Points of Pride

Campus Pride has named UMass Amherst to their 2021 list of Best of the Best Colleges and Universities for LGBTQ Students in the United States. 

September 27, 2021

UMass Amherst students had a 74.7% voting participation rate, compared to 54.4% in the 2016 presidential election.

UMass Amherst ranks No. 65 nationally and 159^th worldwide according to the 2019-20 evaluation of higher education institutions by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).

Undergraduate programs in the Isenberg School of Management and the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst advanced in the latest national rankings released Sept. 10 by U.S. News & World Report.

Online bachelor’s degree programs at UMass Amherst rank 19th nationally, according to a survey released by U.S. News & World Report, which also listed the university 11th for online baccalaureate programs for veterans. 

The 2020 Best Global Universities guide published by U.S. News and World Report ranks UMass Amherst No. 4 in the comprehensive subject area of Agricultural Sciences. The rankings consider the top 1,500 universities across 81 countries.

U.S. News & World Report recently released their 2022 global subject rankings and two UMass programs earned top marks: food science placed at number two and agriculture at number five.

The linguistics department at the UMass Amherst ranks second worldwide in the 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject. This is the fourth year UMass Amherst has held the number two spot, behind only MIT.

UMass Amherst was among the higher ed institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for having produced the most Gilman Scholarship recipients over the past 20 years in the Large Institution category.

Ten researchers at UMass have been recognized for being among the world’s most highly cited researchers in 2019 by London-based Clarivate Analytics, owner of the “Web of Science.” 

Solidifying its reputation as a world-class research and innovation leader, UMass ranks No. 37 on the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Patents in 2018 list released today by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).

For the sixth year in a row, UMass Amherst leads the nation in the Best Campus Food category of The Princeton Review, which ranks the top 25 universities and colleges in 50 different categories for 2023.

In its inaugural “Great Campus Food” list, The Princeton Review has named the University of Massachusetts Amherst to the exclusive group in its 2022 edition of The Best 387 Colleges.

The university is No. 24 on a newly released list of vegan-friendly institutions compiled by Rent CollegePads.com, a Milwaukee-based company that helps students find off-campus housing. The rankings were created by crunching data from a combination of previous national lists, the number of vegan restaurants in the surrounding area, as well as SEO data from student searches.

UMass Amherst last week unveiled UMass Carbon Zero — an ambitious vision to limit the dangers of climate change and power the commonwealth’s 1,500-acre flagship campus with 100% renewable energy by approximately 2032. 

UMass, which ranked 18 out of 328, is among those that “have displayed a deep and thorough commitment to addressing climate change, protecting the natural world and encouraging environmental responsibility both through their campus operations and course curricula,” according to “Sierra Magazine.”

A national program that measures accomplishments in sustainability in higher education has once again placed UMass Amherst as one of the most sustainable campuses in North America. The “gold” rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) program recognizes sustainability accomplishments in areas such as academics, research, engagement, operations and administration.

UMass Amherst continues to be among the nation’s most environmentally responsible higher educational institutions, according to The Princeton Review’s 2023 Guide to Green Colleges.

UMass Amherst has been designated as a Bike Friendly University (BFU) by the League of American Bicyclists, a grassroots advocacy organization encouraging better bicycling and protecting the rights of people who bike.

University of Massachusetts hockey controlled play from start to finish and rolled to a 5-0 shutout of St. Cloud State to capture the 2021 Division I Men's Hockey NCAA Championship last Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena, the first in program history. The Minutemen finished the season with a 20-5-4 record, the fewest losses for an NCAA Champion since Maine's 40-1-2 season in 1992-93.

Making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998, UMass fell, 89-78, to No. 5 seed Notre Dame in the First Round, closing out the most successful season in the program’s 54-year history.

The Minutemen will open the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Championship by facing No. 2 seed Minnesota in the Regional Semifinal at Worcester's DCU Center Friday, March, 25 at 6 p.m.