UMass Dartmouth: a profile
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Divisions
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Charlton College of Business
- College of Engineering
- College of Nursing
- College of Visual and Performing Arts
- School for Marine Science and Technology
- School of Education, Public Policy and Civic Engagement
- Professional and Continuing Education
Enrollment
- 9,155 undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students
- 7,982 undergraduate students
- 49% women
- 51% male
- 13% students of color
- 1,173 graduate students
- 4,444 live on campus
Academic programs
- 65 undergraduate fields of study
- 32 master's/doctoral programs
- 44 minors
- 16 certificate programs
Faculty
- 368 members, one-third hired in the past five years
- 91% with terminal degrees
- 23% of 313 tenured or tenure track professors are persons of color
- 35% women
- 17:1 student-faculty ratio
Alumni: 44,948
Extra-curricular activities
- NCAA Division III athletics program
- 13 women's varsity teams
- 12 men's varsity teams
- intramural sports
- fitness programs
- 100 student clubs
- WUMD 89.3 FM
Tuition & fees
- Tuition & fees
- 65% of students receive assistance
Total revenues: $193,148,000
- $58,832,000 state support
- $66,756,000 tuition & fees
- $28,769,000 grants
- $38,791,000 auxiliary enterprise and other
Total expenditures: $188,856,000
Private fund-raising: $6,750,000
Research/development: $20,120,000
Regional economic impact
- $428 million annually
- 2,720 jobs created
- 1,069 university employees
Library
- 461,338 volumes
- 45,466 full-text electronic journals
- 2,783 serial subscriptions
Satellite campuses
School for Marine
Science and Technology
Clarks Cove, New Bedford
Advanced Technology &
Manufacturing Center
Fall River
Star School Arts campus
Downtown New Bedford
Professional and Continuing Education
Classes offered in:
- Dartmouth
- New Bedford
- Fall River
- Fairhaven
- Cape Cod: Cape Cod Community College
- Online
Fairhaven
- Center for Marketing Research
- James J. Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education
- Southcoast Education Compact
- Center for University, School and Community Partnerships
Main campus
- $231,000,000 combined value of land, buildings, and equipment
- 710 acres, main campus
- 13 central buildings
- 85 classrooms
- 88 instructional labs/studios
Community outreach enterprises
- The SouthCoast Development Partnership
- SouthCoast Education Compact
- Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
- Community Service Program
- Center for University, School and Community Partnerships
- James Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education
- Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center
- Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center
- Boivin Center for French Language and Culture
- Business Innovation Research Center
- Center for Indic Studies
- Center for Jewish Culture
- Center for Marketing Research
- Center for Molecular Diagnostics
- Center for Policy Analysis
- Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture
- Center for Rehabilitation Engineering
- Center for Teaching Excellence
- Ora M. DeJesus Gerontology Center
Accreditations
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
- National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design
- Massachusetts Department of Education
History
Information based on 2007-2008 data unless otherwise noted
