by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of Massachusetts Amherst was awarded 424 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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UMass Amherst is ranked #81 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UMass Amherst held the #170 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is ranked at #11.
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If you're applying to University of Massachusetts Amherst you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 66%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 26% of students accepted to UMass Amherst submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 710. Math scores were between 630 and 750.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of Massachusetts Amherst, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Massachusetts Amherst is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Massachusetts Amherst has a freshmen retention rate of 91%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UMass Amherst for first-time, full-time students is 74%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 24,233 undergraduates at UMass Amherst with 22,212 being full-time and 2,021 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,033 | $13,203 | $16,667 | $23,064 | $29,311 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UMass Amherst, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UMass Amherst, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,550 a year. That adds up to $30,200 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UMass Amherst is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UMass Amherst are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 374 Whitmore Building 181 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003 |
| Phone: | 413-545-0111 |
| Website: | www.umass.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/umassamherst |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/umassamherst |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 489 | $33,355 |
| Economics | 404 | $49,510 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 317 | $38,660 |
| General Biology | 302 | $31,324 |
| Public Health | 292 | $35,279 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 286 | $40,847 |
| Business Administration & Management | 280 | $54,919 |
| Computer Science | 275 | $79,216 |
| Mathematics | 242 | $49,522 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 234 | $57,890 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 6,454 students took at least one online class at University of Massachusetts Amherst. This is a decrease from the 30,293 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 6,454 | 4,105 |
| 2019-2020 | 30,293 | 26,059 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,643 | 3,499 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,503 | 3,607 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,689 | 3,615 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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