University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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Details
- Name: University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Location: Amherst, MA 01003
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: New England Commission on Higher Education
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 57.77%
- Average SAT Scores 1393
- Four Year Completion Rate 76.24% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 83.16% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 84.51% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year76.2%6 Year83.2%8 Year84.5% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $33,389 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $39,293 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $17,357 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $20,000 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $22,763 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $17,112 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $11,103 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $13,259 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $16,738 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $24,016 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $31,297 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $60,347 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $57,010 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $66,904 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $63,050 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $71,631 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $28,256 | $25,300 | $29,052 |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,674 |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $49,540 | No data | No data |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $79,216 |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,193 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,074 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $72,222 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,146 |
| Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,153 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $71,683 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $34,857 | No data | $66,719 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $72,455 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Production Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,022 |
| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,600 |
| Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | $49,394 | No data | No data |
| Environmental Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,881 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $34,521 | No data | $59,840 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,347 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $35,018 | No data | $39,509 |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,955 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,543 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $47,175 | $42,070 | $38,660 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,119 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $35,810 | $15,191 | $62,664 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $34,576 | $24,974 | $32,667 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,522 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $55,521 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,593 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,509 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,701 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $38,711 | $23,894 | $31,324 |
| Army ROTC, Military Science and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,828 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $39,039 | $32,450 | $33,355 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,966 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $44,340 | $28,295 | $49,510 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,794 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $30,569 | No data | $32,548 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,552 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,003 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $17,237 | $12,000 | $40,847 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $20,903 | No data | $54,919 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $35,677 | $28,610 | $45,299 |
| High School/Secondary Diploma Programs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,979 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,509 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,845 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $30,800 | $21,929 | $68,607 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $43,674 | No data | $62,571 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,516 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $54,363 | $47,825 | $39,519 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $41,278 | $42,502 | $35,030 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,867 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,069 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $35,320 | $22,950 | $35,279 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,848 |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,051 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,695 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,930 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $39,824 | $23,250 | $57,890 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $39,762 | No data | $49,497 |