UMass Enrollment Reaches Record 74,678 Students

Thursday, September 22, 2016

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

The University of Massachusetts is projected to surpass 74,000 students for the first time, rising to 74,678 students enrolled across the five campuses, President Marty Meehan announced.

“When it comes to the quality and excellence of a UMass education, what you see now is a consistency of acclaim that we can only regard as heartening. And well earned,” said President Marty Meehan.

Over the last decade, student enrollment at UMass has risen nearly 27% from 58,939 in the fall of 2006 to the current 74,678, making UMass one of the fastest growing universities, public or private, in the country.

The total number of undergraduate students in the UMass system rose 1.2% to a projected 56,927 students, up from 56,258 in the fall of 2015. The number of graduate students in the system rose 1.5% to a projected 17,751 students from 17,486 students last year.

“UMass continues to grow as more and more students and their families recognize the value that our university provides,” Meehan added.

Victor Woolridge, chairman of the Board of Trustees said, “at UMass, every campus strives for and achieves excellence. Word is out about the excellent value a UMass education provides.”

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