Student Population at UMass Amherst

The following chart compares UMass Amherst's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

UMass Amherst has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 38,519 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (8,889 students).

The below chart compares the student population between University of Massachusetts-Amherst and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 15,245 male and 16,481 female students attending UMass Amherst. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.93 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at UMass Amherst.

By age, there are 25,025 students whose age under twenty five and 3,950 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Especially, 303 students are younger than eighteen and 38 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 6,304 students (19.87% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,511 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2,019 students live in Massachusetts where University of Massachusetts-Amherst is located in and 1,405 students have enrolled from other states.