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Common Data Set 2025-2026

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

MA · Public · ~24,000 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
59.9%

University of Massachusetts-Amherst's admit rate has fallen 7.4 percentage points across the 24 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1410
Range 1330–1480
6-yr grad
81.3%
Retention 92.3%
Undergrads
24,019
17:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Massachusetts-Amherst's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set. View source →
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate59.9% SAT (50th)1,410 ACT (50th)32 Undergraduates24,019 6-yr graduation81.3% Retention92.3% Tuition (FT)$40,873 Student–faculty ratio17:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202659.9%5,31581.3%92.3%1,410
2024-202559.7%5,38874.0%92.0%—
2023-202457.8%5,28683.4%91.0%—
2022-202363.5%5,58983.9%90.4%1,370
2021-2022141.0%4,87284.0%90.5%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Massachusetts-Amherst applicants also apply
University of ConnecticutCT · 52.4% admit · SAT 1340 · 20,056 UG Northeastern UniversityMA · 5.6% admit · SAT 1480 · 22,456 UG University of New Hampshire-Main CampusNH · 89.1% admit · SAT 1230 · 10,900 UG University of VermontVT · 73.0% admit · SAT 1360 · 12,159 UG University of Rhode IslandRI · 77.1% admit · SAT 1220 · 13,904 UG Penn State University ParkPA · 60.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 42,619 UG University of DelawareDE · 69.2% admit · SAT 1300 · 19,287 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA · 59.5% admit · SAT 1370 · 21,388 UG Stony Brook UniversityNY · 48.2% admit · SAT 1410 · 18,615 UG Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVA · 54.6% admit · SAT 1364 · 31,536 UG Rochester Institute of TechnologyNY · 67.0% admit · SAT 1360 · 14,267 UG Brigham Young UniversityUT · 68.6% admit · SAT 1360 · 34,354 UG

What the data says about University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools University of Massachusetts-Amherst applicants most commonly also apply to range from 5.6% admit to 89.1% admit — a 83.5 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 25 percentage points.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst's 81.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 25.0 pp.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

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