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Notable Facts & Statistics

When you're the oldest institution of higher education in Boston, you build up a pretty impressive list of accomplishments.

MCPHS is one of the few private, free-standing colleges in the United States specializing in the education of health professionals, and has prepared more students for professional careers in pharmacy than any other academic institution in the world.
In 2011 the College launched MCPHS Online, offering the quality of an MCPHS education to health care professionals around the world.
MCPHS has a vibrant international student community with more than 500 international students from 35 countries around the world. To see where our diverse students come from, click here.
In 2002 the College dedicated its third campus in Manchester, N.H., which now houses programs in pharmacy, nursing and physician assistant studies.
In 2001 the College acquired Boston's prestigious Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene.
In the last decade, the College has expanded its $85 million campus in downtown Worcester, Mass., to include programs in pharmacy, physician assistant studies, nursing and physical therapy.
From 1996 to the present, the Boston campus has seen $100 million in construction and revitalization encompassing 350,000 new square feet of research, classroom, student residence and administrative space.
Since 1997 the MCPHS endowment has increased 1,000 percent to its present level of more than $190 million.