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59 colleges in Massachusetts offer ROTC: 8 host a unit, 51 join a nearby unit cross-town.
Massachusetts has 13 ROTC host units (5 Army, 3 Navy and 5 Air Force) at 8 colleges. 51 more colleges join through cross-town agreements.
Each unit is based at its host college. Cadets at partner colleges join that unit cross-town and earn the same commission.
9 partner colleges
7 partner colleges
8 partner colleges
9 partner colleges
8 partner colleges
5 partner colleges
3 partner colleges
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Department of Naval Science · Buzzards Bay
Navy ROTC program page →No cross-town partner colleges on record.
9 partner colleges
Detachment 365 Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge
Air Force ROTC program page →3 partner colleges
Detachment 370 University of Massachusetts-Amherst · Amherst
Air Force ROTC program page →11 partner colleges
University of Massachusetts Lowell Air Force ROTC Det 345 · Lowell
Air Force ROTC program page →11 partner colleges
Detachment 340 Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester
Air Force ROTC program page →9 partner colleges
Cross-town agreements follow distance, not state lines. Cadets at these colleges join a unit across the border.
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNYAir Force · 29 miProvidence CollegeRIArmy · 27 miRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNYAir Force · 24 miHosts a unit Cross-town partner None
| College | Army | Navy | Air Force |
|---|---|---|---|
| American International CollegeSpringfield | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Amherst CollegeAmherst | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Anna Maria CollegePaxton | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Assumption UniversityWorcester | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Babson CollegeWellesley | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Bentley UniversityWaltham | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Berklee College of MusicBoston | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Boston CollegeChestnut Hill | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: cross-town at Boston University | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Boston UniversityBoston | Army: hosts Patriot Battalion | Navy: hosts NROTC Boston University | Air Force: hosts Boston University Air Force ROTC Det 355 |
| Brandeis UniversityWaltham | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Cambridge CollegeBoston | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Clark UniversityWorcester | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| College of the Holy CrossWorcester | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: hosts NROTC College of the Holy Cross | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Curry CollegeMilton | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Emmanuel CollegeBoston | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Endicott CollegeBeverly | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Fisher CollegeBoston | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Framingham State UniversityFramingham | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Gordon CollegeWenham | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: cross-town at Boston University | Air Force: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | Army: hosts Engineer Battalion (MIT) | Navy: cross-town at Boston University | Air Force: hosts Detachment 365 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: hosts Massachusetts Maritime Academy Department of Naval Science | Air Force: none |
| MCPHS UniversityBoston | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Middlesex Community CollegeBedford | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Montserrat College of ArtBeverly | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| New England Conservatory of MusicBoston | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| New England Law-BostonBoston | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Northeastern UniversityBoston | Army: hosts Husky Battalion (Northeastern) | Navy: cross-town at Boston University | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Regis CollegeWeston | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Salem State UniversitySalem | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Simmons UniversityBoston | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Smith CollegeNorthampton | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Springfield CollegeSpringfield | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Stonehill CollegeEaston | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Suffolk UniversityBoston | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| Tufts UniversityMedford | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: cross-town at Boston University | Air Force: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| University Massachusetts DartmouthNorth Dartmouth | Army: cross-town at Providence College (RI) | Navy: none | Air Force: none |
| University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst | Army: hosts Minuteman Battalion | Navy: none | Air Force: hosts Detachment 370 University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| University of Massachusetts BostonBoston | Army: cross-town at Boston University | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| University of Massachusetts LowellLowell | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: none | Air Force: hosts University of Massachusetts Lowell Air Force ROTC Det 345 |
| Wellesley CollegeWellesley | Army: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston | Army: cross-town at Northeastern University | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Boston University |
| Western New England UniversitySpringfield | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Westfield State UniversityWestfield | Army: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Williams CollegeWilliamstown | Army: none | Navy: none | Air Force: cross-town at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) |
| Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester | Army: hosts Bay State Battalion | Navy: cross-town at College of the Holy Cross | Air Force: hosts Detachment 340 Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Worcester State UniversityWorcester | Army: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Navy: cross-town at College of the Holy Cross | Air Force: cross-town at Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
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