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Education Audits

These audits tell you how well educational entities in Massachusetts are performing.

Massachusetts is a leader in public education with 29 public higher education institutions. These audits ensure the operations and programs run by community colleges and universities effectively serve students, responsibly manage taxpayer dollars, and comply with relevant laws and regulations.

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2025

Audit of Quinsigamond Community College  
Audit of Bristol Community College  

2024

Audit of the University of Massachusetts Amherst  
Audit of Mount Wachusett Community College  
Audit of the University of Massachusetts Boston  
Audit of the Department of Early Education and Care  
Audit of the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School  
Audit of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  
Audit of the University of Massachusetts Lowell  

2023

Audit of Fitchburg State University  

2022

Audit of the Massachusetts School Building Authority  
Audit of the Berkshire Community College  
Audit of the Department of Higher Education  
Audit of the Bridgewater State University  
Audit of the Bunker Hill Community College  
Audit of the Middlesex Community College  
Audit of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design  
Audit of the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority  
Audit of the Worcester State University  
Audit of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy  

2021

Audit of Roxbury Community College (RCC)  
Audit of the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System (MTRS)  
Audit of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts  
Audit of the Collaborative for Educational Services  
Audit of Greenfield Community College (GCC)  
Audit of Northern Essex Community College (NECC)  
Open PDF file, 658.39 KB,  Audit of Cape Cod Community College (English, PDF 658.39 KB)
Audit of Massachusetts Bay Community College (MBCC)  
Audit of Massasoit Community College (MCC)  
Audit of Westfield State University (WSU)  
Audit of the University of Massachusetts Boston  
Audit of North Shore Community College (NSCC)  

2020

Audit of the Framingham State University (FSU)  

Audit of the Holyoke Community College Foundation (HCCF)  

Audit of Holyoke Community College (HCC)  

Audit of the Bristol Community College Foundation (BCCF)  

Audit of South Shore Stars, Inc. (Stars)  

Audit of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)  

Audit of the University of Massachusetts Building Authority (UMBA)  

Audit of the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC)  

Audit of the Quinsigamond Community College Foundation  

Audit of the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation, Inc. (MWCCF)  

Audit of the Community Day Care Center of Lawrence, Inc. (CDCCL)  

Audit of Mount Wachusett Community College  

Audit of Quinsigamond Community College (QCC)  

2019

Audit of Bristol Community College  

Audit of the Executive Office of Education—Information Technology Contracts  

Audit of Fitchburg State University (FSU)  

Audit of the Massachusetts State College Building Authority  

2018

Audit of the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School  

Audit of the University of Massachusetts Amherst  

Audit of the Department of Higher Education  

Audit of Greenfield Community College  

Audit of the University of Massachusetts Lowell  

Audit of Berkshire Community College  

Audit of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  

Review of the Commonwealth's Recycling Practices - Bridgewater State University  

2017

Open PDF file, 840.94 KB,  Springfield Technical Community College (English, PDF 840.94 KB)

Open PDF file, 862.49 KB,  Salem State University (English, PDF 862.49 KB)

Open PDF file, 674.51 KB,  Bunker Hill Community College (English, PDF 674.51 KB)

Open PDF file, 652.82 KB,  Massachusetts School Building Authority (English, PDF 652.82 KB)

2016

Open PDF file, 690.31 KB,  Massachusetts College of Art and Design (English, PDF 690.31 KB)

Open PDF file, 710.96 KB,  Holyoke Community College (English, PDF 710.96 KB)

Open PDF file, 696.3 KB,  Northern Essex Community College (English, PDF 696.3 KB)

Open PDF file, 722.51 KB,  Westfield State University (English, PDF 722.51 KB)

Open PDF file, 727.47 KB,  North Shore Community College (English, PDF 727.47 KB)

Open PDF file, 804.84 KB,  Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (English, PDF 804.84 KB)

Open PDF file, 702.79 KB,  Massasoit Community College (English, PDF 702.79 KB)

Open PDF file, 1.45 MB,  Cape Cod Community College Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire (English, PDF 1.45 MB)

Open PDF file, 756.36 KB,  Framingham State University (English, PDF 756.36 KB)

Open PDF file, 1.36 MB,  Massachusetts Maritime Academy-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire (English, PDF 1.36 MB)

Open PDF file, 663.09 KB,  Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (English, PDF 663.09 KB)

Open PDF file, 726.87 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 726.87 KB)

Open PDF file, 711.62 KB,  Middlesex Community College (English, PDF 711.62 KB)

2015

Open PDF file, 634.6 KB,  Bristol Community College (English, PDF 634.6 KB)

Open PDF file, 642.78 KB,  Fitchburg State University (English, PDF 642.78 KB)

Open PDF file, 637.19 KB,  Quinsigamond Community College (English, PDF 637.19 KB)

Open PDF file, 274.87 KB,  Worcester State University (English, PDF 274.87 KB)

Open PDF file, 192.13 KB,  Mount Wachusett Community College (English, PDF 192.13 KB)

2014

Open PDF file, 891.83 KB,  The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Oversight of Charter Schools (English, PDF 891.83 KB)

Open PDF file, 1.1 MB,  Department of Early Education and Care (English, PDF 1.1 MB)

Open PDF file, 925.41 KB,  Wachusett Regional School District (English, PDF 925.41 KB)

Open PDF file, 531.36 KB,  Bridgewater State University (English, PDF 531.36 KB)

Open PDF file, 350.39 KB,  University of Massachusetts System (English, PDF 350.39 KB)

Open PDF file, 403.91 KB,  Roxbury Community College (RCC) Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (English, PDF 403.91 KB)

2013

Open PDF file, 410.1 KB,  Gloucester Community Arts Charter School (English, PDF 410.1 KB)

Open PDF file, 385.92 KB,  South Shore Educational Collaborative (English, PDF 385.92 KB)

Open PDF file, 434.72 KB,  Department of Early Education and Care (English, PDF 434.72 KB)

2012

Open PDF file, 348.65 KB,  Fitchburg State University - Student Financial Assistance Programs (SFA) (English, PDF 348.65 KB)
Open PDF file, 347.76 KB,  Framingham State University - Student Financial Assistance Programs (SFA) (English, PDF 347.76 KB)
Open PDF file, 234.8 KB,  Oxford Public School District (English, PDF 234.8 KB)
Open PDF file, 359.15 KB,  Holyoke Community College (English, PDF 359.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 221.73 KB,  Marshfield Public School District's use of Certain ARRA Funds (English, PDF 221.73 KB)
Open PDF file, 255.93 KB,  Salem State University (English, PDF 255.93 KB)
Open PDF file, 303.58 KB,  Department of Higher Education's Optional Retirement Program (English, PDF 303.58 KB)
Open PDF file, 243.04 KB,  Barnstable Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 243.04 KB)
Open PDF file, 239.27 KB,  Woburn Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 239.27 KB)
Open PDF file, 222.15 KB,  Duxbury Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 222.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 195.83 KB,  Framingham State University (English, PDF 195.83 KB)
Open PDF file, 204.07 KB,  Braintree Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 204.07 KB)
Open PDF file, 234.6 KB,  Winchendon School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 234.6 KB)
Open PDF file, 225.83 KB,  Bourne Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 225.83 KB)
Open PDF file, 218.02 KB,  Cambridge Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 218.02 KB)
Open PDF file, 201.23 KB,  Middleborough Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 201.23 KB)
Open PDF file, 225.98 KB,  Somerset Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 225.98 KB)
Open PDF file, 250.88 KB,  Milford Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 250.88 KB)
Open PDF file, 250.38 KB,  Randolph Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 250.38 KB)
Open PDF file, 235.13 KB,  Holbrook Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 235.13 KB)
Open PDF file, 243.14 KB,  Mashpee Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 243.14 KB)
Open PDF file, 216.63 KB,  Plymouth Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 216.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 116.43 KB,  Roxbury Community College (English, PDF 116.43 KB)
Open PDF file, 178.96 KB,  Massachusetts State College Building Authority (English, PDF 178.96 KB)
Open PDF file, 242.94 KB,  Westport Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 242.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 267.9 KB,  Shrewsbury Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 267.9 KB)
Open PDF file, 213.58 KB,  Millbury Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 213.58 KB)
Open PDF file, 242.29 KB,  Fairhaven Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 242.29 KB)
Open PDF file, 241.01 KB,  Marlborough Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 241.01 KB)
Open PDF file, 265.41 KB,  Springfield Technical Community College (English, PDF 265.41 KB)
Open PDF file, 223.4 KB,  Hudson Public School District (English, PDF 223.4 KB)
Open PDF file, 254.63 KB,  Central Massachusetts Special Education Collaborative (English, PDF 254.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 526.23 KB,  Roxbury Community College- Student Financial Assistance Programs (English, PDF 526.23 KB)
Open PDF file, 351.28 KB,  Massachusetts Maritime Academy-Student Financial Assistance Programs (English, PDF 351.28 KB)
Open PDF file, 464.53 KB,  Massachusetts College of Art and Design-Student Financial Assistance Programs (English, PDF 464.53 KB)
Open PDF file, 324.54 KB,  Massasoit Community College-Student Financial Assistance Programs (English, PDF 324.54 KB)
Open PDF file, 359.3 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College-Student Finanical Assistance Programs (English, PDF 359.3 KB)
Open PDF file, 339.18 KB,  Greenfield Community College-Student Financial Assistance Programs (English, PDF 339.18 KB)
Open PDF file, 360.17 KB,  Cape Cod Community College - Student Financial Assistance Programs (English, PDF 360.17 KB)
Open PDF file, 317.27 KB,  Department of Early Education and Care (English, PDF 317.27 KB)
Open PDF file, 336.64 KB,  Quinsigamond Community College's use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds (English, PDF 336.64 KB)
Open PDF file, 357.28 KB,  IT-Related Controls at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (English, PDF 357.28 KB)
Open PDF file, 399.15 KB,  University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth (English, PDF 399.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 355.16 KB,  Northern Essex Community College (English, PDF 355.16 KB)

2011

Open PDF file, 150.92 KB,  Fitchburg State University's Use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 150.92 KB)
Open PDF file, 312.87 KB,  Worcester State University's Use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 312.87 KB)
Open PDF file, 321.5 KB,  Bristol Community College (English, PDF 321.5 KB)
Open PDF file, 565.09 KB,  University of Massachusetts Medical School's Data Center Relocation (English, PDF 565.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 909.86 KB,  Merrimack Special Education Collaborative (English, PDF 909.86 KB)
Open PDF file, 618.73 KB,  READS Collaborative (English, PDF 618.73 KB)
Open PDF file, 478.82 KB,  Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative (English, PDF 478.82 KB)
Open PDF file, 320.59 KB,  North Shore Community College (English, PDF 320.59 KB)
Open PDF file, 389.76 KB,  Framingham State University's Use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 389.76 KB)
Open PDF file, 406.84 KB,  Department of Early Education and Care (English, PDF 406.84 KB)
Open PDF file, 114.05 KB,  Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Chapter 647 Review) (English, PDF 114.05 KB)
Open PDF file, 363.47 KB,  Massachusetts Maritime Academy (English, PDF 363.47 KB)
Open PDF file, 471.42 KB,  Massachusetts College of Art and Design (English, PDF 471.42 KB)
Open PDF file, 387.18 KB,  Massasoit Community College (English, PDF 387.18 KB)
Open PDF file, 370.24 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 370.24 KB)
Open PDF file, 421.06 KB,  Greenfield Community College (English, PDF 421.06 KB)
Open PDF file, 342.33 KB,  Berkshire Community College (English, PDF 342.33 KB)
Open PDF file, 347.18 KB,  Cape Cod Community College (English, PDF 347.18 KB)
Open PDF file, 391.72 KB,  Massachusetts College of Art and Design (English, PDF 391.72 KB)
Open PDF file, 124.64 KB,  Roxbury Community College's Use Of American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 124.64 KB)
Open PDF file, 111.77 KB,  Bunker Hill Community College's Use Of American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 111.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 123.95 KB,  Bridgewater State University (English, PDF 123.95 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.46 KB,  Middlesex Community College's Use Of American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Funds (English, PDF 127.46 KB)
Open PDF file, 192.4 KB,  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Compliance with the Commonwealth's Anti-Hazing Law (English, PDF 192.4 KB)

2010

Open PDF file, 91.35 KB,  Massasoit Community College (English, PDF 91.35 KB)
Open PDF file, 359.04 KB,  The Education Cooperative (English, PDF 359.04 KB)
Open PDF file, 98.75 KB,  Framingham State College (English, PDF 98.75 KB)
Open PDF file, 39.14 KB,  Bunker Hill Community College (English, PDF 39.14 KB)

2009

Open PDF file, 149.5 KB,  University of Massachusetts Lowell (English, PDF 149.5 KB)
Open PDF file, 347.01 KB,  University of Massachusetts at Boston (English, PDF 347.01 KB)
Open PDF file, 88.74 KB,  Bridgewater State College (English, PDF 88.74 KB)
Open PDF file, 259.14 KB,  Bristol Community College (English, PDF 259.14 KB)
Open PDF file, 271.34 KB,  Department of Early Education and Care (English, PDF 271.34 KB)
Open PDF file, 231.63 KB,  Mount Wachusett Community College (English, PDF 231.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 94.66 KB,  North Shore Community College (English, PDF 94.66 KB)
Open PDF file, 95.97 KB,  Springfield Technical Community College (English, PDF 95.97 KB)
Open PDF file, 248.93 KB,  Westfield State College (English, PDF 248.93 KB)
Open PDF file, 651.11 KB,  Charter School Financial Results and Financial Reporting (English, PDF 651.11 KB)
Open PDF file, 224.31 KB,  Worcester State College (English, PDF 224.31 KB)
Open PDF file, 103.64 KB,  University of Massachusetts Building Authority (English, PDF 103.64 KB)

2008

Open PDF file, 220.09 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 220.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 141.72 KB,  Massachusetts School Building Authority (English, PDF 141.72 KB)
Open PDF file, 86.66 KB,  Massachusetts State College Building Authority (English, PDF 86.66 KB)
Open PDF file, 46.22 KB,  Student Financial Assistance Awareness of Audit Issues (English, PDF 46.22 KB)
Open PDF file, 194.77 KB,  Bridgewater State College (English, PDF 194.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 90.61 KB,  Holyoke Community College (English, PDF 90.61 KB)
Open PDF file, 89.64 KB,  Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (English, PDF 89.64 KB)
Open PDF file, 220.15 KB,  North Shore Community College (English, PDF 220.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 91.93 KB,  Northern Essex Community College (English, PDF 91.93 KB)
Open PDF file, 86.63 KB,  Quinsigamond Community College (English, PDF 86.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 189.16 KB,  Quinsigamond Community College - Chapter 647 (English, PDF 189.16 KB)
Open PDF file, 220.2 KB,  Springfield Technical Community College (English, PDF 220.2 KB)

2007

Open PDF file, 222.13 KB,  University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, School of Marine Science And Technology (English, PDF 222.13 KB)
Open PDF file, 258.77 KB,  Faculty Workload at Selected Massachusetts Public Institutions of Higher Education (English, PDF 258.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 171.71 KB,  Springfield Technical Community College - Chapter 647 Review (English, PDF 171.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 233.36 KB,  Holyoke Community College (English, PDF 233.36 KB)
Open PDF file, 237.54 KB,  Bridgewater State College (English, PDF 237.54 KB)
Open PDF file, 194.5 KB,  University of Massachusetts Medical School - Correctional Health Services Contract (English, PDF 194.5 KB)

2006

Open PDF file, 111.34 KB,  Middlesex Community College (English, PDF 111.34 KB)
Open PDF file, 190.87 KB,  Quinsigamond Community College (English, PDF 190.87 KB)
Open PDF file, 96.77 KB,  Massasoit Community College (English, PDF 96.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 140.1 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 140.1 KB)
Open PDF file, 317.09 KB,  Roxbury Community College (English, PDF 317.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 159.09 KB,  Salem State College (English, PDF 159.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 140.71 KB,  Mount Wachusett Community College (English, PDF 140.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 348.4 KB,  Statewide Review of Tuition Remission Policies at Massachusetts Public Institutions of Higher Education (English, PDF 348.4 KB)
Open PDF file, 138.77 KB,  Framingham State College (English, PDF 138.77 KB)

2005

Open PDF file, 499.99 KB,  University of Massachusetts System - Treasurer's Office (English, PDF 499.99 KB)
Open PDF file, 319.77 KB,  The EDCO Collaborative of Boston (EDCO) (English, PDF 319.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 63.57 KB,  North Shore Community College (English, PDF 63.57 KB)
Open PDF file, 565.44 KB,  City of Everett School Department (English, PDF 565.44 KB)

2004

Open PDF file, 336.89 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 336.89 KB)
Open PDF file, 623.02 KB,  Charter School Financial Analysis Results (English, PDF 623.02 KB)
Open PDF file, 348.67 KB,  Quinsigamond Community College (English, PDF 348.67 KB)
Open PDF file, 468.42 KB,  Department of Education - School Building Assistance Program (English, PDF 468.42 KB)

2003

Open PDF file, 129.94 KB,  Bridgewater State College (English, PDF 129.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 319.94 KB,  University of Massachusetts at Boston - Parking Garage/Transportation Trust Fund (English, PDF 319.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 480.46 KB,  Roxbury Community College (English, PDF 480.46 KB)

2002

Open PDF file, 308.55 KB,  Fitchburg State College (English, PDF 308.55 KB)
Open PDF file, 112.36 KB,  Review of Monitoring/Recordkeeping Requirements Regarding Non-Immigrant Students Enrolled in Massachusetts State and Community Colleges and Public Universities (English, PDF 112.36 KB)
Open PDF file, 352.47 KB,  Northern Essex Community College (English, PDF 352.47 KB)
Open PDF file, 359.6 KB,  Berkshire Community College (English, PDF 359.6 KB)
Open PDF file, 100.09 KB,  University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Auxiliary Services (Food Produce Contract) (English, PDF 100.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 267.89 KB,  Sturgis Charter School (English, PDF 267.89 KB)

2001

Open PDF file, 304.26 KB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 304.26 KB)
Open PDF file, 575.66 KB,  Department of Education - Administration of the Charter School Program (English, PDF 575.66 KB)
Open PDF file, 190.67 KB,  Department of Education Expenditures for Information Technology (English, PDF 190.67 KB)
Open PDF file, 444.21 KB,  Department of Education Community Partnerships for Children Program (English, PDF 444.21 KB)

2000

Open PDF file, 3.92 MB,  Massachusetts Bay Community College (English, PDF 3.92 MB)
Open PDF file, 192.25 KB,  Massasoit Community College (English, PDF 192.25 KB)

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