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UMass Amherst acceptance rate

University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, Massachusetts · Public · 23,671 undergraduates

59.7%
accepted, fall 2024
50,261
applications
30,020
offers of admission
5,388
enrolled (18% of those admitted)

Women applying for fall 2024 had better odds than men: 67% were admitted, against 52% of men. Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,210 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. University of Connecticut is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to UMass Amherst in size and selectivity (52%); The University of Texas at Dallas is the easiest (65%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 73%2002 58%2003 82%2004 82%2005 80%2006 71%2007 66%2008 64%2009 67%2010 68%2011 66%2012 63%2013 63%2014 61%2015 58%2016 60%2017 58%2018 60%2019 64%2020 65%2021 66%2022 64%2023 58%2024 60%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202450,26130,02059.7%5,388
202350,42429,12957.8%5,286
202245,45128,87163.5%5,589
202142,54027,87765.5%4,872
202040,31526,33565.3%5,055
201942,15726,89563.8%5,766
201841,69024,98159.9%5,047
201742,04324,20857.6%4,752
201640,82224,36459.7%4,679
201540,13023,40358.3%4,702
201437,29622,89561.4%4,682
201336,01222,66562.9%4,672
201234,47921,59262.6%4,657
201132,56421,37365.6%4,689
201031,03020,99767.7%4,563
200929,45219,70366.9%4,124
200828,93118,60264.3%4,144
200727,13817,81565.6%4,286
200622,45115,94171.0%4,190
200520,20516,24080.4%4,427
200418,16614,83381.7%4,348
200316,42813,46281.9%4,078
200220,44911,78357.6%3,335
200118,62513,51872.6%4,203

Applications and offers

020k40k60k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 19k Admitted: 14k2002 Applied: 20k Admitted: 12k2003 Applied: 16k Admitted: 13k2004 Applied: 18k Admitted: 15k2005 Applied: 20k Admitted: 16k2006 Applied: 22k Admitted: 16k2007 Applied: 27k Admitted: 18k2008 Applied: 29k Admitted: 19k2009 Applied: 29k Admitted: 20k2010 Applied: 31k Admitted: 21k2011 Applied: 33k Admitted: 21k2012 Applied: 34k Admitted: 22k2013 Applied: 36k Admitted: 23k2014 Applied: 37k Admitted: 23k2015 Applied: 40k Admitted: 23k2016 Applied: 41k Admitted: 24k2017 Applied: 42k Admitted: 24k2018 Applied: 42k Admitted: 25k2019 Applied: 42k Admitted: 27k2020 Applied: 40k Admitted: 26k2021 Applied: 43k Admitted: 28k2022 Applied: 45k Admitted: 29k2023 Applied: 50k Admitted: 29k2024 Applied: 50k Admitted: 30k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women26,54317,65566.5%
Men23,69012,34652.1%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
650 to 730 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
660 to 770
ACT composite
30 to 33

Colleges similar to UMass Amherst

The six public four-year colleges closest to UMass Amherst in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
South Carolina
Columbia, SC		60%29,820$22,197$69,024
Pitt
Pittsburgh, PA		58%20,370$29,362$73,113
Rutgers
New Brunswick, NJ		58%37,751$24,897$80,490
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT		52%19,835$24,342$82,098
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		55%30,923$25,808$88,716
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX		65%21,751$15,271$74,762

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by UMass Amherst to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · UMass Amherst on College Scorecard