UMass Boston is the city’s only public research university. Our mission is access to higher education for all, and we’re taking it seriously. UMB Online gives you digital access to the same quality courses and programs we offer on campus, taught by the same academic departments, at one of the lowest online costs per credit available.

Explore Our Programs. With 110 undergraduate majors and 127 graduate programs offered on campus and online, there are hundreds of opportunities to pursue your passion at UMass Amherst. Study on campus or take advantage of a wide array of flexible and innovative learning options.

Joining the five-campus University of Massachusetts system in 1992 has led to an expanded emphasis on graduate programs, shown most importantly in the addition in 1994-95 of our first doctoral degree, in Electrical Engineering. UMass Dartmouth now offers 13 doctoral programs including ten Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs.