Count on it
Every number tells a story
Position UMass Amherst holds on U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Top Public Universities list: 24 (up five places from 2026)
Number of universities (including UMass) to earn the 2026 Seal of Excelencia for concerted support of Latino students, and all students: 10
Where the 5,300 students that make up the class of 2030 hail from: 42 U.S. states; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; and 60 countries
Number of activities on offer at the new NEST (Nurture, Empower, Support, Thrive) Challenge Course (including a SkyPark and zip line): 23
How UMass Dining has ranked nationally (consistently for the last 10 years): number one
Total number of area high schoolers whom students from the Polymer Science and Engineering Department (the oldest, largest, and highest ranked worldwide) gave tastes of the discipline that underpins modern food packaging and myriad everyday objects: 20,600
Safe and energy-efficient dwellings created by students in the DesignBuild program that have been completed and offered to low-income residents in Holyoke, MA: four
Size of the newly opened School of Public Health and Health Sciences hub: 26,800 square feet (92% of which has natural-light exposure)
Number of students supported by the UMass Professional Wardrobe Closet (which outfits students for interviews and other professional activities for free) in its first year: 200
Age of the never-before-seen galaxies discovered by an international team of astronomers led by UMass in early 2026: 13 billion years
