassachusetts College of Art and DesignUniversity or college · Public · 1,941 on campus · 5.6 mi · Boston76%admitted$24knet price69%graduate$44kearningsLesley UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,519 on campus · 5.7 mi · Cambridge97%admitted$31knet price58%graduate$51kearningsWellesley CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,418 on campus · 5.7 mi · Wellesley14%admitted$25knet price92%graduate$85kearningsWentworth Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 3,885 on campus · 5.8 mi · Boston91%admitted$34knet price68%graduate$83kearningsRoxbury Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 1,631 on campus · 5.8 mi · Roxbury Crossing$12knet price28%graduate$39kearningsTuition and fees: $6,024 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Northeastern UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 29,851 on campus · 6.1 mi · Boston5%admitted$31knet price91%graduate$93kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.Northeastern University Professional ProgramsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,901 on campus · 6.1 mi · Boston$93kearningsEarnings are reported for all 3 campuses that file with it.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 11,855 on campus · 6.2 mi · Cambridge5%admitted$20knet price96%graduate$143kearningsBerklee College of MusicUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 6,560 on campus · 6.2 mi · Boston44%admitted$49knet price67%graduate$34kearningsThe New England Conservatory of MusicUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 784 on campus · 6.3 mi · Boston41%admitted$47knet price73%graduate$34kearningsNew England College of OptometryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 529 on campus · 6.4 mi · BostonGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Boston Architectural CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 410 on campus · 6.4 mi · Boston$26knet price32%graduate$62kearningsTufts UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 12,718 on campus · 7 mi · Medford11%admitted$40knet price94%graduate$83kearningsFisher CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 737 on campus · 7 mi · Boston · mostly online71%admitted$27knet price28%graduate$50kearnings51% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 512 on campus · 7.1 mi · Boston$15knet price46%graduate$58kearningsEmerson CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,965 on campus · 7.4 mi · Boston51%admitted$49knet price77%graduate$63kearningsNew England Law-BostonUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,083 on campus · 7.4 mi · BostonGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Hult International Business SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,636 on campus · 7.5 mi · Cambridge60%admitted$45knet price67%graduateSuffolk UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 6,596 on campus · 7.7 mi · Boston82%admitted$30knet price61%graduate$68kearningsBunker Hill Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 5,800 on campus · 7.7 mi · Boston$8knet price13%graduate$48kearningsTuition and fees: $6,168 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Cambridge CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 758 on campus · 7.7 mi · Boston · mostly online$31knet price11%graduate$46kearnings61% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Curry CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,805 on campus · 8 mi · Milton88%admitted$29knet price51%graduate$54kearningsLawrence Memorial Hospital School of NursingCommunity college · Private nonprofit · 195 on campus · 8.2 mi · Medford$101kearningsMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,125 on campus · 8.4 mi · Boston$87kearningsUniversity of Massachusetts-BostonUniversity or college · Public · 14,204 on campus · 8.9 mi · Boston84%admitted$18knet price49%graduate$66kearningsLaboure College of HealthcareUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 520 on campus · 9.1 mi · Milton50%admitted$37knet price100%graduate$62kearningsEastern Nazarene CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 444 on campus · 10.9 mi · QuincyQuincy CollegeCommunity college · Public · 1,670 on campus · 11.8 mi · Quincy$17knet price15%graduate$53kearningsTuition and fees: $8,938 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Framingham State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · 2,848 on campus · 12 mi · Framingham84%admitted$16knet price48%graduate$52kearningsMiddlesex Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 6,225 on campus · 13.7 mi · Bedford$3knet price23%graduate$51kearningsTuition and fees: $6,048 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.

Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.

What it costs

What would your family pay?

The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.

Family income

Starts at Over $110k, where Newton’s median household income ($190,304) falls.

Middlesex Community College13.7 mi · Bedford · sticker $10,342 · tuition $6,048$8,426a year
Massachusetts Bay Community College3.1 mi · Wellesley Hills · sticker $14,185 · tuition $5,856$13,317a year
Bunker Hill Community College7.7 mi · Boston · sticker $14,899 · tuition $6,168$13,790a year
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology7.1 mi · Boston · sticker $30,406$21,375a year
Quincy College11.8 mi · Quincy · sticker $22,528 · tuition $8,938$21,920a year
Framingham State University12 mi · Framingham · sticker $27,413$21,962a year
University of Massachusetts-Boston8.9 mi · Boston · sticker $30,544$25,571a year
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering3.9 mi · Needham · sticker $86,474$27,096a year
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology4.2 mi · Brookline · sticker $41,282$29,993a year
Fisher College7 mi · Boston · mostly online · sticker $53,921$30,661a year
Emmanuel College5.4 mi · Boston · sticker $65,252$30,832a year
Massachusetts College of Art and Design5.6 mi · Boston · sticker $34,239$31,882a year
Simmons University5.6 mi · Boston · sticker $63,460$32,777a year
Lasell UniversityIn Newton · sticker $42,434$32,947a year
Regis College5.4 mi · Weston · mostly online · sticker $65,546$33,106a year
Curry College8 mi · Milton · sticker $64,020$33,973a year
Lesley University5.7 mi · Cambridge · sticker $51,538$35,152a year
Suffolk University7.7 mi · Boston · sticker $65,281$36,264a year
Wentworth Institute of Technology5.8 mi · Boston · sticker $61,096$38,272a year
MCPHS University5.5 mi · Boston · sticker $65,022$43,470a year
The New England Conservatory of Music6.3 mi · Boston · sticker $81,277$47,387a year
Boston University5.3 mi · Boston · sticker $86,285$47,504a year
Northeastern University6.1 mi · Boston · sticker $84,641$47,696a year
Massachusetts Institute of Technology6.2 mi · Cambridge · sticker $82,730$48,479a year
Bentley University3.8 mi · Waltham · sticker $79,548$49,190a year
Harvard University5.5 mi · Cambridge · sticker $85,540$53,337a year
Wellesley College5.7 mi · Wellesley · sticker $86,290$54,188a year
Berklee College of Music6.2 mi · Boston · sticker $72,700$54,676a year
Brandeis University3.5 mi · Waltham · sticker $86,448$54,885a year
Emerson College7.4 mi · Boston · sticker $80,399$57,288a year
Tufts University7 mi · Medford · sticker $88,300$58,570a year
Hult International Business School7.5 mi · Cambridge · sticker $79,075$59,075a year
Boston CollegeIn Newton · sticker $89,493$60,308a year
Babson College3.7 mi · Wellesley · sticker $80,192$80,192a year
Longy School of Music of Bard College5.4 mi · Cambridge · sticker $72,450—a year
Roxbury Community College5.8 mi · Roxbury Crossing · sticker $16,621 · tuition $6,024—a year
Boston Architectural College6.4 mi · Boston · sticker $40,343—a year
Cambridge College7.7 mi · Boston · mostly online · sticker $34,072—a year
Laboure College of Healthcare9.1 mi · Milton · sticker $36,863—a year

The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay?

Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Newton: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.

$0$20k$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k0%25%50%75%100%Graduate →Boston CollegeBoston UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston University89% graduate$83k earnings$23k typical debt
Northeastern University91% graduate$93k earnings*$24k typical debt
Harvard University98% graduate$102k earnings$14k typical debt
Boston College91% graduate$104k earnings$19k typical debt
University of Massachusetts-Boston49% graduate$66k earnings$22k typical debt
Tufts University94% graduate$83k earnings$16k typical debt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology96% graduate$143k earnings$15k typical debt
Suffolk University61% graduate$68k earnings$27k typical debt
Berklee College of Music67% graduate$34k earnings$25k typical debt
Middlesex Community College23% graduate$51k earnings$7k typical debt
Bunker Hill Community College13% graduate$48k earnings$10k typical debt
MCPHS University62% graduate$126k earnings$25k typical debt

Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Longy School of Music of Bard College (3); Northeastern University (3).

Majors

What students study in Newton

Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field across Newton’s 3 colleges, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.

Business 22%Social sciences 16%Biology 12%Psychology 10%Communication 8%Computer science 5%Everything else 26%

Biggest programs

Finance and Financial Management ServicesBoston College · 384 graduates a year
$148k4 yrs out
EconomicsBoston College · 335 graduates a year
$121k4 yrs out
Biology, GeneralBoston College · 220 graduates a year
$84k4 yrs out
Political Science and GovernmentBoston College · 158 graduates a year
$87k4 yrs out
Communication and Media StudiesBoston College · 153 graduates a year
$84k4 yrs out
Computer ScienceBoston College · 144 graduates a year
$143k4 yrs out
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyBoston College · 133 graduates a year
$76k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBoston College · 120 graduates a year
$123k4 yrs out

College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.

Questions about college in Newton

Is Newton a college town?

No. About 11 of every 100 Newton residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above Massachusetts (8). The largest campus in the city, Boston College, has 14,512 students on campus.

What colleges are in Newton?

Boston College, Lasell University, William James College and Hebrew College are inside the city. Bentley University is 3.8 miles from the center, in Waltham, Brandeis University is 3.5 miles from the center, in Waltham, Babson College is 3.7 miles from the center, in Wellesley, and Massachusetts Bay Community College is 3.1 miles away in Wellesley Hills.

What is the closest community college to Newton, and what does it cost?

Massachusetts Bay Community College in Wellesley Hills, 3.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,856 a year for Massachusetts residents; the federal net price, $7,169, counts housing and food at full cost.

How much does Massachusetts College of Art and Design cost if we live in Massachusetts?

Tuition and fees are $15,400 a year in-state and $43,400 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $16,351 (under $30,000 income) to $31,882 (over $110,000), housing and food included.

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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Newton. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →