University of Massachusetts Amherst Healthcare Programs

University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The location of UMass Amherst is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is University of Massachusetts Amherst?

Contact details for UMass Amherst are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	374 Whitmore Building 181 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003
Phone:	413-545-0111
Website:	www.umass.edu

How Do I Get Into UMass Amherst?

You can apply to UMass Amherst online at: www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for UMass Amherst

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UMass Amherst?

UMass Amherst has an acceptance rate of 64%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 54%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

About 30% of students accepted to UMass Amherst submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 720. Math scores were between 630 and 760.

UMass Amherst received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

Can I Afford University of Massachusetts Amherst?

The overall average net price of UMass Amherst is $40,010. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UMass Amherst, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $8,481 a year. That adds up to $33,924 over four years for those students.

University of Massachusetts Amherst Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 24,233 undergraduate students at UMass Amherst, with 22,212 being full-time and 2,021 being part-time.

There are also 7,409 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,212 full-time undergraduates at UMass Amherst, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Massachusetts Amherst students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,562
Black or African American	1,071
Hispanic or Latino	1,738
White	13,647
International Students	1,613
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,581

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at University of Massachusetts Amherst. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 108 countries are represented at UMass Amherst. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

University of Massachusetts Amherst Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Public Health	0	266	0	81	0	347
Registered Nursing	0	148	0	20	0	168
General Communication Sciences & Disorders	0	71	0	0	1	72
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	0	0	0	24	0	24
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	11	0	0	11	1	23
Nursing Practice	0	0	0	0	21	21
International Public Health/International Health	0	0	16	0	0	16
Health Services Administration	0	0	2	13	0	15
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	0	0	13	0	0	13
Medical/Health Humanities	11	0	0	0	0	11
Nursing Science	0	0	0	0	8	8
Audiology/Audiologist	0	0	0	0	5	5
Environmental Health	0	0	0	2	1	3
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	2	0	0	2
Nursing Education	0	0	2	0	0	2
Health Care Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	22	485	35	151	37	730

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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