Framingham State University is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, 20 miles from Boston. It offers undergraduate programs in a range of subjects from Art to Biology to Communication Arts, and graduate programs including MBA, MEd, and MSc. The school also has undergraduate degree evening programs along with online courses. As the first secretary of the newly created Board of Education in Massachusetts, Horace Mann instituted sweeping school reforms. A centerpiece of these changes was the creation of an experimental normal school, the first one in the United States, in... Lexington, with Cyrus Peirce as its first principal or president. A companion was opened the next year in Bridgewater. Growth forced the normal school's relocation to West Newton in 1843, followed a decade later by a move to the present site on Bare Hill in Framingham. In 1922, the Framingham Normal School granted its first Bachelor of Science in Education degrees in conjunction with a four-year study program. Ten years afterward, with degreed teachers becoming the norm, the normal schools were renamed State Teachers Colleges.
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| Location: | Framingham, Massachusetts
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| Founded: | 1839 |
| School type: | Public school, Public university |
| Total enrollment: | 5,953 |
| Endowment: | $
18,813,407 |
| Colors: | Black, Gold |