University of Massachusetts at Boston Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 69% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 14% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 17% of our freshman graduate in five years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• management
• psychology
• nursing

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 1.65
• Sophomore: 1.90
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 6 weeks.
• Some four- and nine-week summer sessions.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in June, July, August, December, and January.

• 24% continue within 2 years.

• Joseph Abboud, clothing designer/president, J.A. Apparel Corp.; Alton Brann, president/CEO, Western Atlas, Inc.; Agnes "Diddy" Cullinane, philanthropist; William Bratton, New York police commissioner; Georgette Watson, executive director, Massachusetts Governor's Alliance Against Drugs and founder, Drop-a-Dime; Ellen Devine Fahey, president, Exec-U-Tours.