Enrollment Trends at UMass Amherst

The student population at University of Massachusetts-Amherst is 31,726 (23,920 undergraduate and 7,806 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,457 (8.39%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UMass Amherst is 75.40% which is increased by 1,172 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,285 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 93 male students for every 100 female students, down from 102 in 2015.
3,511 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 7.60% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 31,104 where 31,726 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 32,229 students in 2023 and was lowest at 29,269 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 29,269 to 31,726 students, a net gain of 2,457 (8.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Massachusetts-Amherst since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	29,269	22,748	11,587	11,161	6,521	3,189	3,332
2016-17	30,037 768	23,373 625	11,944 357	11,429 268	6,664 143	3,250 61	3,414 82
2017-18	30,340 303	23,388 15	11,735 -209	11,653 224	6,952 288	3,443 193	3,509 95
2018-19	30,593 253	23,515 127	11,765 30	11,750 97	7,078 126	3,576 133	3,502 -7
2019-20	31,350 757	24,209 694	12,129 364	12,080 330	7,141 63	3,533 -43	3,608 106
2020-21	31,642 292	24,233 24	11,966 -163	12,267 187	7,409 268	3,599 66	3,810 202
2021-22	32,045 403	24,231 -2	11,814 -152	12,417 150	7,814 405	3,743 144	4,071 261
2022-23	32,229 184	24,391 160	11,843 29	12,548 131	7,838 24	3,846 103	3,992 -79
2023-24	31,810 -419	23,936 -455	11,491 -352	12,445 -103	7,874 36	3,924 78	3,950 -42
2024-25	31,726 -84	23,920 -16	11,407 -84	12,513 68	7,806 -68	3,838 -86	3,968 18
Average	31,104	23,794	11,768	12,026	7,310	3,594	3,716

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 23,794 where 23,920 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Massachusetts-Amherst since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,748	21,098	10,929	10,169	1,650	658	992
2016-17	23,373	21,460	11,141	10,319	1,913	803	1,110
2017-18	23,388	21,577	10,998	10,579	1,811	737	1,074
2018-19	23,515	21,784	11,085	10,699	1,731	680	1,051
2019-20	24,209	22,491	11,451	11,040	1,718	678	1,040
2020-21	24,233	22,212	11,052	11,160	2,021	914	1,107
2021-22	24,231	22,539	11,091	11,448	1,692	723	969
2022-23	24,391	22,920	11,189	11,731	1,471	654	817
2023-24	23,936	22,537	10,885	11,652	1,399	606	793
2024-25	23,920	22,725	10,870	11,855	1,195	537	658
Average	23,794	23,794	11,069	11,065	23,794	699	961

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,310 where 7,806 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Massachusetts-Amherst since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,521	2,241	1,010	1,231	4,280	2,179	2,101
2016-17	6,664	2,286	1,014	1,272	4,378	2,236	2,142
2017-18	6,952	2,565	1,197	1,368	4,387	2,246	2,141
2018-19	7,078	2,559	1,252	1,307	4,519	2,324	2,195
2019-20	7,141	2,603	1,280	1,323	4,538	2,253	2,285
2020-21	7,409	2,489	1,181	1,308	4,920	2,418	2,502
2021-22	7,814	2,720	1,346	1,374	5,094	2,397	2,697
2022-23	7,838	2,848	1,377	1,471	4,990	2,469	2,521
2023-24	7,874	3,125	1,546	1,579	4,749	2,378	2,371
2024-25	7,806	3,306	1,626	1,680	4,500	2,212	2,288
Average	7,310	7,310	1,283	1,391	7,310	2,311	2,324

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.73%. The percentage was 63.36% 10 years ago and UMass Amherst still has a high percentage of white students. 12.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.36% to 52.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.23% to 12.44%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.81% to 4.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.26% to 8.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6956 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5869 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Massachusetts-Amherst over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	36	2,409	1,115	1,540	16	18,546	722
2016-17	34	2,675	1,169	1,670	15	18,619	737
2017-18	33	2,757	1,320	1,811	18	18,433	785
2018-19	37	2,870	1,377	1,978	17	17,968	832
2019-20	37	3,035	1,464	2,233	19	18,154	922
2020-21	39	3,228	1,510	2,387	15	18,446	997
2021-22	37	3,439	1,514	2,572	16	18,258	1,087
2022-23	25	3,701	1,466	2,558	18	17,869	1,149
2023-24	27	3,859	1,368	2,570	22	17,136	1,182
2024-25	21	3,946	1,387	2,691	17	16,730	1,311
Average	33	3,192	1,369	2,201	17	18,016	972

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,511 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 7.60% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Massachusetts-Amherst from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	29,269	3,263	3,795	22,211
2016-17	30,037	3,547	3,870	22,620
2017-18	30,340	3,615	3,074	23,651
2018-19	30,593	3,607	2,896	24,090
2019-20	31,350	3,499	1,144	26,707
2020-21	31,642	26,059	4,234	1,349
2021-22	32,045	4,105	2,349	25,591
2022-23	32,229	3,853	3,063	25,313
2023-24	31,810	3,642	2,821	25,347
2024-25	31,726	3,511	2,793	25,422
Average	31,104	5,870	3,004	22,230

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Enrollment Trends at UMass Amherst

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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