Massachusetts State College Building Authority

Specialties

The Massachusetts State College Building Authority (MSCBA) finances, plans, designs, constructs and oversees the management of residence halls and student activity facilities on the nine State University campuses. The housing, dining, parking, athletic, and campus center facilities developed by the Authority serve 40,000 students, one third of whom live in campus housing.

History

Established in 1963.

The Massachusetts State College Building Authority is a public instrumentality of the Commonwealth charged with financing, designing, constructing, and overseeing the management of revenue-​funded facilities — housing, dining, athletic, parking, and other student activity facilities — for the nine state universities. Recent amendments to the enabling legislation expand the mission of the Authority to include the fifteen community colleges. Another recent change to the legislation enables the Authority to finance certain academic facility projects located at the state universities and community colleges.

The Authority receives no appropriation from the Commonwealth; all revenues to support facility design, construction, and operation are derived from the rents and fees paid by students for the use of these facilities and services.