Worcester Business Journal

46 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2017 | wbjournal.com F O C U S E D U C A T I O N Top colleges and universities Ranked by full-time enrollment, fall 2016 School Full-time enrollment (undergrad and grad) fall 2016 Full-time faculty/ part-time faculty FTE employees Annual tuition in state (out of state) Head of school Year founded 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road, Worcester 01609-2280 508-831-5000 • www.wpi.edu 5,143 368 166 1,108 $46,364 undergrad; $1,408 per credit hour graduate Laurie Leshin president 1865 2 Fitchburg State University 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg 01420 978-665-3000 • www.fitchburgstate.edu 4,498 201 257 525 $970 1 ($7,050) 2 Richard S. Lapidus president 1894 3 Worcester State University 486 Chandler St., Worcester 01602 508-929-8000 • www.worcester.edu 4,209 210 235 639 $970 3 ($7,050) 3 Barry M. Maloney president 1874 4 Framingham State University 100 State St., Framingham 01701 508-620-1220 • www.framingham.edu 3,815 198 132 579 $970 3 ($7,050) 3 F. Javier Cevallos president 1839 5 Clark University 950 Main St., Worcester 01610 508-793-7711 • www.clarku.edu 3,002 203 109 684 $42,800 David P. Angel president 1887 6 Quinsigamond Community College 670 W. Boylston St., Worcester 01606 508-853-2300 • www.qcc.edu 2,938 141 391 1,064 $191 per credit hour ($397 per credit hour) Luis Pedraja 4 president 1963 7 College of the Holy Cross 1 College St., Worcester 01610 508-793-2011 • www.holycross.edu 2,910 279 36 1,031 $48,295 Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. president 1843 8 Mount Wachusett Community College 444 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-632-6600 • http://mwcc.edu 2,514 73 303 566 $202 per credit hour ($407 per credit hour) James Vander Hooven 5 president 1963 9 Becker College 61 Sever St., Worcester 01609 508-791-9241 • www.becker.edu 2,189 6 44 N/A 421 $33,672 Nancy Crimmin 7 interim president 1784 10 Assumption College 500 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609 508-767-7000 • www.assumption.edu 2,145 146 154 579 $35,510 Francesco C. Cesareo president 1904 11 MCPHS University 8 19 Foster St., Worcester 01608 508-890-8855 • www.mcphs.edu 1,521 9 95 114 320 $26,100-$48,875 Charles F. Monahan Jr. president 1823 12 Nichols College 129 Center Road, Dudley 01571 508-213-1560 • www.nichols.edu 1,209 50 92 206 $33,000 10 ($33,000) Susan West Engelkemeyer president 1815 13 Dean College 99 Main St., Franklin 02038 508-541-1900 • www.dean.edu 1,144 29 108 224 $36,660 Paula M. Rooney president 1865 14 University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-8989 • www.umassmed.edu 1,035 1,386 354 see footnote 11 $6,424-$33,600 12 ($13,640-$59,400) 13 Michael F. Collins chancellor 1962 15 After a 20-year wait, Quinsigamond Community College announced in June it is expanding into the Blackstone Valley, with eventual plans to open a campus there. The first initiative is a new internet learning cafe at Alternatives Unlimited, Inc. in Whitinsville, where students, cli- ents and Alternatives employees will be able to use WiFi, grab coffee and take online classes through QCC, according to the college. QCC's total investment in Alternatives is $33,357, according to data. QCC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce for an advanced manufacturing training program. Under the agreement, QCC will provide 30 computers, 20 of which will have computer-aided design capabilities, and class- room furniture to an instruction- al center on Linwood Avenue in Whitinsville. The college will ask for $20,000 from its foundation to renovate the space, accord- ing to the MOU. In total, the chamber will get $134,143 in financial support from the col- lege, not including the possible foundation money. The MOU is the first step towards getting a manufacturing center in the Blackstone Valley, said chamber President and CEO Jeannie Hebert. "This is a long time coming, and is one of the number one initiatives that we have been QCC moves towards Blackstone Valley campus Former QCC President Gail Carberry (left) shakes hands with Jeannie Hebert, president and CEO of the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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