Any experience with these colleges?

I have no personal experience with those other than people/family I know that have graduated from them (specifically Amherst, UMass, and Stonybrook) and were happy with their choice to attend those institutions. IMO, choosing a college is very hard and very personal so sometimes it is hard to be know what one is looking for.

I will say, except for Tampa, all will have winter weather and conditions.  So that is something to consider if weather/climate is important. 

Good luck to your friend’s son with his decisions.

Tampa is the bottom of the ladder in your list. Personally, unless warm weather is a significant draw, I would avoid it. The other schools are all much better choices.

I graduated from UMass / Amherst back in the dark ages. Amherst College, as stated above, is a very elite liberal arts college. I can speak to Amherst, MA as a beautiful town. When I went to UMass there was a 5 college program which allowed students to take one class a semester at any of the other area colleges (Amherst, UMass, Smith, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke). 

A friend went to Amherst, and he loved it. Granted, it was 20 years ago, so things may have changed.

I looked at UMass Boston, but it felt more like a commuter school than a residential undergrad experience. Again, it was 25 years ago when I was looking at schools.

If possible, he needs to visit in person, while classes are in session. That's the best way to get a feel for a place.

High fiving all the 5-college grads here!  I wonder how many of us were there at the same time???

I came on to say (or, I see now, to echo) that Amherst is a very elite college. He will have business connections for the rest of his life based on the name alone. That does NOT mean it's the best place for him. Stony Brook is a great school for STEM; I don't know much about their business school (not my area). When I lived in Boston, UMass-Boston was, as mich5481 said, more of a commuter school - but that was *ahem* a few decades ago. LOL

I don't know anything about the other schools on the list, so can't comment.

ETA Amherst is not my alma mater, but we looked at it closely for one of my kids.

Wow that is kind of a bizarre list of schools tbh. How did they come up with those to apply to? Just to clarify - it's Umass in Boston and not Umass in Amherst? And it's Amherst College? Amherst is the one I know the best - as it's an excellent liberal arts school, they do not have a business major - most interested in pursuing business major in economics, which while not the same has some cross over depending on what specifically he's interested in pursuing.

I've never heard of Lesley or Wentworth - and since I lived in Boston that gives a sense of their name recognition (granted there are a zillion schools in the greater Boston/Cambridge area - just saying those are not well known NAMES - I have no idea about their specific programs).