Massachusetts State Normal School

Framingham State University

Motto	Live to the Truth
Type	Public
Established	1839
Endowment	$32,763,694 (2014)
President	F. Javier Cevallos
Dean	Melinda K. Stoops
Administrative staff	167 full-time, 86 part-time
Students	6,429
Undergraduates	4,584
Postgraduates	1,845
Location	Framingham, Massachusetts, USA 42°17′52″N 71°26′12″W / 42.297742°N 71.436598°W / 42.297742; -71.436598Coordinates: 42°17′52″N 71°26′12″W / 42.297742°N 71.436598°W / 42.297742; -71.436598
Campus	Suburban, 143 acres
Newspaper	The Gatepost
Colors	Black and Gold
Affiliations	NCAA Division III, Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
Mascot	Ram
Website	http://www.framingham.edu

Framingham State University is a public university located in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, 20 miles from Boston. It offers undergraduate programs in a range of subjects, including art, biology, and communication arts, and graduate programs, including MBA, MEd, and MS.

As the first secretary of the newly created Board of Education in Massachusetts, Horace Mann instituted school reforms that included the creation of an experimental normal school, the first one in the United States, in Lexington, in July 1839. Cyrus Peirce was its first principal or president. A second normal school was opened in September 1839 in West Barre (the school later moved to Westfield) followed by Bridgewater State College the next year. Growth forced the first normal school's relocation to West Newton in 1843, followed in 1853 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 later, with degreed teachers becoming the norm, the normal schools were renamed State Teachers Colleges. The name was changed in 1960 to the State College at Framingham when Bachelor of Arts degrees were added. At present, Masters' of Education, Arts, and Science degrees are granted as well. In 2007, the college began offering the Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree. In October 2010, seven of the state colleges became state universities, unaffiliated with the University of Massachusetts system. The measure was signed into law by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on July 28, 2010.