Boston is the largest city in New England and the most populous in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Like Philadelphia, it’s one of our country’s oldest cities. Boston was founded by the Pilgrims in 1630 and, after spending some time with the moniker Trimountaine, was later renamed after Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

Boston played a very prominent roll in the Revolutionary War. The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Bunker Hill all took place in or near the city. Boston quickly developed into the world’s richest international trading port because it was the closest major American port to Europe. Such goods as rum, fish, salt and tobacco were exported from Boston’s shores.

Although Boston suffered a temporary setback between 1940 and 1970, the city rebounded with several urban renewal projects to become a leader in the mutual fund industry. Boston is also famous for its vast contribution to medicine. European immigration during the 1820s drastically changed Boston’s ethnic makeup. Home of the Kennedys and former Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill, Boston has a large Catholic community.

Located in the Northeastern part of the United States, Boston experiences rapid weather changes. Temperatures can fluctuate by as much as 54 degrees or more in a two-day period. The summers are generally warm and humid while the winters bring plenty of snow.

Boston cuisine – New England clam chowder, anyone – largely consists of seafood and dairy products. Boston’s cultural scene is as plentiful as its history. There are many theaters like the Boston Opera House, the Schubert Theater and the Orpheum Theater to a name a few. Boston also has its own symphony and ballet companies.

“Beantown”, as Boston is sometimes called, has a lot to offer recent college graduates looking for entry level employment or college students seeking quality internships. Students looking for quality colleges and universities might like to know that Boston is the birthplace of hardcore punk rock. Boston has major sports teams - not the least of which is the Boston Celtics basketball team - two major daily newspapers, museums galore and several trails for walking in warm weather.

Boston has many renowned colleges and universities. Students looking for a quality education should consider the following:

*Boston University – located on the banks of the Charles River, this private university’s most popular majors are Business Administration/Management, Communications and Media Studies and Engineering.

*Northeastern University – the most popular majors at this private research university are Business/Commerce and Health Services/Allied Health.

*University of Massachusetts, Boston – the only public university in Boston has these most popular courses of study Business/Commerce, Nursing – Registered Nurse Training (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) and Psychology.

*Harvard University – the Ivy League institution’s most popular majors are Economics, Political Science and Government and Psychology.

*Boston College – this putative party school has these most popular majors Communications and Media Studies, English Language and Literature and Finance.

*Massachusetts Institute of Technology – this school, which has a student who opens his dorm room with a thumbprint scanner, has these as its most popular majors Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Boston has many other colleges and universities for adventurous students to attend:

Tufts University
Wheelock College
Simmons College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Colleges of the Fenway
Suffolk University
Emerson College
Massachusetts College of Art
New England Conservatory of Music
Berklee College of Music
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester State University
Emmanuel College

Boston isn’t only home to some of the world’s best known institutions of higher learning, it’s also home to many large, influential corporations. Below are some of the largest:

Massachusetts General Hospital – recent college graduates looking for entry level jobs can find them at this health care facility in research, teaching, human resources and nursing.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital – a college student looking for an internship or a possible entry level job in the medical field can check out this hospital’s offerings in radiology, research, information systems or accounting.

Fidelity Investments (FMR Co.) – the investment giant offers entry level positions in finance and accounting, operations, technology, and advertising, marketing and communication.
Boston University – the university, which consists of a hospital by the same name, has positions in clinical services, research, information technology and faculty.

Beth Israel Co. – this teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School, whose full name is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has entry level positions in pharmacy, nursing, information systems, human resources and accounting.

There’s more to Boston than New England clam chowder, Harvard, and the Celtics. The city has a wonderful history and culture that begs to be explored by students seeking quality educations and internships and recent college graduates looking for entry level employment in the place where America’s fight for independence began.

*Statistics courtesy of the US Census Bureau - Census 2000.
Source: http://www.cityofboston.gov/