Check out this video celebrating the first week students were back on UMass campuses created by the UMPO communications interns!

5 Fun Facts about UMass students returning to campus this fall:

  1. The UMass Amherst Class of 2027 – approximately 5,275 students – is one of the most diverse in school history.
  2. At UMass Boston, among the most diverse universities in the nation, two-thirds of the roughly 2,400-member Class of 2027 will be BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color).
  3. UMass Dartmouth’s new cohort of students includes the largest class of graduate students in its history.
  4. At UMass Lowell, “A record 48% of UMass Lowell’s incoming first-year class identifies as students of color.
  5. The UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester welcomed its largest class of medical students