100 State Street
PO Box 9101
Framingham, MA 01701-9101

Founded in 1839, Framingham State University provides students with a small college community that's nestled on a 73-acre campus in Massachusetts yet only 20 miles away from the urban offerings of Boston. As a public four-year institution of higher learning, Framingham State University is devoted to undergraduate and graduate programs with over 20 different majors offered at each level of learning.

This Massachusetts School serves nearly 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students -- about 645 of whom are freshmen. Framingham State University also boasts a full-time faculty of 167 and reports that 83 percent of this number has received a doctorate of terminal degree in their field of expertise.

Framingham State University's undergraduate academic options range from Bachelor of Arts degree programs in areas like history, English, sociology, economics, and communication arts, to Bachelor of Science degree programs in subjects like biology, business administration, computer science, food science, and nursing. Graduate programs, meanwhile, cover disciplines like counseling psychology, health care administration, art, early childhood education, literacy and language, special education, and mathematics.

Quick Facts:

Framingham State University has been accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.

Formerly known as Framingham State College, it became a part of the Massachusetts State University system in 2010.

Individual programs within this Massachusetts university have been approved by outside organizations like the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the American Dietetic Association Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education.

Framingham State University is a member of the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Students participate in such athletics as men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, men's ice hockey, women's field hockey, men's football, and women's lacrosse.

This Massachusetts school offers pre-professional programs in engineering, law, and medicine.

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