50-50 Profile: University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts-Amherst -Public

Amherst, Massachusetts
30,593 (23,515 undergraduates)
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2018-19 Accepted: 60%
4 Year Graduation Rate: 71%
5 Year Graduation Rate: 79%
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Scholarships
Total Expenses In-State: $31,793
Total Expenses Out-of-State: $51,114
Average Net Price 17-18: $21,740
Freshman Non-Federal Loans: 10%
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75th PERCENTILE TEST SCORES

SAT EBRW: 680
SAT Math: 710
ACT: 31
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Common Data Set

Percent Freshman not in top quarter of class: 30%
Percent Freshman with GPA <3.50: 34%
Percent of Freshman Need Met: 79.6%
Percent of Non-Need Freshman Receiving Awards: 69%
Average Freshman Non-Need Award: $6,313
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NCAA D1, Atlantic 10 Conference

Reasons to consider University of Massachusetts-Amherst:

Commonwealth Honors College
SBS Academic Leadership Fellows Program
Community Scholars Program
Student Union Art Gallery
Center for Student Business
iCons: Integrated Concentration in Science
Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration
Five College Interchange
Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets
Residential Academic Programs
Collaborative Undergraduate Research in Energy Program
Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Institute for Cellular Engineering
Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies
Aviation Research and Training Center
MassNanoTech Institute
Cybersecurity Institute
Experimental Farms