UMass

Bay State university

UMass is the University of Massachusetts, a public research university system with campuses in Amherst, Boston, Lowell, Dartmouth, and Worcester.

The flagship Amherst campus is usually what people mean by UMass without further specification: She's applying to UMass, UMass basketball.

The name follows the common American pattern of state university abbreviations.

institution

Amherst

Massachusetts college town

consortium · Minutemen · chancellor · campus · undergraduate · graduate · doctoral · alumni · faculty · students

Massachusetts

Commonwealth

Association of sovereign states

colonial · Pilgrims · Puritans · Patriots · Celtics

financial-aid

scholarship

Educational funding or erudition

tuition · merit-based · need-based · stipend · work-study · FAFSA · endowment · donor

academics

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

major · minor · bachelor's · master's · PhD · commencement · advising · semester · credits · thesis

research

innovation

Creating something original

grant · funding · clinical · data · analysis · collaboration · breakthrough · methodology · STEM · biotech

Categories
Opposites
public vs private funding model

UMassHarvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

MIT · private university · private college · Boston College · Boston University

Family

Massachusetts, Mass

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G