by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #679 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
In addition, UMass Dartmouth took the #36 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, UMass Dartmouth came in at #572.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth came in at #21.
The total graduate student population at UMass Dartmouth is made up of 54.2% women and 45.8% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 20.9% of the graduate students who attend UMass Dartmouth are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at UMass Dartmouth. Around 12.5% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,390 | $29,578 |
| Fees | $575 | $575 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from UMass Dartmouth enter careers with an average starting salary of $53,112. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 9% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from UMass Dartmouth enter careers with an average starting salary of $79,367. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 5% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.
Contact details for UMass Dartmouth are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 285 Old Westport Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 |
| Phone: | 508-999-8000 |
| Website: | www.umassd.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/umassd |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/umassd |
In 2020-2021, 42.5% of the graduate students at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth took at least one class online. Roughly 34.1% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biological & Physical Science | 4 |
| Chemistry | 5 |
| Computer Engineering | 4 |
| General Biology | 2 |
| Law | 86 |
| Marine Science | 2 |
| Nursing | 16 |
| Public Policy | 4 |
| Romance Languages | 2 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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