First-rate Faculty: Open-door access to our superior faculty, which includes members who have received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young academics.
High-achieving Students: Some 235 engineering undergraduates, or 21 percent of our total number, are currently enrolled at Commonwealth College, the UMass Amherst honors program. Engineering students have the highest average SAT and GPA scores on the UMass Amherst campus.
A Highly Ranked College: The College of Engineering is the highest-ranked public program for engineering in New England. The latest engineering-school rankings of the National Research Council place three UMass Amherst engineering programs in the nation's top 35, and recent rankings from U.S. News & World Report list three of our graduate programs in the top 30.
National Research Opportunities: The College operates several national research centers. Through our centers and our laboratories such as the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, students have the opportunity to participate in a thriving research environment.
Excellent Education at the Right Price: The College of Engineering provides an opportunity to attend a nationally competitive research and teaching institution at affordable prices. Plus, more than 200 engineering undergraduate students receive a total of $600,000 in scholarship money.
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