New England's Knowledge Corridor

The Springfield-Hartford region has the second-largest concentration of institutions of higher learning in New England, after Greater Boston. The area is home to approximately 57,000 college students.

City of Springfield

• American International College
• Springfield College
• Western New England College
• Springfield Technical Community College

Greater Springfield Area

• Bay Path College (Longmeadow)
• Elms College (Chicopee)
• Holyoke Community College (Holyoke)
• Westfield State College (Westfield)

Hartford Connecticut Area

• Asnuntuck Community College (Enfield)
• Capital Community College (Hartford)
• Goodwin College (East Hartford)
• Saint Joseph College (West Hartford)
• Trinity College (Hartford)
• University of Hartford (West Hartford)

Nearby Hampshire County

The Five Colleges Consortium is a nonprofit educational consortium that promotes and administers long-term forms of cooperation between its members:

• Amherst College (Amherst)
• Hampshire College (Amherst)
• Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley)
• Smith College (Northampton)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst)