Graduate Study

The University has offered graduate degree programs since 1896, awarding more than 10,700 doctoral and 34,550 master’s degrees. With a large graduate faculty, the Amherst campus serves as the major research institution of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system, offering 50 programs leading to the doctorate and 68 programs to a master’s degree. Enrollment in graduate programs totaled approximately 5,200 at the beginning of the fall 2002 semester, including less than a thousand non-matriculated students enrolled in classes.

A Five College Cooperative Ph.D. Program involving Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges and the University is also available in some departments. The School of Education also offers several specialized programs leading to the Doctor of Education degree for those employed in education at all levels.

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