Selectivity
58%
Total Students
33,767
UG 25,988
PG 7,779
Satisfaction Index
91%
Salary After Attending
$49,300
BASIC
| Web Site | www.umass.edu |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | Amherst |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 25,988 |
| Women | 12,866 (49.51%) |
| Men | 13,122 (50.49%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 7,779 |
| Women | 4,017 (51.64%) |
| Men | 3,762 (48.36%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 58% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 46,501 |
| Graduation Rate | 78% |
| Retention Rate | 91 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | www.umass.edu/umhome/admissions.php.html |
| Online Application URL | www.commonapp.org/ |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 58 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | Yes |
| Early Action Application Deadline | 01-11-2017 |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 58% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 59% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 58% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 22% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 20% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 24% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | Not reported |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 550 | 640 |
| SAT - Maths | 580 | 580 |
| ACT - Composite | 25 | 30 |
| ACT - Writing | - | - |
| ACT - English | - | - |
| ACT - Maths | - | - |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://www.umass.edu/umfa |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://www.umass.edu/umfa/sites/default/files/netprice/npcalc.htm |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$32,204 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$11,897 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,000 |
Other Expenses |
$1,400 |
| Total | $46,501 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$31,733 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$11,897 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,000 |
Other Expenses |
$1,400 |
| Total | $46,030 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | Yes |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | 296 |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 33.3% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | $ 7,084 |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | $ 20,96,864 |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, General. | |||
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture. | 40 | - | - |
| Animal Sciences, General. | 58 | 4 | 3 |
| Food Science. | 33 | 13 | 15 |
| Horticultural Science. | 7 | - | - |
| Plant Sciences, General. | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Turf and Turfgrass Management. | 8 | - | - |
| Category total | 152 | 19 | 21 |
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture and Related Services, Other. | - | 2 | - |
| Architecture. | 23 | 12 | - |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | - | 22 | - |
| Environmental Design/Architecture. | 35 | 6 | - |
| Landscape Architecture. | 11 | 11 | - |
| Category total | 69 | 53 | 0 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| African-American/Black Studies. | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies. | 5 | - | - |
| Women's Studies. | 9 | - | - |
| Category total | 17 | 2 | 4 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. | 127 | 1 | - |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 241 | - | - |
| Biostatistics. | - | 2 | - |
| Botany/Plant Biology. | - | 1 | 3 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. | - | 10 | 10 |
| Epidemiology. | - | 6 | 1 |
| Evolutionary Biology. | - | 2 | 6 |
| Exercise Physiology. | 185 | 7 | 3 |
| Microbiology, General. | 59 | 12 | 4 |
| Neuroscience. | - | 3 | 3 |
| Category total | 612 | 44 | 30 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | 212 | 47 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 91 | 413 | 16 |
| Finance, General. | 213 | - | - |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General. | 172 | - | - |
| Labor and Industrial Relations. | - | 17 | - |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. | 80 | - | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 131 | - | - |
| Category total | 899 | 477 | 16 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Communication, General. | 239 | 3 | 11 |
| Journalism. | 74 | - | - |
| Category total | 313 | 3 | 11 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer Science. | 171 | 56 | 21 |
| Category total | 171 | 56 | 21 |
| CONSTRUCTION TRADES. | |||
| Building Construction Technology. | 58 | - | - |
| Category total | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Art Teacher Education. | - | 3 | - |
| Education, General. | 17 | 169 | 18 |
| Category total | 17 | 172 | 18 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Chemical Engineering. | 108 | 2 | 9 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 78 | 16 | 8 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 29 | - | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 54 | 59 | 16 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | - | 7 | - |
| Industrial Engineering. | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 170 | 18 | 5 |
| Polymer/Plastics Engineering. | - | 11 | 18 |
| Category total | 462 | 117 | 58 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| Creative Writing. | - | 17 | - |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 129 | 14 | 8 |
| Category total | 129 | 31 | 8 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Chinese Language and Literature. | 10 | 3 | - |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 13 | 5 | - |
| Comparative Literature. | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| French Language and Literature. | 8 | 2 | - |
| German Language and Literature. | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Italian Language and Literature. | 1 | - | - |
| Japanese Language and Literature. | 15 | 1 | - |
| Linguistics. | 34 | 1 | 5 |
| Portuguese Language and Literature. | 1 | - | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 21 | 4 | 5 |
| Category total | 121 | 20 | 16 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General. | 88 | 28 | - |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling. | - | 9 | - |
| Health Services Administration. | - | 5 | 1 |
| Nursing Science. | - | - | 3 |
| Pre-Veterinary Studies. | 35 | - | - |
| Public Health, General. | 227 | 82 | 2 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. | 192 | 11 | - |
| Category total | 542 | 135 | 6 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 103 | 8 | 2 |
| Category total | 103 | 8 | 2 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Policy Analysis, General. | - | 21 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| General Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. | 90 | - | - |
| Category total | 92 | 0 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | - | 6 | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 108 | 12 | 6 |
| Category total | 108 | 18 | 6 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 4 | - | - |
| Marine Sciences. | - | 2 | - |
| Mathematics and Computer Science. | 1 | - | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 268 | - | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | 72 | 11 | - |
| Sustainability Studies. | - | 15 | - |
| Category total | 345 | 28 | 0 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 60 | - | - |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General. | 75 | 9 | 2 |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management. | - | 2 | - |
| Category total | 135 | 11 | 2 |
| PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES. | |||
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. | 114 | 17 | - |
| Category total | 114 | 17 | 0 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 22 | 6 | 5 |
| Category total | 22 | 6 | 5 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Astronomy. | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| Chemistry, General. | 39 | 3 | 20 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Physics, General. | 37 | 10 | 10 |
| Category total | 108 | 24 | 39 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Psychology, General. | 424 | 5 | 6 |
| School Psychology. | - | - | 2 |
| Category total | 424 | 5 | 8 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 42 | 4 | 5 |
| Applied Economics. | 101 | 9 | - |
| Economics, General. | 200 | 6 | 12 |
| Geography. | 3 | - | - |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 166 | 5 | 6 |
| Social Sciences, Other. | 24 | - | - |
| Sociology. | 103 | 6 | 4 |
| Category total | 639 | 30 | 27 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation. | 12 | 5 | - |
| Dance, General. | 8 | - | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 28 | 3 | - |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General. | 41 | 7 | - |
| Music Performance, General. | 35 | - | - |
| Music, General. | 5 | 26 | - |
| Category total | 129 | 41 | 0 |
| Grand total | 5781 | 1338 | 298 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 18 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 13% of classes 10-19 students: 37% of classes 20-29 students: 20% of classes 30-39 students: 8% of classes 40-49 students: 4% of classes 50-99 students: 9% of classes Over 100 students: 9% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, women's dorms, men's dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 25,988 |
| Women (% of total) | 12,866 (49.51%) |
| Men (% of total) | 13,122 (50.49%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.13 % Asian - 8.86 % Black/African-American - 3.9 % Hispanic/Latino - 5.46 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.63 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.05 % White - 65.58 % Unknown - 9.01 % International Students - 4.39 % |
| All Graduate Students | 7,779 |
| Women (% of total) | 4,017 (52%) |
| Men (% of total) | 3,762 (48%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.21 % Asian - 5.94 % Black/African-American - 4.11 % Hispanic/Latino - 5.03 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 1.67 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.12 % White - 53.45 % Unknown - 7.39 % International Students - 22.09 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 91 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
78 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | 72% |
| Average Starting Salary | $50,650 per year |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | Not reported |
| Disciplines Pursued | Business 1% Law 1% Other 16% |
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