The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Amherst conferred 920 bachelor's degrees and 565 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general psychology. Data shows the school gave out 442 bachelor's degrees in general psychology, followed by 418 master's degrees in general business administration and management and 317 bachelor's degrees in "other" multi-/interdisciplinary studies.
The university enrolled 30,593 students for 2017-18, including 23,515 in undergraduate programs and 7,078 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Associates degrees | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 101 | - | 427 | 2 | 530 | |
| Accounting | 173 | - | 106 | - | 279 | |
| Finance, General | 227 | - | - | - | 227 | |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 148 | - | - | - | 148 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 142 | - | - | - | 142 | |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 129 | - | - | - | 129 | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | - | - | 27 | - | 27 | |
| Labor and Industrial Relations | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | |
| Organizational Leadership | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Management Information Systems and Services, Other | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Transportation/Mobility Management | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Casino Management | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meeting and Event Planning | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 920 | - | 574 | 4 | 1,498 | 17.2 |
| Public Health, General | 266 | - | 91 | 21 | 378 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 193 | - | 17 | - | 210 | |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General | 90 | - | 29 | - | 119 | |
| Pre-Veterinary Studies | 56 | - | - | - | 56 | |
| Nursing Practice | - | - | 55 | - | 55 | |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | |
| Health Services Administration | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Nursing Science | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Environmental Health | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Nursing Education | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 605 | - | 235 | 39 | 879 | 10.1 |
| Economics, General | 248 | - | 11 | - | 259 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 150 | - | 9 | - | 159 | |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 122 | - | 6 | - | 128 | |
| Sociology | 97 | - | 15 | - | 112 | |
| Anthropology | 42 | - | 5 | - | 47 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | |
| Social Sciences, Other | 21 | - | - | - | 21 | |
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Geography | 8 | - | 7 | - | 15 | |
| Applied Economics | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Demography and Population Studies | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Social Sciences total | 688 | - | 53 | 76 | 817 | 9.4 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 261 | - | - | - | 261 | |
| Exercise Physiology | 223 | - | 6 | - | 229 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 156 | - | 1 | - | 157 | |
| Microbiology, General | 60 | - | 12 | - | 72 | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | - | - | 19 | - | 19 | |
| Epidemiology | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Neuroscience | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Biotechnology | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Biostatistics | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Botany/Plant Biology | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Evolutionary Biology | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Genome Sciences/Genomics | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 700 | - | 77 | 10 | 787 | 9 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 168 | - | 21 | - | 189 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 56 | - | 86 | - | 142 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 97 | - | 27 | - | 124 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 93 | - | 10 | - | 103 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 51 | - | - | - | 51 | |
| Polymer/Plastics Engineering | - | - | 31 | - | 31 | |
| Industrial Engineering | 19 | - | 4 | - | 23 | |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Engineering total | 484 | - | 183 | - | 667 | 7.6 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 317 | - | - | - | 317 | |
| Nutrition Sciences | 80 | - | 16 | - | 96 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | - | - | - | 26 | 26 | |
| Sustainability Studies | - | - | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Marine Sciences | - | - | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Historic Preservation and Conservation | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 407 | - | 32 | 51 | 490 | 5.6 |
| Psychology, General | 442 | - | 18 | - | 460 | |
| School Psychology | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Psychology total | 442 | - | 22 | 1 | 465 | 5.3 |
| Computer Science | 223 | - | 141 | - | 364 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 223 | - | 141 | 1 | 365 | 4.2 |
| Communication, General | 243 | - | 10 | - | 253 | |
| Journalism | 77 | - | - | 11 | 88 | |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 320 | - | 10 | 21 | 351 | 4 |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | - | - | - | 48 | 48 | |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 40 | - | 3 | - | 43 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 34 | - | 5 | - | 39 | |
| Music Performance, General | 29 | - | - | - | 29 | |
| Music, General | 2 | - | 25 | - | 27 | |
| Dance, General | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 8 | - | 8 | - | 16 | |
| Fine and Studio Arts Management | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 131 | - | 41 | 65 | 237 | 2.7 |
| Education, General | 15 | - | 195 | - | 210 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
| Art Teacher Education | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Multicultural Education | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Music Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education total | 15 | - | 198 | 17 | 230 | 2.6 |
| Mathematics, General | 168 | - | 27 | - | 195 | |
| Applied Mathematics, General | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 168 | - | 32 | - | 200 | 2.3 |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | 38 | - | - | 14 | 52 | |
| Food Science | 22 | - | 19 | - | 41 | |
| Animal Sciences, General | 24 | - | 6 | - | 30 | |
| Plant Sciences, General | 14 | - | 3 | - | 17 | |
| Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services, Other | - | 17 | - | - | 17 | |
| Turf and Turfgrass Management | 6 | 5 | - | - | 11 | |
| Equestrian/Equine Studies | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Horticultural Science | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Crop Production | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 113 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 199 | 2.3 |
| Physics, General | 46 | - | 18 | - | 64 | |
| Chemistry, General | 41 | - | 23 | - | 64 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 17 | - | 9 | - | 26 | |
| Astronomy | 10 | - | 4 | - | 14 | |
| Materials Science | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Materials Sciences, Other | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 114 | - | 54 | 15 | 183 | 2.1 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | 107 | - | 6 | - | 113 | |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | 29 | - | 2 | - | 31 | |
| Landscape Architecture | 17 | - | 7 | - | 24 | |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Architecture and Related Services, Other | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Architecture | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | 153 | - | 28 | - | 181 | 2.1 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 131 | - | 16 | - | 147 | |
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | |
| Creative Writing | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 131 | - | 28 | 14 | 173 | 2 |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 88 | - | 18 | - | 106 | |
| Environmental Science | 58 | - | - | - | 58 | |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 146 | - | 19 | - | 165 | 1.9 |
| Linguistics | 38 | - | 8 | - | 46 | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 23 | - | 7 | - | 30 | |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 13 | - | 5 | - | 18 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 10 | - | 6 | - | 16 | |
| French Language and Literature | 11 | - | 3 | - | 14 | |
| Comparative Literature | 4 | - | 9 | - | 13 | |
| Chinese Language and Literature | 7 | - | 5 | - | 12 | |
| German Language and Literature | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Language Interpretation and Translation | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Portuguese Language and Literature | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Italian Language and Literature | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 111 | - | 43 | 6 | 160 | 1.8 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 135 | - | 21 | - | 156 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 135 | - | 21 | - | 156 | 1.8 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other | 133 | - | - | - | 133 | |
| General Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 133 | - | - | - | 133 | 1.5 |
| Social Work | - | - | - | 54 | 54 | |
| Public Policy Analysis, General | - | - | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | - | - | 23 | 73 | 96 | 1.1 |
| History, General | 80 | - | 8 | - | 88 | |
| Public/Applied History | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| History total | 80 | - | 8 | 4 | 92 | 1 |
| Legal Studies, General | 74 | - | - | - | 74 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | 74 | - | - | - | 74 | 0.8 |
| Women's Studies | 9 | - | - | 10 | 19 | |
| African-American/Black Studies | 6 | - | 10 | - | 16 | |
| Latin American Studies | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| American Indian/Native American Studies | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Russian Studies | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| African Studies | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 23 | - | 10 | 24 | 57 | 0.6 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | - | - | - | 36 | 36 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | - | - | - | 36 | 36 | 0.4 |
| Philosophy | 16 | - | 8 | - | 24 | |
| Jewish/Judaic Studies | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Buddhist Studies | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logic | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 17 | - | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0.3 |
| Engineering/Industrial Management | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 0.1 |
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