Clark University

Worcester, MA | clark.edu | 508.793.7431

Founded in 1887, Clark University is committed to scholarship and inquiry that address social and human imperatives on a global scale. Located in the heart of New England—Worcester, Massachusetts—Clark enrolls approximately 2,300 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students and is featured in Loren Pope’s influential book, “Colleges That Change Lives.” Clark students are passionate about ideas, events and causes beyond themselves; they embrace issues and take action. They regard the status quo and say, “We can do better.”

Clark has emerged as a leader in higher education. LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice), our pioneering model of education, combines life-changing world and workplace experiences with a robust liberal arts curriculum. Through LEEP, our students confront complex problems, collaborate with faculty, learn directly from industry experts, and explore topics of global consequence.

Recent rankings that acknowledge Clark’s growing reputation include U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges, #74 in National Universities; Forbes, #16 in America’s Most Entrepreneurial Universities; Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, #27 in Best Values in Private Colleges; and Princeton Review, #3 in Best Schools for Making an Impact.

Clark students are known by name and face, as the student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1 and the average class size is 21 students. With approximately 900 international students, faculty members and scholars from more than 80 countries, our students also encounter a variety of cultures, traditions, religions, political ideologies, and people in the community. Some of our most popular majors are Psychology, Biology, Geography, International Development and Social Change, Political Science, and Business Management. Our alumni ranks swell with pacesetters in medicine and the law, education and science; pioneers in the arts; and entrepreneurs who write their own prescription for success.

In concert with its excellent graduate programs and research institutes, the University offers a unique cost-saving opportunity. If you work hard and meet the eligibility requirements, you can earn both a bachelor’s and an accelerated master’s degree from one of 14 different programs, with the fifth year tuition-free.

At Clark, you will develop the creativity, adaptability, and resilience to translate your passions and studies into a remarkable career and a purposeful life. You will graduate with the skills employers demand and the world needs, prepared to live the University’s motto: “Challenge Convention. Change Our World.”

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Framingham State University

Framingham, MA | framingham.edu | 508.620.1220

As a public university, Framingham State University prides itself on its quality academic programs, affordability, and its commitment to empowering students with the skills, knowledge, and experiences that prepare them to lead fulfilling and productive lives. The University’s respected faculty scholars are talented teachers who challenge students to achieve their best so that students build confidence in themselves and their abilities. Its many undergraduate programs range from Art to Biology to Communication Arts, and include top majors like Education, Accounting, Marketing, Food & Nutrition, and Criminology while graduate offerings include the MBA, MEd, and MS. The University also has undergraduate degree evening programs along with online courses. Framingham State University is located in the economically vibrant MetroWest corridor just 20 miles west of Boston, offering students all the cultural and career benefits of a world class city. The University is situated on a beautiful, 50 acre, traditional New England campus in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Boston, MA | massart.edu | 617.879.7222

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is one of the top colleges of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1873, MassArt has a legacy of leadership as the only freestanding public college of art and design in the country, and the nation’s first art school to grant a degree. The college offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in art, design, and art education, all taught by world-class faculty in expansive and well-equipped facilities. With an undergraduate student body of 1,700, a student to teacher ratio of 10:1, and an 87% freshman to sophomore retention rate, MassArt offers a vibrant creative community to support and nurture the talents of students who are passionate about realizing their own artistic vision. MassArt alumni are gallery owners, entrepreneurs, industrial designers, educators, and renowned sculptors and painters who contribute to the creative economy and shape contemporary culture every day. Located in the Fenway Cultural District on Boston’s Avenue of the Arts (Huntington Avenue), MassArt offers students both a dynamic learning experience on campus and the complement of a thriving artistic landscape throughout the city and region.

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Quincy College

Plymouth, Quincy & Online | quincycollege.edu

Quincy College can get you where you need to be, whether you’re looking to earn a degree, take a single class, continue your education, or change your career. Quincy College offers the programs you want, the flexibility you need, and the price that makes it all possible.

HIGHER EDUCATION. LOWER TUITION.

Applying to Quincy College is easy. Anyone with a high school diploma or GED/HiSET may enroll. Your journey begins here. Fill out an Application Online and receive a username and password to get started on your path to a certificate, a degree, or a profession.

College on your terms. Flexibility you can afford. Our open enrollment policy provides you the opportunity to further your education without the barriers or the wait. Flexible semesters begin throughout the year on our two convenient campus locations in Quincy and Plymouth, Massachusetts, and online. You can also try a hybrid course which combines in-person and online learning.

We are an open access institution that encourages academic achievement and excellence, diversity, economic opportunity, community involvement, and lifelong learning. Quincy College facilitates valuable learning relationships that inspire students to realize their educational and professional futures.

ASSOCIATE DEGREES

Quincy College has a variety of Associate Degree programs to choose from in Professional Programs, Liberal Arts, Natural & Health Science, and Nursing. We have designed programs in cutting edge fields like Computer Science, Engineering Technology, Robotics, and more.

Most credits earned at Quincy College are accepted for transfer to other colleges and universities. Quincy College has agreements with several institutions which allow graduates of some associate degree programs to transfer with advanced standing in specific baccalaureate programs. The courses taken at Quincy College count towards the bachelor’s degree just as if they had been taken at the four-year school. Credits earned at Quincy College are often one-third to one-half the cost of most four-year colleges.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Quincy College certificate programs are designed to provide students with specific skills and job training so they may enter the workforce in less than two years. Certificate programs are offered in a wide range of high demand fields such as Accounting, Aquaculture, Biotechnology & Compliance, Customer Service, Early Childhood Education, Entrepreneurship, Game Development, Gerontology, Insurance Career, Practical Nursing, Security Administration, and Web and Mobile Development.

FOCUSED ON TEACHING AND LEARNING, ONE STUDENT AT A TIME

At Quincy College, students find all the resources they need to have a successful college experience. Our enthusiastic faculty, supportive student advisors, free tutoring, Wi-Fi buildings, and student clubs are all focused on enhancing the college experience for all of our students. Everything that we do is focused upon teaching and learning and the primacy of the teaching/learning relationship.
We welcome you to take a class with our dedicated faculty and discover why students choose Quincy College for a high quality, affordable education.

THE COLLEGE OF THE SOUTH SHORE™

Learn more about Quincy College by visiting one of our campuses in the Boston area and on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
Quincy Campus: 1250 Hancock Street, Quincy Center, MA 02169. Call 617.984.1710
Plymouth Campus: 36 Cordage Park Circle, Plymouth, MA 02360. Call 508.747.0400.
Online: quincycollege.edu

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Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT | qu.edu/visit | 203.582.8600

Use our world-sized classroom to explore your interests and find your focus. Students in the undergraduate and graduate programs at Quinnipiac have many choices—58 majors, 70+ minors, internships too numerous to count, study abroad that adds experience in your major, short faculty-led overseas trips, and real experience in clinical experiences, and actual jobs. You’re involved from your first day at orientation in identifying your strengths, choosing to challenge yourself to be better in your weaker areas, and selecting a course of study that prepares you for a career, graduate school, and life. We’ll help build your confidence, and you’ll see yourself in a new way.

The best way to decide on which college is a great fit is to come to campus—Quinnipiac offers Fall and Spring Open House programs, weekday individual interviews, Group Information Sessions on busy days and student-led campus tours at every turn. Our Mt. Carmel campus is home to the start of all our academic programs, residence living, the library, athletic fields, recreation and a great location at the foot of Sleeping Giant mountain State Park. Our York Hill campus, just the other side of Whitney Avenue, offers stunning views of the area as you wind up to the top to find the TD Bank Sports Center for Ice Hockey and Basketball, all suite-residence halls, and Rocky Top, a lodge-like student center. Our newest spot is the North Haven campus, about 4 miles distant, with a park-like setting, and the Schools of Medicine, Law, Nursing, Education, and Health Sciences. Upper class (juniors/seniors) students in some majors use these facilities and labs, and the graduate students find the interaction between students in all the Schools creates a broad learning environment whether your interests lie in being the best in health care, law, teaching or medicine. An Open House gives you access to all of these features, faculty, and campus settings. Plus a chance to talk with students and ask how they believe Quinnipiac has helped them grow. Clubs, organizations, recreation and 21 Division I teams—the Bobcats rule!

Bring us your questions, look around and see if we can help you find your focus! qu.edu/visit

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Regis College

Weston, MA | regiscollege.edu | 781.768.7100

Regis is a leading co-ed Catholic university in Greater Boston with 2,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students in the arts, sciences, nursing, and health sciences devoted to global engagement and service.

Regis’ innovative academic programs, global community service initiatives, and extracurricular activities provide its students with a life-changing education and prepare them to be leaders. Regis is located 12 miles west of Boston and set on a suburban residential campus in Weston, Massachusetts. It is close to internship opportunities in several innovation districts as well as clinical rotations in world-class hospitals. Founded in 1927 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston and led by President Antoinette Hays, PhD, RN, Regis is grounded by its principles of welcoming all and caring for the dear neighbor.

Regis offers:

• A safe campus which includes both suite and traditional-style living in five residence halls
• An expansive library inclusive of a learning commons, study and research space with FitDesks for multitasking students, and a Dunkin’ Donuts
• A comprehensive internship program where students engage in unique clinical and career experiences in Boston and the surrounding area. (97% of Regis graduates had full-time professional employment or were attending graduate school six months after graduation)
• Unique study abroad and co-curricular programs through its Center for Global Connections, which offers students the flexibility to determine the length of their study abroad experience
• A nationally recognized nursing program that has received the National League for Nursing designation as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education for a third consecutive time

Cutting-edge programs and majors including neuroscience and biomedical engineering are being added to respond to market needs across all three schools.

• Regis offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs, and fast-track 4+1 master’s opportunities

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Salem State University

Salem, MA | salemstate.edu | 978.542-6000

Salem State University, located just 15 miles north of Boston, is one of the largest state universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and an important partner in the economic, cultural, and intellectual vitality of the greater north-of-Boston region. Situated in the historic seacoast town of Salem, Massachusetts, Salem State provides a diverse community of learners with a high quality, student-centered education; one that prepares them to contribute responsibly and creatively to a global society.

Salem State’s mission is to provide a high quality, student-centered education that prepares a diverse community of learners to contribute responsibly and creatively to a global society, and serve as a resource to advance the region’s cultural, social and economic development.

Salem State University is a place where friendships are made, ideas are fostered, and possibilities are endless. We are committed to providing you with a quality, student-focused education, where faculty know you by name and are passionate about helping you succeed. By the time you graduate, you’ll be ready for a career without the burden of excessive debt.

Discover for yourself why so many have succeeded at Salem State. Schedule a campus visit today!

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University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, MA | uml.edu | 978.934.4000

The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public research university ranked in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report’s national universities.

Six colleges and schools offer more than 120 bachelor’s, 42 master’s, and 36 doctoral degree programs. Dozens of accelerated bachelor’s-to-master’s programs allow students to earn two degrees in as few as five years. A growing number of interdisciplinary programs reflect emerging fields in the global economy. Fifty percent of classes have fewer than 20 students.

Students, who come from 50 states and over 100 countries, find a 125-acre residential campus in the midst of a bold expansion. Twelve new buildings have opened since 2010.

The university’s extensive industry and community partnerships advance research, benefit the public, and enrich the student experience. UMass Lowell graduates contribute meaningfully in the workplace, build lives around the passions they develop in college and make a difference in the world.

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University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH | unh.edu | 603.862.1234

The University of New Hampshire is a flagship public research university located on the edge of possible. We’re built for people who love challenge and see opportunity everywhere. If you’re looking for intellectual adventure and a path to long-term success, explore our 100+ majors and 500+ study-abroad programs, our 360-degree university experience and singularly welcoming, worldly intellectual community. Our stunning main campus is in Durham, a quintessential New England college town named the sixth safest college town in America. Forty-five minutes west, our urban campus in Manchester is housed in a technology-infused renovated mill building and offers 33 highly experiential undergraduate and graduate programs.

An immersive academic experience
We bring faculty and undergraduates together to examine the past, engage with the present and build the future through academic programs in engineering and the physical sciences, health and human services, the arts, humanities, and social sciences, life sciences and agriculture, and business and economics. Our professors are Fulbright fellows, White House advisors, and major award winners (Guggenheim, National Science Foundation, Pulitzer), but they are also friendly, accessible human beings who want to help you succeed.

Pushing into undiscovered territory
We conduct research that touches the ocean depths, the galaxy’s edge and everything between. UNH students have helped build instruments launched on more than 20 NASA space missions, restored healthy oyster populations to Atlantic waters and developed widely adopted programs to prevent bullying. More than 100 student employees solve problems for global tech companies in our InterOperability Lab, the nation’s premiere independent testing facility for network technologies.

Each year, we sponsor student entrepreneurship challenges and provide generous grants for student-driven, faculty-mentored research projects on campus and abroad. More than 1,800 students from every field present ambitious, creative and enterprising work at our Undergraduate Research Conference, the largest of its kind in the nation.

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