Graduate Student Population in Massachusetts
For academic year 2019-2020, total 142,648 graduate students enrolled in 77 graduate schools in Massachusetts. By gender, there are 60,345 male students (42.30%) and 82,303 female students (57.70%) enrolled in graduate programs.
Harvard University has the most graduate students of 21,616 and Boston University has the second most graduate students of 16,142 in Massachusetts. You can view and compare the graduate student population along with tuition and other admission information at Massachusetts colleges at Massachusetts Graduate School Comparison page.
By attending status, 82,241 students enrolled as full-time and 60,407 students enrolled as part-time for graduate programs. Next table shows the 2020 graduate students population by gender and attending status at Massachusetts graduate schools.
Harvard University has the most graduate students of 21,616
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 142,648 | 60,345 | 82,303 |
| Full-time | 82,241 | 36,761 | 45,480 |
| Part-time | 60,407 | 23,584 | 36,823 |
Population by Race/Ethnicity
For academic year 2019-2020, of the 77 enrolled students in Massachusetts graduate schools, 212 were American Indian/Native American (0.15%), 10,496 were Asian (7.36%), 7,444 were Black/African American (5.22%), 8,942 were Hispanic (6.27%), 114 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.08%), 67,938 were White (47.63%), 2,779 were Two More (1.95%), and 10,733 were Un-Known (7.52%). The number of non-resident alien students is 33,990 (23.83%). Next table shows the 2020 graduate school students population by race/ethnicity and state at Massachusetts graduate schools.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 142,648 | 60,345 | 82,303 |
| American Indian/Native American | 212 | 86 | 126 |
| Asian | 10,496 | 4,600 | 5,896 |
| Black/African American | 7,444 | 2,713 | 4,731 |
| Hispanic | 8,942 | 3,357 | 5,585 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 114 | 32 | 82 |
| White | 67,938 | 25,834 | 42,104 |
| Two More | 2,779 | 1,018 | 1,761 |
| Un-Known | 10,733 | 4,233 | 6,500 |
| Non-resident Alien | 33,990 | 18,472 | 15,518 |
