University of Massachusetts-Amherst Student Population and Demographics

UMass Amherst Student Population

There are 31,726 students including 23,920 undergraduate and 7,806 graduate students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 26,031 full-time and 5,695 part-time students with gender distribution of 15,245 male and 16,481 female students.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,511 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Massachusetts-Amherst has a total enrollment of 31,726 with a gender distribution of 48.05% male (15,245 students) and 51.95% female (16,481 students). There are 11,407 male and 12,513 female students in undergraduate school and 3,838 male and 3,968 female students are attending graduate school at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Student Population By Gender
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,726	15,245	16,481
Undergraduate	23,920	11,407	12,513
Graduate	7,806	3,838	3,968
Full-time	26,031	12,496	13,535
Part-time	5,695	2,749	2,946

[Chart] University of Massachusetts-Amherst 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Massachusetts-Amherst has 26,031 full-time and 5,695 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 22,725 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,195 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,306 students are full-time and 4,500 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	31,726	26,031	5,695
Undergraduate	23,920	22,725	1,195
Graduate	7,806	3,306	4,500
Men	15,245	12,496	2,749
Women	16,481	13,535	2,946

[Chart] University of Massachusetts-Amherst Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 3,511 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,793 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 31,726 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,659 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,645 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,726	23,920	7,806
Online Exclusively	3,511	926	2,585
In Some Online Classes	2,793	1,733	1,060
Not In Online Classes	25,422	21,261	4,161

[Chart] University of Massachusetts-Amherst Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. There are 21 American Indian/Native American, 16,730 White, 1,387 Black/African American, 3,946 Asian, 2,691 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,132 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,726	15,245	16,481
American Indian/Native American	21	10	11
Asian	3,946	1,909	2,037
Black/African American	1,387	573	814
Hispanic	2,691	1,125	1,566
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	10	7
White	16,730	8,026	8,704
Two More	1,311	570	741
Race Un-Known	1,118	562	556

[Chart] University of Massachusetts-AmherstRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Age Distribution
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,726	23,920	7,806
Under 18	303	303	0
Age 18-19	10,020	10,020	0
Age 20-21	10,645	10,491	154
Age 22-24	4,057	2,065	1,992
Age 25-29	2,748	437	2,311
Age 30-34	1,490	207	1,283
Age 35-39	951	136	815
Age 40-49	997	155	842
Age 50-64	474	96	378
Over 64	38	9	29
Age Un-Known	3	1	2

[Chart] University of Massachusetts-Amherst 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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