| Nicknamed as the Athens of America, Boston, | | | | are private, there are also some public colleges and |
| Massachusetts, is a beautiful city surrounded by some | | | | universities such as the University of Massachusetts |
| of the best colleges and universities in the United | | | | Boston located in Dorchester, the Roxbury Community |
| States. In fact, there are over 100 colleges in the | | | | College and the Bunker Hill Community College. |
| Boston metropolitan area focusing on all kinds of fields. | | | | Boston is also home to many colleges that specialize in |
| From music to technology and everything in between, | | | | a variety of fields. Emerson College, a college that |
| Boston colleges offer their students a diverse variety | | | | focuses on performing arts, media and |
| of academic fields. | | | | communications, is located by Boston Common. In the |
| Located along the Charles River on Commonwealth | | | | suburb of Wellesley, you can find Babson College, a |
| Avenue, Boston University, the largest university in the | | | | college well-known for its business education and |
| Boston area, is well-known for its academic programs | | | | entrepreneurial studies. Boston is also known for its |
| in arts and science. Across the Charles River in | | | | cultural activities, conservatories and art schools. Some |
| Cambridge, you can find Harvard University, which is | | | | of the most acclaimed music and art colleges such as |
| the oldest and - perhaps - most famous institution of | | | | the Massachusetts College of Art, New England |
| higher learning in the United States. Also in Cambridge, | | | | Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory, the |
| you will find the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | | | | School at the Museum of Fine Art and Berklee College |
| (MIT), a premier institution focused on cutting-edge | | | | of Music are located in the center of the city. |
| engineering and technology. Boston College, one of the | | | | With so many colleges and universities, a typical fall |
| oldest Jesuit institutions in the USA, is located in | | | | day in Boston is characterized by students walking, |
| Chestnut Hill - a wealthy suburban area located 6 miles | | | | riding their bikes, taking the "T" (Boston subway), |
| west of Boston. A few miles north of Boston on the | | | | studying at libraries and cafes, eating and shopping at |
| Mystic River, you will find Tufts University - a private | | | | the Quincy Market, or meeting with classmates and |
| university well-known for its international and study | | | | friends. You will see students who come here from |
| abroad programs. Suffolk University, a small private | | | | every state and from every country. You will see the |
| university known for its law school and | | | | scientists, the academics, the philosophers, the artists, |
| distance-learning MBA program, is located on Beacon | | | | the musicians, the worldly and the techies |
| Hill - a wealthy Boston neighborhood. Although the | | | | conglomerated in one city where the only one missing |
| majority of colleges and universities in the Boston area | | | | is you. |