UMass Dartmouth graduate programs earn national recognition

UMass Dartmouth earned national recognition with 32 graduate programs ranked among the best in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report.
Daily Hampshire Gazette

UMass PhD cuts raise concerns over teaching, research capacity

AMHERST — A sharp reduction in the number of doctoral students being accepted to the University of Massachusetts flagship campus is raising concerns about how this will impact both graduate programs ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Provost airs PhD admissions strategy

Doctoral programs are “mission critical” at the University of Massachusetts, but Provost Fouad Abd-El-Khalick is advising academic departments to use caution in how they go about admitting Ph.D.
The Boston Globe

Colleges and universities in Mass. embraced graduate education. That may be a problem now.

Three decades ago, graduate school was a less profitable business in Massachusetts. Tuition was cheaper. Programs were smaller. And the sprawling landscape of online master’s courses, enabling ...