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About UMassOnline

Quality

World-Class Education from a World-Class Institution

When making a decision to continue your education, the academic quality of the institution is a critical factor. Quality programs taught by experienced faculty are essential to a rich learning experience. Our faculty are internationally recognized and include winners of the world's most prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, National Book Award for Poetry, and the Draper Award in Engineering.

UMassOnline is UMass

UMassOnline students are UMass students and are taught by the same faculty who teach on campus. UMassOnline students have access to the many of the same rich resources on campus students have, such as one of the largest library systems in New England.

UMassOnline and its programs have won multiple awards including:

  • Ranked 45th Best University System in the World - London Times
  • Awarded USDLA's "21st Century Best Practices Award" - USDLA
  • Lowell Online Programs Win 3 Sloan-C Excellence Awards - Sloan-C
  • Excellence in Distance Teaching Education - USDLA
  • Effective Practices in Student Satisfaction - Sloan-C
  • Top Ten MBA Program - Princeton Review
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What Students Are Saying

headshot "UMassOnline was a terrific way to finish the bachelor's degree I started almost 30 years ago. I was convinced that being an only-parent with a full-time job meant that going back to school was something I'd have to wait years for."

Larissa Daigel,
UMass Amherst

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What Faculty Are Saying

"Distance learning appeals to a broad spectrum of students -- young, old, disabled, geographically disadvantaged, and late starters. The experience is intensely personal as students create online personas and share their enthusiasm, ideas and goals. It's an exciting opportunity that every teacher should be lucky enough to experience."

Art Clifford, Journalism Program at Amherst