University of Massachusetts-Amherst Student Population

How many students at UMass Amherst? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 32,229 students have enrolled in University of Massachusetts-Amherst with 24,391 undergraduate and 7,838 graduate students.

By gender, 15,689 male and 16,540 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,853 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,063 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

---

Student Population by Gender

University of Massachusetts-Amherst has a total of 32,229 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 24,391 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,838 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 15,689 male and 16,540 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 17,869 White, 1,466 Black, and 3,701 Asian students out of a total of 32,229 are attending at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UMass Amherst has 270 students under 18 years old and 44 students over 65 years old. There are 24,812 students under 25 years old, and 7,417 students over 25 years old out of 32,229 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 270 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. UMass Amherst has 23,078 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,313 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,734 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,104 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 3,853 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,063 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,058 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,795 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

---

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 24,391 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,238 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.08%.1,059 students have transferred in as full-time status and 179 students transferred in as part-time status.