Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 39 E D U C A T I O N & N O N P R O F I T S F O C U S Largest colleges and universities Ranked by full-time or FTE enrollment, fall 2024 School Full-time enrollment fall 2024 (1) Full-time faculty/ part-time faculty Total employees/ MBA program? Annual tuition in state/ out of state Head of school Endowment/ (2) year founded 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road, Worcester 01609 508-831-5000 • wpi.edu 6,375 446 189 1,383 Y $59,700 $59,700 Grace Wang president $682,734,000 (3) 1865 2 Quinsigamond Community College 670 W. Boylston St., Worcester 01606 508-853-2300 • qcc.edu 4,291 133 339 1,091 N $5,352 $10,296 Luis G. Pedraja president $5,931,616 (3) 1963 3 Worcester State University 486 Chandler St., Worcester 01602 508-929-8000 • worcester.edu 3,575 190 227 1,271 N $11,786 (4) $17,866 (5) Barry M. Maloney president $43,033,983 1874 4 Clark University (6) 950 Main St., Worcester 01610 508-793-7711 • clarku.edu 3,559 238 194 930 Y $57,440 $57,440 David Fithian president $486,846,000 1887 5 College of the Holy Cross 1 College St., Worcester 01610 508-793-2011 • holycross.edu 3,126 329 36 1,309 N $63,650 $63,650 Vincent D. Rougeau president $1,109,264,540 (3) 1843 6 Mount Wachusett Community College 444 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-632-6600 • mwcc.edu 2,873 327 328 655 N N/A (7) N/A (8) James Vander Hooven president $13,148,675 (3) 1963 7 Fitchburg State University 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg 01420 978-665-3000 • fitchburgstate.edu 2,752 186 187 1,166 Y $11,886 (4) $17,966 (5) Donna Souder Hodge president $31,756,195 (3) 1894 8 Framingham State University 100 State St., Framingham 01701 508-620-1220 • framingham.edu 2,459 167 117 783 Y $11,920 (4) $18,000 (5) Nancy S. Niemi president $65,400,000 (3) 1839 9 Assumption University 500 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609 508-767-7000 • assumption.edu 1,810 127 124 508 Y $50,494 $50,494 Greg Weiner president $107,684,029 1904 10 Nichols College 121 Center Road, Dudley 01571 800-470-3379 • nichols.edu 1,491 50 75 370 Y $41,115 $41,115 William C. Pieczynski president $32,000,000 (3) 1815 11 UMass Chan Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-5801 • umassmed.edu 1,359 535 3576 6,715 (9) Y (10) $40,366 $69,412 Michael F. Collins chancellor & senior vice president for health sciences $640,187,198 (3) 1962 12 Dean College 99 Main St., Franklin 02038 508-541-1508 • dean.edu 1,048 31 101 365 (11) N $46,276 $46,276 Darrell Kulesza (12) interim president N/A 1865 13 Anna Maria College 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton 01612 508-849-3300 • annamaria.edu 880 50 171 242 Y $41,744 $41,744 Sean Ryan (13) president $8,666,820 (14) 1946 14 Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton 01536 508-839-5302 • vet.tufts.edu 458 (15) 114 9 497 N $63,484 (15) $69,984 (15) Alastair E. Cribb dean $131,883,226 (16) 1978 Source: Each school via survey as of Q1-Q2 2025. Notes: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) no longer participates in WBJ surveys. Total enrollment for fall 2024 was 5,945 students, which includes Boston, Worcester and Manchester, N.H. campuses. MCPHS reported 1,275 students at its Worcester campus on WBJ's 2022 survey. N/A=not available or not applicable. (1) Includes undergraduates and graduate students (2) Endowment figures fluctuate with value of investments; date given where provided by school. (3) As of June 30, 2024 (4) Includes fees; tuition is $970. (5) Includes fees; tuition is $7,050. (6) In June, announced plans to restructure its degree tracks and layoff up to 30% of its faculty. Data was provided for the list prior to restructuring. (7) $240 per credit hour (8) $445 per credit hour (9) In April, 3% of the workforce was laid off or furloughed. (10) MD-MBA degree offered through partnership with UMass Lowell; business courses are taken online and at the Lowell campus. (11) Employee data from WBJ's 2024 survey (12) President Kenneth Elmore stepped down in May, and a search for his permanent successor is underway. (13) Succeeded Mary Lou Retelle on July 1, 2025 (14) As of June 30, 2024; includes undesignated and donor restricted funds (15) For doctor of veterinary medicine program (16) As of April 30, 2025 -Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com In response to financial chal- lenges and a dramatically re- duced incoming freshman class, Clark University in Worcester will restructure its degree tracks and layoff up to 30% of its faculty. For this upcoming fall, Clark's entering undergraduate class is currently underenrolled by about 80 to 100 students, represent- ing a nearly 20% drop from the school's projected incoming class of 525, Clark President David Fithian told WBJ. Additionally, the university's graduate school enrollment is up in the air as Clark and the coun- try as a whole are waiting to see the effects of the President Donald Trump Administration's crackdown on immigration, greatly impacting their interna- tional student populations. With 82% of its graduate school consisting of international students, Clark was ranked the 9th school in the nation most dependent on international students by The New York Times, higher on the list than Ivy League schools including Harvard University, Princeton University, and Brown University. In combination with rising operational expenses, such as supplies, contracts with dining services, and wraparound services, these figures mean the university will need to significant - ly scale back its employee count. "We have to contract to a right-size institution in response to fewer students, and that will quite unfortunately and regretta- bly mean some reduction force," said Fithian. Going forward, the school will reduce its staff by about 5% over the next year and reduce its fac- ulty by about 25% to 30% over the next two years, including part-time faculty who have not been renewed. The personnel decisions will affect non-tenure track faculty, pre-tenure faculty, and adjunct faculty. - Story by Mica Kanner-Mascolo Clark to restructure, lay off up to 30% of faculty

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