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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
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 24,391
Full-time undergraduates: 22,920
Part-time undergraduates: 1,471
Total graduate students: 7,838
Full-time graduate students: 2,848
Part-time graduate students: 4,990
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
12.8% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.6% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.4% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
59.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
7.2% Nonresident Alien
3.4% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,463 acres
Nearest major city: Springfield, MA and Hartford,

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 98%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 58%
Percent of students who live off campus: 42%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 282
Other computer facilities/services: online housing assignments, bill payment, Learning Management System, file storage, Web hosting, blogs
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Minutemen Marching Band; Ski and Board Club; Outing Club; University Programming Council; Student Government Association

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's fencing  
Men's field hockey  
Men's football  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf  
Men's gymnastics  
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's ice hockey  
Men's indoor track  
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse  
Men's racquetball  
Men's rock climbing  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's sand volleyball  
Men's skiing (downhill)  
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer  
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's triathlon  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling  
Women's badminton  
Women's badmintonyes 
Women's baseball  
Women's baseballyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's crew  
Women's crewyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sportsyes 
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencingyes 
Women's fencing  
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey  
Women's football  
Women's footballyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's gymnastics  
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's indoor track  
Women's indoor trackyes 
Women's lacrosse  
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's racquetballyes 
Women's racquetball  
Women's rock climbingyes 
Women's rock climbing  
Women's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rowingyes 
Women's rugbyyes 
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's sailingyes 
Women's sand volleyball  
Women's sand volleyballyes 
Women's skiing (downhill)  
Women's skiing (downhill)yes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball  
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's table tennis  
Women's table tennisyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis  
Women's track and field  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's triathlon  
Women's triathlonyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's ultimate Frisbeeyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's water poloyes 
Women's water polo  
Women's wrestlingyes 
Women's wrestling  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; triathlon; indoor track; rowing; sand volleyball; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Bradley International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 65% within six months of graduation

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