Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

Lasell University

Lasell University (LU) is a private university in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1851 as a women's seminary. It became a college in 1932, a four-year institution in 1989, coeducational in 1997, and a university proper in 2019. The campus spans 54 acres and is located in the village of Auburndale.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2158
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
215800
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
166391
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
121257

Location

Newton, MA, 2466

42.342148, -71.243470

Accreditation

New England Commission on Higher Education

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