It offers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs, as well as graduate-level certificates, with a curriculum emphasizing an applied learning component with required internships.

[citation needed] The school was named for John Endicott, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

[13] Francis Gamelin served as Endicott's fourth president as the college searched for Hawkes' successor.

Wylie's 30-year tenure was marked by major growth; the college built more than 20 new buildings and expanded its footprint to 235 acres of land alongside Beverly's scenic coast.

Built in 1750 by Thomas Woodbury, Alhambra is the oldest building on Endicott's campus, and prior to its purchase, was used as a summer home by Isabella Stewart Gardner (until 1906).

College Hall, built in 1916, was designed as a summer home by Henry Richards and subsequently purchased by Endicott in 1940.

[15]In 1943 Endicott purchased the 1904 home of Bryce and Anna Allan, designed and built by architect Guy Lowell, and later named it Tupper Manor after the second president of the college.

In the 19th century, Winthrop's hidden stairway aided slaves en route to Canada via the Underground Railroad, and during World War II, the property was used by the United States Coast Guard as a coastline security facility.

[7] The college campus is located on 235-acre (0.95 km2) oceanfront property on the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay, in an area known as the Gold Coast.

The building includes a gymnasium, a field house with an indoor track, workout facilities, aerobics and dance rooms, and classrooms.

[citation needed] The most popular major is Business Management, followed by Fitness and Recreation Studies, Psychology and Visual/Performing Arts.

[30] Endicott offers over 60 student organizations,[31][32][33] numerous academic honor societies, and varsity, club, and intramural sports.

Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, equestrian, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and volleyball, while women's sports include basketball, cross country, equestrian, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.

In 2015, Men's Ice Hockey became a Division III sport as a member of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC).