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University of Massachusetts Boston

MA · Public · Northeast · National university · 11,710 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate83%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2023

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'2376.1%79.7%78.9%80.8%83.0%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action I (Nov. 1) and II (Jan. 1) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “Yes, UMass Boston will accept self-reported scores for students who are electing to submit their (SAT/ACT) test scores for consideration within their application.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡30%SAT 28% + ACT 2%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT28%
695 students
Submitted ACT2%
54 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2023. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1090–1290 median 1180
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
540–650 median 590
500800
SAT Math
540–640 median 590
500800
ACT composite
24–30 median 27
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2023

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'2391.0%87.0%23.0%30.0%30.0%84.0%81.0%21.0%28.0%28.0%7.0%6.0%2.0%2.0%2.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'231020–1200120010201020–1200120010201070–1270127010701110–1290129011101090–129012901090

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'2320–27272020–27272024–30302424–29292424–303024

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Not reported

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. No CDS found CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required for some2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required for some2019-20 CDS

Notes

Sources