Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg State University has over 3,500 undergraduate and over 1650 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment over 5200. The College offers postgraduate certificates, bachelor’s degrees, and master’s degrees (including the MBA) in more than 25 academic disciplines. The main campus, the McKay Campus School, and athletic fields occupy 79 acres (320,000 m²) in the city of Fitchburg; the biological study fields occupy 120 acres (490,000 m²) in the neighboring towns of Lancaster, Leominster, and Lunenburg.

Fitchburg State employs the Carnegie rule. This translates to the requirement that a student take at least 4 classes per semester to be considered a full-time student. In most cases, 5 classes per semester are required for a student to complete their major within 4 years.

The most competitive majors at Fitchburg State are Nursing, Communications Media (including Film and Video Production), Education, Business Administration, and Industrial Technology. The Industrial Technology department, along with the English department, have hosted the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 1 festival from 2006 to 2009.

Fitchburg State University offers 56 undergraduate majors and concentrations in the departments of Biology, Business Administration, Communication Studies, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Earth Science, Economics, Elementary Education, English, Exercise & Sport Science, Geography, History, Human Services, Industrial Technology, Interdisciplinary Studies, Mathematics, Middle School Education, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology, Secondary Education, Sociology, Special Education, Technology Education, and Pre-Professional Programs.