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University of Massachusetts - Boston

University of Massachusetts--Boston is a public institution that was founded in 1964. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 11,041, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 175 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Massachusetts--Boston's ranking in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2.

UMass Boston is an urban public research university and the second largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. The university is located on Harbor Point in the City of Boston, Massachusetts. Students are primarily from Massachusetts but also from other parts of the United States and from foreign countries.

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UMass Boston is the only public university in the city of Boston.

The university confers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees, and also operates certificate programs and a corporate, continuing, and distance learning program.

There are eight colleges at UMass Boston: the College of Liberal Arts, College of Science and Mathematics, College of Management, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Public and Community Service, College of Education and Human Development, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies and Global Studies, and University College.

Intercollegiate athletics, intramurals, and recreation for the students, staff, and faculty are the primary programs of the UMass Boston Department of Athletics. The department offers 18 varsity sports and is a member of the NCAA's Division III. UMass Boston has teams competing in the ECAC, the Little East Conference, and ECAC East Ice Hockey. The Beacons have been named All-Americans 93 times in seven sports. The Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams have won four NCAA Team Championships and 38 individual NCAA Championships.

UMass Boston's independent, student run and financed newspaper are The Mass Media. Other student publications include the yearbook and Watermark literary magazine.

At University of Massachusetts--Boston, 60.3 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $6,534.

The University was once recognized for its advocacy of human and civil rights. UMass Boston works to promote social justice around the world.

Biz Stone, co-founder of renowned social media website Twitter.com attended UMass Boston.

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