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University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst
181 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 1003


Fax number: (413) 545-4312
Website: https://www.umass.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 90%
Student:Faculty ratio: 18:1
Total faculty: 904 men, 857 women
Full-time faculty: 766 men, 678 women
Part-time faculty: 138 men, 179 women
Graduation rate: 83% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Agriculture, General
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services, Other
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Crop Production
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Turf and Turfgrass Management
  • Urban Forestry
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services, Other
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Astronomy
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Crop Production
  • Dance, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology
  • Finance, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Studies
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Informatics
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Jewish/Judaic Studies
  • Journalism
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Linguistics
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Near and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Sciences, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Pre-Veterinary Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Russian Studies
  • Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Turf and Turfgrass Management
  • Urban Forestry
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • African Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • Applied Economics
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biotechnology
  • Buddhist Studies
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Casino Management
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Conducting
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Demography and Population Studies
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Fine and Studio Arts Management
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Gay/Lesbian Studies
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Human Services, General
  • International Agriculture
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Journalism
  • Korean Language and Literature
  • Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Latin American Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Logic
  • Management Information Systems and Services, Other
  • Marine Sciences
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Medical/Health Humanities
  • Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Meeting and Event Planning
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Sciences
  • Near and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Political Economy
  • Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Real Estate
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods
  • Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Transportation/Mobility Management
  • Urban Forestry
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Diplomas

  • Accounting and Related Services, Other
  • African Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems, General
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Bilingual and Multilingual Education
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Building Construction Technology/Technician
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Hardware Engineering
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Education, Other
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • History, Other
  • International Public Health/International Health
  • Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Latin American Studies
  • Management Information Systems and Services, Other
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Sciences, Other
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multicultural Education
  • Music Pedagogy
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Nursing Education
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Plant Sciences, General
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Public/Applied History
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Transportation/Mobility Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Doctorates

  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Astronomy
  • Audiology/Audiologist
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biostatistics
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Linguistics
  • Marine Sciences
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Nursing Practice
  • Nursing Science
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Sciences, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Polymer/Plastics Engineering
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • School Psychology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Design
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Astronomy
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biostatistics
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Epidemiology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Labor Studies
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Linguistics
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marine Sciences
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Sciences, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Polymer/Plastics Engineering
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
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