The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Most of its population of 6.4 million live in the Boston metropolitan area. The eastern half of this relatively small state is mostly urban and suburban. The west is primarily rural, also with most of its population in urban enclaves. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and ranks third in overall population density among the 50 states.
Public and Private Liberal Arts Colleges:
Five Colleges (Massachusetts)
Amherst College (Amherst)
Hampshire College (Amherst)
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley) (woman's college)
Smith College (Northampton) (woman's college)
Assumption College (Worcester)
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Boston, Newton, Brookline)
Brandeis University (Waltham)
Bridgewater State College (Bridgewater)
Curry College (Milton)
Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy)
Elms College (Chicopee)
Emerson College (Boston)
Emmanuel College (Boston)
Gordon College (Wenham)
College of the Holy Cross (Worcester)
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts [formerly North Adams State College] (North Adams)
Merrimack College (North Andover)
Mount Ida College (Newton)
Pine Manor College (Newton) (woman's college)
Regis College (Weston)
Simmons College (Boston) (woman's college)
Simon's Rock College (Great Barrington)
Wellesley College (Wellesley) (woman's college)
Wheaton College (Norton)
Williams College (Williamstown)
Public and Private Colleges and Universities:
American International College (Springfield)
Andover Newton Theological School (Newton)
Anna Maria College (Paxton)
The Art Institute of Boston (Boston)
Atlantic Union College
Babson College (Wellesley)
Bay Path College
Becker College (Worcester)
Bentley College (Waltham)
Berklee College of Music (Boston)
Boston Architectural College (Boston)
Boston Baptist College (Boston)
Boston Conservatory (Boston)
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Boston University (Boston)
Cambridge College (Cambridge)
Clark University (Worcester)
Conway School of Landscape Design (Conway)
Dean College, (Franklin)
Endicott College (Beverly)
Fitchburg State College (Fitchburg)
Fisher College (Boston)
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham)
Framingham State College (Framingham)
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (South Hamilton), (Boston)
Harvard University (Cambridge)
Hebrew College (Newton)
Lasell College (Newton)
Lesley University (Cambridge)
Massachusetts College of Art (Boston)
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Boston)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [MIT] (Cambridge)
Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Bourne)
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Massachusetts School of Law
Montserrat College of Art (Beverly)
Mount Wachusett Community College (Gardner, Leominster)
New England College of Optometry
New England Conservatory of Music (Boston)
New England School of Law (Boston)
Newbury College (Brookline)
Nichols College
Northeastern University (Boston)
Radcliffe College (Cambridge) (defunct)
Salem State College (Salem)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston)
Springfield College (Springfield)
Stonehill College (Easton)
Suffolk University (Boston)
Tufts University (Medford and Somerville )
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Five Colleges (Massachusetts))
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston)
Western New England College (Springfield)
Westfield State College (Westfield)
Wheelock College (Boston)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Falmouth)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute [WPI] (Worcester)
Worcester State College (Worcester)
University of Phoenix (Greater Boston)
Two-year Colleges:
Bay State College (Boston)
Berkshire Community College (Pittsfield)
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (Boston)
Bristol Community College (Fall River)
Bunker Hill Community College (Boston)
Cape Cod Community College (West Barnstable)
Dean College (Franklin)
Fisher College (Boston)
Gibbs College (Boston)
Greenfield Community College (Greenfield)
Holyoke Community College (Holyoke)
Laboure College (Boston)
Massachusetts Bay Community College (Wellesley)
Massasoit Community College (Brockton)
Middlesex Community College (Bedford)
Mount Ida College (Newton)
Mount Wachusett Community College (Gardner)
North Shore Community College (Danvers)
Northern Essex Community College (Haverhill)
Quincy College (Quincy)
Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester)
Roxbury Community College (Roxbury)
Springfield Technical Community College (Springfield)
Professional Sports Teams:
Boston Red Sox Baseball - Major League Baseball: American League Fenway Park
Brockton Rox Baseball - Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball Campanelli Stadium
Lowell Spinners Baseball - Single-A Minor League Baseball Edward A. LeLacheur Park
North Shore Spirit Baseball - Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball Fraser Field
Worcester Tornadoes Baseball - Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball Fitton Field
Boston Celtics Basketball - National Basketball Association: Eastern Conference TD Banknorth Garden
Cape Cod Frenzy Basketball - American Basketball Association TBA
Bay State Warriors Football - Independent Women's Football League Hormel Stadium
Mass Mutiny Football - National Women's Football Association English High School
New England Patriots Football - National Football League: American Football Conference Gillette Stadium
New England Surge Indoor football - Continental Indoor Football League DCU Center
Boston Bruins Ice Hockey - National Hockey League TD Banknorth Garden
Lowell Devils Ice Hockey - American Hockey League Tsongas Arena
Springfield Falcons Ice Hockey - American Hockey League MassMutual Center
Worcester Sharks Ice Hockey - American Hockey League DCU Center
Boston Cannons Lacrosse - Major League Lacrosse Nickerson Field
Boston Braves Rugby league - American National Rugby League
New England Riptide Softball - National Pro Fastpitch Martin Softball Field
New England Revolution - Major League Soccer Gillette Stadium
Western Mass Pioneers - United Soccer League Second Division Lusitano Stadium
Cape Cod Crusaders Soccer - Premier Development League Barnstable Stadium Field
Boston Lobsters Tennis - World TeamTennis Harvard University Bright Arena
Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont; on the west by New York; on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island; and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the state is uplands of resistant metamorphic rock that were scraped by Pleistocene glaciers that deposited moraines and outwash on a large, sandy, arm-shaped peninsula called Cape Cod and the islands Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket to the south of Cape Cod. Upland elevations increase to the north and west and the highest point in the state is Mount Greylock at 3,491 feet (1,064 m) near the state's northwest corner.
Boating activities such as sailing and yachting are popular all along the Massachusetts coast and its offshore islands. Hiking and cross-country skiing are also popular activities in many of the states undeveloped lands. The Appalachian Trail, the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, the Midstate Trail, and the Bay Circuit Trail are all long distance hiking trails that run the length of the state. The Tully Trail, an 18 mile (29 km) loop in the North Quabbin Region (through the towns of Athol, Orange, Warwick and Royalston) incorporates waterfalls and vistas. A handful of downhill skiing operators still maintain slopes here, although many skiers drive to major resorts in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine for the weekend. Sport fishing still remains a strong outdoor activity. Spincasting during the warmer months and ice fishing during winter on inland lakes and ponds, Flyfishing inland rivers for trout, surf casting for striped bass and bluefish and deep sea fishing for cod and haddock all remain popular. Hunting, primarily for whitetail deer and waterfowl continues to attract a number of residents.
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