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 Law
- School of Education, Public Policy and Civic Engagement
- Professional and Continuing Education
Enrollment
- 9,302 undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students
- 7,982 undergraduate students
- 49% women
- 51% male
- 15% students of color
- 1,320 graduate students
- 4,500 live on campus
Academic programs
- 57 undergraduate fields of study
- 40 undergraduate majors
- 42 undergradudate minors
- 30 graduate degree programs
- 30 graduate certificate programs
- 14 graduate fields of study (fields of study = degree programs plus the options within them)
Faculty
- 369 full-time members
- 95% of 307 tenured or tenure-track professors have terminal degree
- 24% are persons of color
- 40% women
- 18:1 student-faculty ratio
Alumni: 45,069
Extra-curricular activities
- NCAA Division III athletics program
- 13 women's varsity teams
- 12 men's varsity teams
- intramural sports and fitness programs
- 70 student clubs
- WUMD 89.3 FM
Tuition & fees
- Tuition & fees (as of Fall 2009)
- 65% of students receive assistance
Total revenues: $201,290,000
- $55,876,000 state support
- $61,462,000 tuition & fees
- $29,006,000 grants
- $54,946,000 auxiliary enterprise and other
Total expenditures: $195,692,000
Private fund-raising: $6,400,000
Research/development: $20,295,000
Regional economic impact
- $428 million annually
- 2,720 jobs created
- 1,132 university employees
Library
- 461,338 volumes
- 45,466 full-text electronic journals
- 2,783 serial subscriptions
Additional locations
School of Law
Dartmouth
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
- Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in STEM 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
- Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in STEM 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 2008-2009 data unless otherwise noted
