Skip to content
BFC

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Located in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 744 students.

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 13 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician, Electrician, and Automobile. It awarded 231 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 50% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
744
Students enrolled
50%
First-year retention
231
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
13
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

Free, no obligation

Request information about Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

Tell us which programs interest you and we will reply with details on this school and others like it.

  • Tell us the programs you are considering and when you want to start.
  • We reply by email with schools and programs that fit what you told us.
  • We use your details only to respond to your request.
Your plans

Asking about Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

Add up to five. If yours is not in the list, just type it.

Your details

Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 13

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Construction Trades 1
Engineering Technologies 4
Health Professions 2
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Engineering 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
50%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1
Associate degrees
67
Certificates under 1 year
163

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
744
Undergraduates, fall 2024
744
Full-time, fall 2024
47%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,120
Full-time, 2024-25
44%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
25%
Men
75%
White
14%
Hispanic or Latino
30%
Black or African American
34%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
12%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
6%
Students taking some online courses
72%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's
President
Aisha Francis
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

Similar schools in Massachusetts

All colleges in Massachusetts
HC
Private nonprofit

Hampshire College

Amherst, MA

Students
844
Retention
78%
Programs
93
Awards 2024-25
132
Campus
Art/Art StudiesFilm/Video and Photographic Arts, OtherDrama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts +90
BAC
Private nonprofit
Admission
Open
Students
853
Retention
75%
Programs
10
CampusOnlineHybrid
Architectural and Building Sciences/TechnologyArchitecture and Related Services, OtherInterior Architecture +7
NEC
Private nonprofit
Students
853
Retention
88%
Programs
13
Awards 2024-25
286
CampusHybrid
Stringed InstrumentsKeyboard InstrumentsJazz/Jazz Studies +10
LCH
Private nonprofit
Students
530
Programs
7
Awards 2024-25
282
CampusOnlineHybrid
Registered NursingHealth Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences +5
WJC
Private nonprofit
Students
967
Programs
9
Awards 2024-25
352
CampusOnlineHybrid
Clinical PsychologyIndustrial and Organizational PsychologyMental Health Counseling/Counselor +6
NEC
Private nonprofit
Students
515
Programs
3
Awards 2024-25
126
CampusHybrid
OptometryVision Science/Physiological OpticsOphthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions, Other
Get matched