UMass Boston’s graduate programs in education jumped 29 spots to No. 66 in the 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools, released Tuesday.

Five UMass Boston programs have new top 100 rankings:

Poverty, hunger and substandard housing are among the challenges that are endemic in many urban communities and pose significant barriers to good health. Such issues challenge the residents as well as the physicians that serve them, who need specific knowledge and skills to effectively care for their patients.

Match Day 2019 was a dream come true for graduating UMass Medical School students Marian Younge and Anthony Tran. They are among the 125 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019 who found out where they will begin their medical careers in residencies across the country.

UMass educates nearly three times as many Massachusetts residents as the top eight Massachusetts private universities combined, graduating more than 19,000 students each year.

BOSTON — Citing the need to preserve the university’s mission in the face of a looming demographic decline that will dramatically disrupt higher education, University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan announced plans to create a new online college for adult learners Monday in his annual State of the University address.

BOSTON -- Online bachelor’s degree programs at UMass are the best in New England and among the bes
BOSTON – The UMass Board of Trustees and the UMass Building Authority (UMBA) voted on Thursday to
BOSTON — Citing the need to preserve the university’s mission in the face of a looming demograph

UMass Global at a Glance

University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global) is committed to serving adult learners, offering education that blends into busy lives. Founded in 1958, with more than two decades of experience in the design and delivery of online coursework, UMass Global is a nationally recognized leader in higher education innovation. We offer more than 80 online degree and certificate options, many available in MyPath — our online, self-paced, competency-based education model.

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, the state’s first and only public medical school, is a world-class health sciences campus renowned for the quality and scope of its medical research and education. 

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