University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA · Public four-year · City: Small
23,936undergraduates
60%admitted
Test-optionalSAT/ACT
$22,954average net price per year
83%graduate in 6 years
91%return for year two
Admissions
- Applicants
- 50,424
- Admitted
- 29,129
- Admit rate
- 60%
- Admit rate, women
- 66%
- Admit rate, men
- 48%
- Admitted students who enroll
- 18%
- First-year students
- 5,286
- SAT/ACT
- Test-optional
- Students who sent SAT scores
- 27%
- SAT reading and writing (middle 50%)
- 650-720
- SAT math (middle 50%)
- 650-760
- Students who sent ACT scores
- 4%
- ACT composite (middle 50%)
- 29-33
| High school GPA | Required |
|---|---|
| High school record | Required |
| College-prep coursework | Required |
| SAT or ACT scores | Considered, not required |
| Recommendations | Required |
| Essay or personal statement | Required |
| Class rank | Considered, not required |
| Demonstrated competencies | Required |
| English proficiency test | Required |
| Work experience | Considered, not required |
| Legacy status | Not considered |
Majors
115 undergraduate programs that awarded a degree or certificate last year, grouped by field. Numbers are how many were awarded.
Business, management, marketing, and related support services (8)
- Accounting Bachelor's (133 awarded)
- Business Administration and Management, General Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded), Bachelor's (129 awarded)
- Finance, General Bachelor's (323 awarded)
- Hospitality Administration/Management, General Bachelor's (55 awarded)
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General Certificate (under 1 year) (6 awarded)
- Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management Bachelor's (224 awarded)
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General Bachelor's (229 awarded)
- Real Estate Certificate (under 1 year) (26 awarded)
Social sciences (11)
- Anthropology, General Bachelor's (35 awarded)
- Applied Economics Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded)
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Bachelor's (127 awarded)
- Economics, General Bachelor's (231 awarded)
- Geographic Information Science and Cartography Certificate (under 1 year) (10 awarded)
- Geography Bachelor's (7 awarded)
- International Relations and Affairs Certificate (under 1 year) (29 awarded)
- Political Science and Government, General Bachelor's (148 awarded)
- Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded)
- Social Sciences, Other Bachelor's (19 awarded)
- Sociology, General Bachelor's (93 awarded)
Biological and biomedical sciences (4)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bachelor's (139 awarded)
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General Bachelor's (315 awarded)
- Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Bachelor's (177 awarded)
- Microbiology, General Bachelor's (44 awarded)
Multi/interdisciplinary studies (11)
- Biological and Physical Sciences Bachelor's (13 awarded)
- Business Analytics Certificate (under 1 year) (188 awarded)
- Marine Sciences Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded)
- Mathematics and Computer Science Bachelor's (1 awarded)
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General Certificate (under 1 year) (16 awarded)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's (229 awarded)
- Natural Sciences Certificate (under 1 year) (42 awarded)
- Nutrition Sciences Bachelor's (46 awarded)
- Science, Technology and Society Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded)
- Sustainability Studies Bachelor's (19 awarded)
Psychology (1)
- Psychology, General Bachelor's (525 awarded)
Engineering (8)
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's (74 awarded)
- Chemical Engineering Bachelor's (38 awarded)
- Civil Engineering, General Bachelor's (97 awarded)
- Computer Engineering, General Bachelor's (76 awarded)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bachelor's (56 awarded)
- Industrial Engineering Bachelor's (27 awarded)
- Materials Engineering Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded)
- Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's (142 awarded)
Computer and information sciences and support services (2)
- Computer Science Bachelor's (448 awarded)
- Informatics Bachelor's (41 awarded)
Health professions and related programs (5)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders, General Bachelor's (52 awarded)
- Community Health and Preventive Medicine Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded)
- Medical/Health Humanities Certificate (under 1 year) (3 awarded)
- Public Health, General Bachelor's (191 awarded)
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Bachelor's (100 awarded)
Communication, journalism, and related programs (3)
- Communication, General Bachelor's (244 awarded)
- Journalism Certificate (under 1 year) (4 awarded), Bachelor's (64 awarded)
- Mass Communication/Media Studies Certificate (under 1 year) (3 awarded)
Agricultural/animal/plant/veterinary science and related fields (11)
- Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Certificate (under 1 year) (13 awarded), Bachelor's (40 awarded)
- Animal Sciences, General Bachelor's (28 awarded)
- Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General Associate (4 awarded)
- Crop Production Associate (9 awarded)
- Food Science Bachelor's (14 awarded)
- Horticultural Science Bachelor's (15 awarded)
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Associate (7 awarded)
- Plant Sciences, General Bachelor's (7 awarded)
- Pre-Veterinary Studies Bachelor's (77 awarded)
- Turf and Turfgrass Management Associate (2 awarded), Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant Bachelor's (17 awarded)
Mathematics and statistics (1)
- Mathematics, General Bachelor's (172 awarded)
Natural resources and conservation (3)
- Environmental Science Bachelor's (83 awarded)
- Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor's (77 awarded)
- Urban Forestry Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded), Associate (1 awarded)
Visual and performing arts (10)
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation Bachelor's (14 awarded)
- Conducting Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded)
- Dance, General Bachelor's (10 awarded)
- Design and Visual Communications, General Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded)
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Bachelor's (31 awarded)
- Film/Cinema/Media Studies Certificate (under 1 year) (20 awarded)
- Fine and Studio Arts Management Certificate (under 1 year) (4 awarded)
- Fine/Studio Arts, General Bachelor's (31 awarded)
- Music Performance, General Bachelor's (31 awarded)
- Music, General Bachelor's (10 awarded)
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics (13)
- Chinese Language and Literature Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Bachelor's (7 awarded)
- Comparative Literature Bachelor's (10 awarded)
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Certificate (under 1 year) (3 awarded)
- French Language and Literature Bachelor's (8 awarded)
- German Language and Literature Bachelor's (8 awarded)
- Italian Language and Literature Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Japanese Language and Literature Bachelor's (11 awarded)
- Korean Language and Literature Certificate (under 1 year) (4 awarded)
- Language Interpretation and Translation Certificate (under 1 year) (22 awarded)
- Linguistics Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded), Bachelor's (40 awarded)
- Portuguese Language and Literature Bachelor's (1 awarded)
- Spanish Language and Literature Bachelor's (25 awarded)
English language and literature/letters (2)
- English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's (113 awarded)
- Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Certificate (under 1 year) (24 awarded)
Architecture and related services (2)
- Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor's (95 awarded)
- Landscape Architecture Bachelor's (17 awarded)
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology (1)
- Sport and Fitness Administration/Management Bachelor's (112 awarded)
Physical sciences (4)
- Astronomy Bachelor's (12 awarded)
- Chemistry, General Bachelor's (33 awarded)
- Geology/Earth Science, General Bachelor's (13 awarded)
- Physics, General Bachelor's (40 awarded)
Legal professions and studies (1)
- Legal Studies Bachelor's (87 awarded)
Education (2)
- Education, General Bachelor's (64 awarded)
- Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Certificate (under 1 year) (19 awarded)
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities (1)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other Bachelor's (67 awarded)
History (1)
- History, General Bachelor's (65 awarded)
Public administration and social service professions (2)
- Public Policy Analysis, General Certificate (under 1 year) (4 awarded)
- Social Work Certificate (under 1 year) (37 awarded)
Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services (1)
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Certificate (under 1 year) (37 awarded)
Philosophy and religious studies (2)
- Philosophy Bachelor's (21 awarded)
- Religion/Religious Studies Certificate (under 1 year) (2 awarded)
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies (5)
- African-American/Black Studies Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Latin American Studies Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded)
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies Bachelor's (1 awarded)
- Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Women's Studies Bachelor's (8 awarded)
Graduate programs (116)
- Accounting Master's
- Accounting and Related Services, Other Post-bachelor's certificate
- Business Administration and Management, General Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Labor Studies Master's
- Business Analytics Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Post-bachelor's certificate
- Data Science, General Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Historic Preservation and Conservation, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- Marine Sciences Doctorate (research)
- Mathematics and Computer Science Post-bachelor's certificate
- Nutrition Sciences Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Sustainability Studies Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Computer Science Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Audiology/Audiologist Doctorate (professional)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master's
- Environmental Health Doctorate (research)
- Health Services Administration Master's
- International Public Health/International Health Post-bachelor's certificate
- Nursing Education Post-bachelor's certificate
- Nursing Practice Doctorate (professional)
- Nursing Science Doctorate (research)
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Post-master's certificate
- Public Health, General Master's
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's
- Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Chemical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Civil Engineering, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other Post-bachelor's certificate
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Master's
- Industrial Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Materials Engineering Master's
- Mechanical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Polymer/Plastics Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Art Teacher Education Master's
- Bilingual and Multilingual Education Post-bachelor's certificate
- Education, General Master's
- Education, Other Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Educational/Instructional Technology Post-bachelor's certificate
- English/Language Arts Teacher Education Post-bachelor's certificate
- Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Post-bachelor's certificate
- Multicultural Education Post-bachelor's certificate
- Reading Teacher Education Post-bachelor's certificate
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other Post-bachelor's certificate
- Engineering/Industrial Management Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Biostatistics Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Botany/Plant Biology Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Epidemiology Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Evolutionary Biology Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Microbiology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Neuroscience Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Astronomy Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Chemistry, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Geology/Earth Science, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Materials Science Post-bachelor's certificate
- Physics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Natural Resources and Conservation, Other Post-bachelor's certificate
- Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Anthropology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Economics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Geography Master's
- Political Science and Government, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Sociology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Applied Mathematics, General Master's
- Financial Mathematics Master's
- Mathematics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Statistics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Master's
- Architectural Design Master's
- City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning Master's
- Landscape Architecture Master's
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's
- Conducting Post-bachelor's certificate
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's
- Film/Cinema/Media Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- Fine/Studio Arts, General Master's
- Jazz/Jazz Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- Music Pedagogy Post-bachelor's certificate
- Music Performance, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- Music, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Animal Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Food Science Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Plant Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Chinese Language and Literature Master's
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's
- Comparative Literature Master's, Doctorate (research)
- French Language and Literature Master's
- German Language and Literature Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Italian Language and Literature Master's
- Japanese Language and Literature Master's
- Language Interpretation and Translation Post-bachelor's certificate
- Linguistics Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Public Policy Analysis, General Master's
- Creative Writing Master's
- English Language and Literature, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Psychology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- School Psychology Doctorate (research)
- History, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Public/Applied History Post-bachelor's certificate
- Sport and Fitness Administration/Management Master's
- African Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- African-American/Black Studies Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Latin American Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- Women's Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- Communication, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Philosophy Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Remote Aircraft Pilot Post-bachelor's certificate
- Building Construction Technology/Technician Post-bachelor's certificate
Cost and aid
- Tuition and fees, in-state
- $17,357
- Tuition and fees, out-of-state
- $39,293
- Housing and food on campus
- $14,869
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other on-campus costs
- $1,440
- Total cost on campus, in-state
- $34,666
- Total cost on campus, out-of-state
- $56,602
- Total cost living at home
- $22,197
Published prices for 2023-24.
| Family income | Per year |
|---|---|
| $0-30,000 | $11,103 |
| $30,001-48,000 | $13,259 |
| $48,001-75,000 | $16,738 |
| $75,001-110,000 | $24,016 |
| Over $110,000 | $31,297 |
Net price is the full cost minus grants and scholarships, for full-time first-year students who got aid in 2022-23 and paid in-state tuition.
- First-year students who got any aid
- 87%
- Got grants or scholarships
- 75%
- Average grant or scholarship
- $12,343
- Got a grant from the college
- 74%
- Average grant from the college
- $10,214
- Undergraduates with a Pell grant
- 20%
- First-year students who borrowed
- 49%
- Average amount borrowed
- $9,229
Graduation
- Bachelor's in 4 years
- 76%
- Bachelor's in 5 years
- 82%
- Bachelor's in 6 years
- 83%
- Bachelor's in 8 years
- 85%
- Any degree in 6 years (all students)
- 83%
- Transferred to another college
- 11%
- Came back for year two
- 91%
| Pell grant students | 78% |
|---|---|
| Subsidized loan, no Pell | 85% |
| Neither | 85% |
| Group | Students | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 2,402 | 86% |
| Men | 2,295 | 81% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 67% (small group) |
| Asian | 492 | 84% |
| Black | 221 | 77% |
| Hispanic | 360 | 78% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | 50% (small group) |
| White | 2,871 | 85% |
| Two or more races | 155 | 81% |
| Race unknown | 204 | 84% |
| International | 389 | 82% |
| Started | Students | Earned a degree or certificate here | Enrolled at another college |
|---|---|---|---|
| Started here, full-time | 4,995 | 84% | 11% |
| Started here, part-time | 11 | 36% (small group) | 55% |
| Transferred in, full-time | 1,686 | 82% | 12% |
| Transferred in, part-time | 601 | 65% | 12% |
Graduation rates follow students who started full-time for the first time in fall 2017. Groups under 20 students are marked because a few students change the rate a lot.
Students
- Total students
- 31,810
- Undergraduates
- 23,936
- Full-time undergraduates
- 22,537
- Part-time undergraduates
- 1,399
- Graduate students
- 7,874
- Students per faculty member
- 18 to 1
- First-year students from in state
- 67%
- From out of state
- 23%
- From other countries
- 9%
- Undergraduates age 25 and up
- 5%
- Undergraduates taking all classes online
- 4%
- Undergraduates registered with disability services
- 12%
| Women | 52% |
|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
| Asian | 13% |
| Black | 4% |
| Hispanic | 9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0% |
| White | 58% |
| Two or more races | 4% |
| Race unknown | 3% |
| International | 8% |
Campus life
- Setting
- City: Small
- Address
- 374 Whitmore Building 181 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA, 01003
- County
- Hampshire County
- Part of
- University of Massachusetts
- Type
- Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity
- Highest degree
- Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Land-grant university
- Yes
- Athletics
- NCAA
- Teams include
- football, basketball, baseball, cross country and track
- Offers
- Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC, Study abroad, Teacher certification, Weekend or evening classes, Online programs, Credit for AP exams, On-campus child care, Yellow Ribbon (veterans)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS (2022-23 to 2024-25 surveys), and the College Scorecard.