Graduate Programs at University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Graduate School Overview

University of Massachusetts-Amherst (referred to as UMass Amherst) is a Public, 4 years school located in Amherst, MA.

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (1/1/1932 - Current).

UMass Amherst Directory Information
School Name	University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass Amherst)
Address	374 Whitmore Building 181 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 1003
Phone	413-545-0111
Web	https://www.umass.edu
Online Application	https://www.commonapp.org
Financial Info	https://www.umass.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UMass Amherst is $17,009 for Massachusetts residents and $34,720 for out-of-state students. The school has 7,838 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 32,229 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 328 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 47 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$34,720 $17,009 for Massachusetts Residents
Student Population	7,838
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	328 graduate programs (47 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UMass Amherst is $17,009 for Massachusetts residents and $34,720 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $798 for Massachusetts residents and $1,749 for out-of-state students.

UMass Amherst offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Massachusetts Residents	$17,009
Out-of-State	$34,720
Tuition per Credit Hour
Massachusetts Residents	$798
Out-of-State	$1,749

UMass Amherst offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	47 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Massachusetts-Amherst is $17,009 for Massachusetts residents and $34,720 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.87% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Massachusetts Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$13,606	$2,176	$28,669	$2,176
2019-2020	$14,014	$2,195	$29,529	$2,195
2020-2021	$14,014	$2,221	$30,120	$2,221
2021-2022	$14,014	$2,237	$30,572	$2,237
2022-2023	$14,364	$2,261	$31,489	$2,261
2023-2024	$14,723	$2,286	$32,434	$2,286

The graduate school tuition & fees of UMass Amherst is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Massachusetts. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Massachusetts graduate tuition is $19,952 (public) / $30,491 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	$17,009	$34,720
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Massachusetts Graduate Schools	$24,674	$28,339
Public	$14,118	$19,952
Private	$30,491

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,309 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UMass Amherst.

On-campus living costs are increased by 5.06% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,877. Off-campus living costs are increased by 8.72% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,626	$1,400	$12,626	$1,400
2019-2020	$13,004	$1,400	$13,004	$1,400
2020-2021	$13,329	$1,400	$13,329	$1,400
2021-2022	$13,595	$1,400	$13,595	$1,400
2022-2023	$14,123	$1,400	$14,123	$1,400
2023-2024	$14,869	$1,440	$15,437	$1,440

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $816 for Massachusetts residents and $1,799 for other students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.86% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Massachusetts Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$906	$1,742
2019-2020	$930	$1,792
2020-2021	$779	$1,673
2021-2022	$779	$1,699
2022-2023	$798	$1,749
2023-2024	$816	$1,799

Graduate Programs at UMass Amherst

University of Massachusetts-Amherst offers 185 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,345 students have completed their study at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Offered Degrees at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	82	6	1,752
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	58	0	349
Doctor's degree - other	2	1	46
Post Bachelor's Degree	42	20	180
Post Master's Degree	1	1	18
Total	185	28	2,345

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Massachusetts-Amherst by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Natural Resources and Conservation (other) program with 20 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 448 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Nursing Practice program with 39 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation (other)	✕	20	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	18	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	18	-
Business Analytics	✔	15	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✔	14	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	448	$97,100
Accounting	✔	160	$66,400
Computer Science	✔	159	-
Business Analytics	✔	85	-
Public Health	✕	80	$57,400

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Practice	✔	39	-
Computer Science	✔	27	-
Chemistry	✔	23	-
English Language and Literature	✔	17	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✔	14	-

University of Massachusetts-Amherst offers 185 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,345 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,752 students have earned/completed Master's program.
46 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
180 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
18 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	2	-
Food Science	✕	9	-
Plant Sciences	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	11	-
Architecture [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Architectural Design	✕	1	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	13	$43,600
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	8	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
African-American/Black Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	-	-
Communication	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	159 completers	-
Computer Science	✔	159	-
Education [+]	✕	125 completers	$43,200
Education	✕	-	$43,200
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	17	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	72	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	7	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Education (other)	✕	29	-
Engineering [+]	✕	127 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	12	-
Civil Engineering	✕	7	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	45	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	10	-
Materials Engineering	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	36	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	✕	9	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	7	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	18	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	1	-
Comparative Literature	✕	3	-
Chinese Language and Literature	✕	7	-
Japanese Language and Literature	✕	4	-
German Language and Literature	✕	1	-
French Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Italian Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	6	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	20 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	16	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	70 completers	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	3	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	10	-
Microbiology	✕	21	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	4	-
Biostatistics	✕	10	-
Evolutionary Biology	✕	1	-
Epidemiology	✕	17	-
Neuroscience	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	12	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	5	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	18	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	131 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	18	-
Marine Sciences	✕	-	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	23	-
Data Science, General	✔	5	-
Business Analytics	✔	85	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	23	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Philosophy	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Physics	✕	15	-
Psychology [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Psychology	✕	14	-
Human Services [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	49	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	16	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
Geography	✕	26	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	4	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	4	-
Music	✕	28	$30,700
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	147 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	25	-
Public Health	✕	80	$57,400
Environmental Health	✕	3	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	10	-
Health Services Administration	✕	12	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	17	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	622 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	448	$97,100
Accounting	✔	160	$66,400
Labor Studies	✕	14	-
History [+]	✕	12 completers	-
History	✕	12	-
	Total	1,752

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	3	-
Food Science	✕	8	-
Plant Sciences	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	10	-
Architecture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
African-American/Black Studies	✕	5	-
Women's Studies	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Communication	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	27	-
Education [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	9	-
Education (other)	✕	4	-
Engineering [+]	✕	65 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	11	-
Civil Engineering	✕	13	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	14	-
Materials Engineering	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	8	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	✕	14	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	4	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	3	-
Comparative Literature	✕	4	-
German Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	4	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	17 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	17	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	2	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	10	-
Microbiology	✕	2	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	-	-
Biostatistics	✕	7	-
Evolutionary Biology	✕	7	-
Epidemiology	✕	4	-
Neuroscience	✕	6	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	12	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	4	-
Marine Sciences	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	23	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	8	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
School Psychology	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	12	-
Economics	✕	11	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	2	-
Political Science and Government	✕	8	-
Sociology	✕	10	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	-	-
Public Health	✕	-	-
Environmental Health	✕	3	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	-	-
Health Services Administration	✕	-	-
Nursing Science	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	349

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	46 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	7	-
Nursing Practice	✔	39	-
	Total	46

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Plant Sciences	✔	-	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	8	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	18	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	23 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	6	-
Data Science, General	✔	2	-
Business Analytics	✔	15	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Health Services Administration	✔	1	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	-	-
History	✕	-	-
	Total	180

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	✕	-	-
	Total	18

Graduate Student Population at UMass Amherst

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 7,838 students enrolled into University of Massachusetts-Amherst graduate schools where it has total 32,229 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,848 full-time and 4,990 part-time graduate students. By gender, 3,846 male and 3,992 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,838	3,846	3,992
Full-time	2,848	1,377	1,471
Part-tme	4,990	2,469	2,521

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 3,469 White (44.26%), 343 Black/African American (4.38%), 505 Hispanic (6.44%), 604 Asian (7.71%), and 2,917 students with other races. 2,359 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,838	3,846	3,992
American Indian/Native American	8	1	7
Asian	604	308	296
Black/African American	343	140	203
Hispanic	505	208	297
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	3,469	1,634	1,835
Two More	159	61	98
Un-Known	388	196	192
Non-resident Alien	2,359	1,297	1,062

University of Massachusetts-Amherst offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,798 graduate students (35.70% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 651 graduate students (8.31% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	7,838
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,798
Enrolled Some Online Courses	651
Not in Online Courses	4,389

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. 1,732 students are aged 20 to 24 (22.10% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 460 students are aged above 50 (5.87%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,838	3,846	3,992
Age 18-19	2	1	1
Age 20-21	105	51	54
Age 22-24	1,627	868	759
Age 25-29	2,367	1,178	1,189
Age 30-34	1,424	717	707
Age 35-39	878	416	462
Age 40-49	975	439	536
Age 50-64	433	164	269
Over 64	27	12	15

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