The University of Massachusetts, a public university system established in 1863, enrolls about 71,000 students across five campuses. The University of Massachusetts consists of four universities, a satellite campus, and a medical school.
UMass Online, the online consortium of the highly respected University of Massachusetts system, offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate (including doctoral) degree programs.
UMass Online’s degree offerings include an associate’s degree in information technology and more than 30 bachelor’s degree programs, including degree completion programs in topics such as nursing, applied psychology, criminal justice, and more.
The university also offers nearly 40 master’s degree programs in topics including gerontology, security studies, and vision studies; a doctoral degree in nursing practice; and dozens of certificate programs.
Online students receive instruction from the same faculty, earn the same degrees, and attend the same graduation ceremony as on-campus students. UMass Online students have access to a host of services, such as library help, fellowship advising, and academic counseling.
UMass Online received the Excellence in Distance Teaching Education award from the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA).
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognized University of Massachusetts-Amherst as a research university with very high research activity and recognized University of Massachusetts-Boston and University of Massachusetts-Lowell as research universities with high research activity.
UMass has a reputation for high-level research in numerous fields, such as nanotechnology, bioinformatics, renewable energy, remote sensing, vaccine development, and chemistry.
U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Massachusetts-Amherst #76 in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges in National Universities. The magazine also ranked UMass #115 in Best Global Universities and #42 in Best Education Schools. UMass also tied for #30 among Top Public Schools.
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst ranked 101–150 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014 (provided by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University).
Times Higher Education listed UMass #91 in its World University Rankings 2014–2015. In addition, Forbes ranked UMass #100 in Research Universities, while Princeton Review included University of Massachusetts-Amherst in its 2015 Best 379 Colleges list.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management ranked #36 in Bloomberg Business’s 2014 Undergraduate Business School Programs list.
The respected Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business provides accreditation to the University of Massachusetts branches in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell. The University of Massachusetts also holds accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
