Cambridge College offers a unique environment where working adults can build their education on a lifetime of learning. College’s modern teaching and learning model helps adult students meet the challenges of higher education and earn the degree credentials they need to advance their careers.

Learning at Cambridge College is held in an atmosphere of true diversity, where students support each other in a collaborative learning process that respects their needs and values, their prior learning and life experiences. The College's innovative adult-centered learning model links theory and practice, helping students to acquire the academic credentials they seek, enrich their lives and careers, and become leaders in their communities. 

The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. All degree programs are authorized by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. It is approved to operate and to offer selected degree programs in California, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Puerto Rico.

Cambridge College takes its pride in a faculty of more than 750 active full- and part-time professors and small class size (average class size – 9).

The programs range from bachelor's and master's degrees for educators, counselors, managers, and human service providers, to doctoral programs in educational leadership. 

College's main campus is in the heart of Cambridge, MA. 

National Institute for Teaching Excellence (NITE) provides a full range of degrees for educators: BA, MeD, CAGS (EdS), and EdD. All programs begin with an intensive summer residency in greater Boston, and continue at regional centers, back in Boston, and/or distance learning.

The students and alumni across the nation have urged Cambridge College to bring its academic programs and culture of adult learning to the working people of their own cities and states. All regional centers offer academic programs from the main campus, selected to serve local needs and authorized by state education authorities.