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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
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  • State-supported university, founded 1863, part of University of Massachusetts
  • Calendar semesters
  • Degrees associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and post-master's certificates
  • Small-town 1463-acre campus with easy access to Hartford
  • Endowment $91.2 million
  • Coed, 19,394 undergraduate students, 93% full-time, 50% women, 50% men
  • Moderately difficult entrance level, 80% of applicants were admitted
Costs (2006 - 07)
  • Tuition: state resident $1714 full-time, $72 per credit part-time; nonresident $9937 full-time, $414 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, reciprocity agreements, and student level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load
  • Required fees: $7881 full-time, $1689 per term part-time
  • Room and board: $6989; room only: $3905. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility
  • Payment plan: installment
  • Waivers: senior citizens and employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
  • Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2004,: 12,037 applied for aid, 9,256 were judged to have need, 2,443 had their need fully met. 4,940 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $1684)
  • In 2004,: 263 non-need-based awards were made
  • Average percent of need met: 87%
  • Average financial aid package: $10,865
  • Average need-based loan: $4099
  • Average need-based gift aid: $7033
  • Average non-need-based aid: $4934
  • Average indebtedness upon graduation: $14,672
Freshmen
  • Admission 20,205 applied, 16,240 admitted, 4,486 enrolled, 3.38 average high school GPA
  • Average high school GPA 3.38
  • Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 81%, SAT math scores over 500 86%, ACT scores over 18 N/R, SAT verbal scores over 600 35%, SAT math scores over 600 42%, ACT scores over 24 N/R, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 N/R
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