UMass Amherst acceptance rate and admissions statistics
UMass Amherst admitted 31,813 of 53,117 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 59.9%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into UMass Amherst counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
UMass Amherst acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53,117 | 31,813 | 59.9% | 5,315 | 16.7% |
| 2024-25 | 50,261 | 30,020 | 59.7% | 5,388 | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50,424 | 29,129 | 57.8% | 5,286 | 18.1% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at UMass Amherst
Early decision counts: Not published. UMass Amherst’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
UMass Amherst waitlist
UMass Amherst SAT and ACT scores
What UMass Amherst says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors UMass Amherst rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Work experience
UMass Amherst testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional: standardized tests are optional for first-year entering applicants, for all majors; applications are reviewed with or without scores.
From UMass Amherst’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
UMass Amherst has no early decision plan. The 2023-24 enrolled figure is the sum of the men and women rows.
UMass Amherst acceptance rate questions
- What is the UMass Amherst acceptance rate?
- UMass Amherst's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 53,117 first-year applicants and 31,813 admitted, an acceptance rate of 59.9%. It was 59.7% in 2024-25 and 57.8% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do UMass Amherst students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1330 to 1480, and ACT submitters scored 30 to 34. 24.9% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the UMass Amherst waitlist?
- In 2025-26, UMass Amherst offered 11,100 applicants a place on the waitlist; 7,261 accepted one, and 2,349 were admitted from it.
- Does UMass Amherst require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional: standardized tests are optional for first-year entering applicants, for all majors; applications are reviewed with or without scores.
Applying to UMass Amherst?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what UMass Amherst says it weighs.
Source: UMass Amherst Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with UMass Amherst. All official acceptance rates