University of Massachusetts Amherst

QS World University ranking body ranked over 1,500 institutions for the year 2025. The key metrics are academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and international faculty ratio / international student ratio. The overall score that University of Massachusetts Amherst has attained in 2025 is 38.2.

Given below are the scores mentioned for Stony Brook University:

QS World University Rankings are one of the most comprehensive rankings that have offered World University Rankings since 2004. For the year 2025, the University of Massachusetts Amherst QS ranking is #154 in the 'World University' category which is a decline from the last year as the ranking for that year was #134 among the world's best universities. The rankings for this university are fluctuating as the ranking was #164 in 2023.

THE World University ranking body has provided the rankings for the year 2025, according to which University of Massachusetts Amherst ranks the best out of the below mentioned similarly ranked universities.

The table below shows the comparison of the universities of various similarly ranked universities in the USA.

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, University of Massachusetts Amherst is ranked at #84 among the best universities.

The ranking parameters of ARWU are quality of education, quality of faculty, research output and per capita performance. The weightage that each parameter carries is given below:

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the overall ARWU ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst ranks at #201 in 2024, which is a significant decline from the last year as the rank was #151 for the last year which was constant in the year 2022 too.

As per the University of Massachusetts Amherst subject ranking 2024, many of the university courses are ranked among the top in the world. US News has ranked the University of Massachusetts Amherst at #34 for Chemical Engineering PG. Additionally, it is also ranked #44 for Computer Engineering PG by US News. QS has also ranked courses offered by University of Massachusetts Amherst as top programs, namely Communication & Media Studies, Nursing, Physics & Astronomy, and Accounting & Finance, etc. The programs offered by University of Massachusetts Amherst are quite popular and are ranked at #101 - 201 by QS in 2024.

Ranked at #50 in the USA by Shiksha Popularity Rankings, University of Massachusetts Amherst is also ranked at #70 for MS (Masters) in the USA, and for MBA/PGDM course this ranking is #95.

Moving on, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, University of Massachusetts Amherst ranks #275, which is declining in comparison to its last year's ranking, i.e., #245 in 2024. University of Massachusetts Amherst also ranks #67 in US News 'National University' category 2024. As compared to the last year, University of Massachusetts Amherst witnessed a stable trend in its US News ranking which stood at #67 in 2023.

According to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, University of Massachusetts Amherst ranks #275, which is declining in comparison to its last year's ranking, i.e., #245 in 2024. University of Massachusetts Amherst also ranks #67 in US News 'National University' category 2024. As compared to the last year, University of Massachusetts Amherst witnessed a stable trend in its US News ranking which stood at #67 in 2023.

One brief comparison among the below-mentioned universities for their global rankings category. In Comparison the Stony Brook University is not ranking better than the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

Given below are the rankings of Global Universities rankings of the mentioned universities/schools: