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{{Short description|Public university in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.}}
{{Distinguish|Dartmouth College|Dartmouth University}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
 | former_names           = Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (1962–1969)<br />Southeastern Massachusetts University (1969–1991)
 | image                  = University of Massachusetts Dartmouth seal.svg
 | image_size             = 150px
 | motto                  = 
 | established            = {{start date and age|1895}} as [[Bradford Durfee Textile School]]<br />{{start date and age|1899}} as [[New Bedford Textile School]]<br />{{start date and age|1962}} (merged institution)
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | academic_affiliations  = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space grant]]
 | endowment              = $76 million (2024)<ref name="umassfoundation.org">{{cite web|url= https://www.umassfoundation.org/s/1355/22/interior.aspx?sid=1355&gid=1&pgid=6792#:~:text=dartmouth%20(%2476%20million) |title=Endowment Overview |first=UMass|last=Foundation|website=www.umassfoundation.org|access-date=2024-02-27|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331062512/https://www.umassd.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $255.1 million (FY 2020)<ref name="umassd.edu">{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/about/|title=About|first=University of Massachusetts|last=Dartmouth|website=www.umassd.edu|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331062512/https://www.umassd.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = Mark A. Fuller
 | provost                = Ramprasad Balasubramanian
 | students               = 7,968 (fall 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fast Facts |url=https://www.umassd.edu/about/facts/ |publisher=UMass Dartmouth}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 5,731 (fall 2024)
 | postgrad               = 2,237 (fall 2024)
 | city                   = [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | coordinates            = {{coord|41|37|43|N|71|00|22|W|region:US-MA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Suburban, {{convert|710|acre}} with unique modern architectural design
 | athletics_affiliations = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division III]] – [[Little East Conference|Little East]]|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]|[[New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association|NEISA]]}}
 | colors                 = {{color box|#004B8D}} {{color box|#FFC92D}} Blue and gold
 | sports_nickname        = Corsair
 | mascot                 = Arnie the Corsair
 | website                = {{url|https://www.umassd.edu/|umassd.edu}}
 | logo                   = University of Massachusetts Dartmouth wordmark.svg
| logo_size = 200
 | faculty                = 402
 | parent                 = [[University of Massachusetts]]
 | accreditation          = [[New England Commission of Higher Education|NECHE]]
}}

The '''University of Massachusetts Dartmouth''' ('''UMass Dartmouth''' or '''UMassD''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts]]. It is the southernmost  campus of the [[University of Massachusetts]] system.<ref name="campuses">{{cite web|url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/institutions/institutions.html|title=Campus Profiles|work=University of Massachusetts|access-date=2011-02-22|archive-date=2010-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130020838/http://www.massachusetts.edu/institutions/institutions.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Formerly "Southeastern Massachusetts University" (known locally as "SMU"), it was merged into the University of Massachusetts system in 1991.<ref name="history">[http://www.umassd.edu/about/historyofumassdartmouth/ UMassD website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219173542/http://www.umassd.edu/about/historyofumassdartmouth/ |date=2017-12-19 }}, history.</ref>

The campus has an overall student body of 8,513 students (school year 2019–2020), including 6,841 undergraduates and 1,672 graduate/law students. As of the 2019–2020 academic year, UMass Dartmouth had 402 full-time faculty on staff.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.umassd.edu/about/|title=About|last=Dartmouth|first=University of Massachusetts|website=UMass Dartmouth|language=en|access-date=2017-08-31|archive-date=2017-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901143557/http://www.umassd.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Dartmouth campus also includes the [[University of Massachusetts School of Law]]. UMass Dartmouth is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=167987 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022002831/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=167987 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university has nine colleges including law, [[engineering]], art & science and honors college, each having several [[Academic department|departments]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UMass Dartmouth Website |url=https://www.umassd.edu/}}</ref>

==History==
{{Primary sources|section|date=October 2016}}

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth traces its roots to 1895 when the Massachusetts legislature chartered the [[New Bedford Textile School]] in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] and the [[Bradford Durfee Textile School]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]]. The New Bedford Textile School was renamed the "New Bedford Institute of Textiles and Technology", and the Bradford Durfee Textile School was renamed the "Bradford Durfee College of Technology".<ref name="umdhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.umassd.edu/about/historyofumassdartmouth/|title=History of UMass Dartmouth - UMass Dartmouth|first=University of Massachusetts|last=Dartmouth|access-date=2011-02-22|archive-date=2017-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219173542/http://www.umassd.edu/about/historyofumassdartmouth/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1962, the two schools were combined to create the "Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute", expanding to become "Southeastern Massachusetts University" by 1969.

The University sits on a 710-acre site acquired in the early 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dartmouth |first=University of Massachusetts |title=History of UMass Dartmouth |url=https://www.umassd.edu/about/history-of-umass-dartmouth/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.umassd.edu |language=en}}</ref>  In 1964, the ground was broken on a unified campus not far from the [[Smith Mills, Massachusetts|Smith Mills section of Dartmouth]] between the two cities of New Bedford and Fall River. The Liberal Arts building was completed in 1966, the Science & Engineering building in 1969, and the other original buildings were finished by 1971. The main campus has been expanded several times, including the Cedar Dell residences (begun in 1987), the Dion Science & Engineering Building in 1989, the Charlton College of Business in 2004, the new apartment-style residence halls in 2005, and the Research Building in 2007.<ref name="umdhistory" />

In 1991, SMU joined the UMass system and adopted its present name, the "University of Massachusetts Dartmouth". Since then, the university has expanded back into its original cities as well, with the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, formerly Advanced Textiles & Manufacturing Center,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20151023/NEWS/151027185|title=UMass Dartmouth renames the ATMC: the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship|last=O'Connor|first=Kevin P.|work=The Herald News, Fall River, MA|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en|archive-date=2017-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901030742/http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20151023/NEWS/151027185|url-status=live}}</ref> (2001, at the former Kerr Mill site in Fall River) and Professional and Continuing Education Center (2002, in the former Cherry & Webb building in Fall River), and the School for Marine Science and Technology (1996, adjacent to [[Fort Rodman]] in New Bedford), the Star Store visual arts building in New Bedford (2001) and a second Center for Professional and Continuing Education (2002, one block north on Purchase Street) in New Bedford.<ref name="umdhistory" />

Billionaire Robert T. Hale spoke at the May 2024 commencement ceremony, surprising graduating students by giving each of them $1,000 in cash onstage, asking that they keep half and donate the other half.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Treisman |first=Rachel |date=2024-05-23 |title=A billionaire surprised graduates onstage with cash, but it's not all theirs to keep |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/1252943784/a-billionaire-surprised-graduates-onstage-with-cash-but-its-not-all-theirs-to-keep#:~:text=of%20Massachusetts%20Dartmouth-,Robert%20Hale%20gives%20an%20envelope%20with%20cash%20to%20a%20graduating,keep%20and%20half%20to%20donate. |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

==Campuses==
===Main campus===
Located approximately {{convert|60|mi|km}} south of [[Downtown Boston]]
*285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300

===Satellite campuses and initiatives===
''Dartmouth, Massachusetts''
*[[University of Massachusetts School of Law|School of Law]]
''New Bedford, Massachusetts''
*Professional and Continuing Education (PCE)
*School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST)
''Fall River, Massachusetts''
*Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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|File:UMass Dartmouth, Head of Campus.jpg|Head of Campus
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|File:UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library - West Side.jpg|Claire T. Carney Library - West Side
|File:UMass Dartmouth Science and Engineering Building - South Side.jpg|Science and Engineering Building - South Side 
|File:UMass Dartmouth, Liberal Arts Building - South Side.jpg|Liberal Arts Building - South Side
|File:UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library - South Side.jpg|Claire T. Carney Library - South Side
|File:UMass Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library - East Side.jpg|Claire T. Carney Library - East Side
|File:UMass Dartmouth - The Grove.jpg|The Grove
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== College of Nursing and Health Sciences ==
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences offers five undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees, two of which are offered online, and a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree. Programs include the Diversity Nursing Scholars Program, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, a PhD program offered to both BS and MS, and an online certificate program for Advanced Graduate Study: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. The college also offers a Global Health Minor to all majors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dartmouth|first=University of Massachusetts|title=Undergraduate Programs|url=https://www.umassd.edu/nursing/undergraduate-programs/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=www.umassd.edu|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413002513/https://www.umassd.edu/nursing/undergraduate-programs/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dartmouth|first=University of Massachusetts|title=Graduate Programs|url=https://www.umassd.edu/nursing/graduate-programs/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=www.umassd.edu|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414232159/https://www.umassd.edu/nursing/graduate-programs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), an independent accrediting body that is officially recognized by the [[United States Secretary of Education]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=CCNE Accreditation|url=https://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE|access-date=2021-04-11|website=www.aacnnursing.org|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411150002/https://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE|url-status=live}}</ref> has approved UMass Dartmouth's bachelor's and master's degree programs in nursing, as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. The Massachusetts Board of Regulation of Nursing has also given the nursing education curriculum Full Approval.

==Charlton College of Business==
[[File:UMass Dartmouth Charlton College of Business.jpg|thumb|UMass Dartmouth Charlton College of Business]]

The Charlton College of Business at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth offers seven undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, a Master of Science in Healthcare Management degree (both face-to-face and online), and several graduate certificates. It also offers a combined MBA/Juris Doctor (JD). There are certificate programs in Accounting, Business Foundations, Environmental Policy, Finance, International Business, Marketing, Organizational Leadership, Supply Change Management and Information Systems, and Sustainable Development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlton College of Business |website=Peterson's |url=http://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth-charlton-college-of-business-000_10057156.aspx |access-date=2015-05-10 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085841/http://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth-charlton-college-of-business-000_10057156.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

The college is the only AACSB-accredited ([[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]]) public business school in the southeastern region of Massachusetts.

The Charlton College of Business houses multiple nationally ranked degree programs. For the 2021–2022 academic year, the online [[MBA]] program was ranked No. 51 in the nation according to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''. The school's undergraduate program is nationally ranked No. 150 by ''U.S. News''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth-OBUS0709/mba |website=usnews.com |publisher=US News |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-29 |archive-date=2021-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209052114/https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth-OBUS0709/mba |url-status=live }}</ref> [[The Princeton Review]] lists the Charlton College of Business as one of their best 296 business schools,<ref>{{cite web |website=The Princeton Review |title=University of Massachusetts—Dartmouth - Charlton College of Business |url=http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1037526/business/university-massachusetts-dartmouth-charlton-college-business |access-date=2015-05-10 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518112312/http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1037526/business/university-massachusetts-dartmouth-charlton-college-business |url-status=live }}</ref> while the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] in its Global Ranking of Academic Subjects ranks Management subjects 201–300 globally <ref>{{cite web |title=Global Ranking of Academic Subjects |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-massachusetts-dartmouth |website=Shanghai Ranking |publisher=Academic Ranking of World Universities |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215853/https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-massachusetts-dartmouth |url-status=live }}</ref>

Additionally, [[QS World University Rankings]] ranked Charlton's Masters program in Finance No.151 in the World <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-massachusetts-dartmouth | title=University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth }}</ref>

==Architecture==
[[File:UMass Dartmouth, Liberal Arts Building - East Side.jpg|thumb|UMass Dartmouth, Liberal Arts Building - East Side]]
The buildings on the campus were designed by Modernist architect [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]] beginning in the early 1960s to distinguish the campus from the outside world and provide what might be considered a Social Utopian environment.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} The building architecture is similar to that of the Boston [[Government Service Center (Boston)|Government Service Center]]. Rudolph made both the exterior and interior of each building of rough concrete (béton brut), an essential element of the style known as [[Brutalism]], and he endowed buildings with large windows. The stairs were made relatively short in height. Atria were also placed in the Liberal Arts and Science & Engineering buildings to give people a place to socialize between sections of the halls. These areas are also filled with hanging and potted indoor plants. The main door of each building faces towards the Robert Karam [[Campanile]], keeping students within the academic life area, where buildings for classes are located. Large mounds of earth (berms) also stand between the parking lots, making the lots partially invisible from the original Academic Life area (though not from within some recent additions to it, such as the Charlton College of Business building). More recent buildings, most notably the Woodland Commons and residence halls south of the main campus, have been built to complement Rudolph's Late Modernist aesthetic.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}
[[File:UMass Dartmouth, Liberal Arts Building - North Side.jpg|thumb|UMass Dartmouth, Liberal Arts Building - North Side]]

In October 2013, ''[[Travel and Leisure]]'' named the university one of the most mysterious campuses in the United States. It compared the library to a concrete spaceship, describing it as an icon of the Brutalist style of architecture that has been both beloved and derided since its construction in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-ugliest-college-campuses/6 |title="America's Ugliest College Campuses", ''Travel+Leisure'', October 2013 |access-date=2013-11-05 |archive-date=2013-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105212204/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-ugliest-college-campuses/6 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university has large areas of undeveloped green space with numerous footpaths, including wooded areas, grasslands, wetlands, and ponds.
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{{Panorama
|image = File:UMass_Dartmouth_Panorama.jpg
|height = 230
|caption = Panoramic view of the campus, highlighting Paul Rudolph's brutalist designs. Karam Campanile at far right.}}

==Claire T. Carney Library==
[[File:UMass Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library.jpg|thumb|Claire T. Carney Library]]

=== Archives & Special Collections ===
The Archives & Special Collections preserves historical records, publications and graduate theses of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (University Records) as well as personal and professional papers of faculty, staff, students and selected individuals and organizations from the surrounding communities of southeastern Massachusetts (Manuscript Collections).

=== Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Archives ===
The world's largest, most complete compilation of materials relating to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Established in 1984, the archives contains thousands of copies of government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act public disclosure process as well as manuscripts, photographs, audiotape interviews, video tapes, news clippings and research notes compiled by journalists and other private citizens who have investigated discrepancies in the case.

=== Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives ===
Records of fraternal, religious and social organizations; family photographs, scrapbooks and oral histories which illustrate the collective experience of immigration, settlement, and life in the United States; the records of prominent individuals of Portuguese descent; and records of local business and other institutions that either serve or were created by Portuguese-Americans.

=== Paul Rudolph & His Architecture ===
This featured section of the Claire T. Carney website is a comprehensive reference resource for the architect and his designs, with particular emphasis on SMTI / UMass Dartmouth. It provides a comprehensive bibliography of the works, writings, and life of the architect, complete with supporting images, documents, and media.

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title= College Scorecard: University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?167987-University-of-Massachusetts-Dartmouth|website=College Scorecard |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=July 17, 2025 }}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|56|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|13|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
| [[International student]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|38|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|62|%|2||background:black}}
|}
===Student organizations===
The Student Government Association, which is controlled by 34 seats, is a student-run group that handles all student activity fees and disperses them to the various clubs and organizations. There are over 160 student clubs and organizations, 11 intramural sports teams/organizations,<ref name=":0" /> and a full-service, public radio spectrum campus radio station, WUMD 89.3, broadcasting at 9,600 watts.

===Housing and residential education===

====General information====
On-campus living provides three different residence options:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umassd.edu/housing/|title=Housing & Residential Education - UMass Dartmouth|access-date=2010-02-06|archive-date=2010-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216020024/http://www.umassd.edu/housing/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Traditional Residence Halls
* Apartments
* Townhouses
Each hall is staffed by a professional Resident Director, and 8–14 student Resident Assistants.  Each Hall also features a Hall Council which plans events, holds elections, and engages with the larger residential population through Resident Student Association (a student-government organization for all residential students).

===Transportation===
On-campus transportation is provided by the university, which includes a campus-loop shuttle that makes several stops across the main campus, shuttle services to nearby stores and businesses, and shuttle services from the main campus to the satellite campuses. The university also manages a "safe-rides" program, which offers on-request shuttle services across the campus for students after the shuttle stops operating, and "safe-walk" services which offers a campus police officer to escort students when the safe-ride shuttle stops.<ref name = "campus transport">{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/|title=Campus Transportation|website=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610123923/https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/|url-status=live}}</ref> Zipcar and bus charters are also offered on campus, and taxi services are available nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/zipcar/|title=Zipcar: car-sharing|website=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922153727/https://www.umassd.edu/zipcar/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/charter/|title=Charter bus services|website=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027154716/https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/charter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/taxi/|title=Local taxi services|website=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027155504/https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/taxi/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The shuttle stop outside the campus center also serves as a stop for the [[Southeastern Regional Transit Authority]], which provides public bus services to New Bedford and Fall River at no cost to students.<ref name = "campus transport"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srtabus.com/new-bedford|title=New Bedford Route Schedules|website=Southeastern Regional Transit Authority|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815053740/https://www.srtabus.com/new-bedford|url-status=live}}</ref> Daily bus service to [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] and [[Boston]] is also offered via DATTCO buses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/bostonbus|title=DATTCO Bus: UMassD to Boston|website=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231125402/http://www.umassd.edu/transportation/bostonbus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Athletics==
{{see also|UMass Dartmouth Corsairs football}}
[[File:UMass Dartmouth Corsairs wordmark.svg|thumb|UMass Dartmouth athletics wordmark]]
UMass Dartmouth athletic teams, known by their nickname, the Corsairs, compete in a variety of sports. Men and women compete in [[NCAA Division III]]. The men's sports include [[College baseball|baseball]], [[College basketball|basketball]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[College football|football]], [[College ice hockey|ice hockey]], [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]], and [[track and field]]. The women's sports are basketball, cross country, [[field hockey]], [[College lacrosse|lacrosse]], soccer, [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[College softball|softball]], tennis, track and field, and [[volleyball]]. Most of the teams compete in the [[Little East Conference]], while the men's ice hockey and football teams compete in the [[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference]].

In the midst of the [[coronavirus pandemic]], UMass Dartmouth cut eight athletic teams to redirect funding to the remaining 17 programs. The discontinued sports were men's lacrosse, women's equestrian, men's golf, co-ed sailing, men's and women's swimming and diving, and men's and women's tennis. After "a review of the athletics program’s overall strategy as it relates to Title IX and the proportionality test", women's swimming and women's tennis were re-established a short time later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Braden |date=2021-05-22 |title=UMass Dartmouth Reinstates Women's Swimming & Diving Program |url=https://swimswam.com/umass-dartmouth-reinstates-womens-swimming-diving-program/#:~:text=UMass%20Dartmouth,%20a%20Division%20III%20school%20located%20in,announced%20it%20would%20be%20eliminating%20in%20July%202020. |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Rankings and recognition==
{{Infobox US university ranking
| THE_WSJ = 501-600
| USNWR_NU = 242 (tie)
| Wamo_NU = 169
| USNWR_W = 1279 (tie)
}}

In 2016, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth received its new designated status from [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]] as "Doctoral University: Higher research activity".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umassd.edu/news/r2.html|title=UMass Dartmouth achieves national doctoral research status|first=University of Massachusetts|last=Dartmouth|access-date=2016-10-16|archive-date=2016-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510031322/http://www.umassd.edu/news/r2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=November 2016}} In the 2020 college ranking published by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'']], UMass Dartmouth was featured among top 800 of all public and private higher education institutions in the country,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-29|title=Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2020|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/united-states/2020|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|archive-date=2022-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622150928/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/united-states/2020|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[Business Insider]]'' listed the university in 2014 among its 600 "Smartest Colleges in America" based on [[ACT (test)|ACT]] and [[SAT]] scores of the entering students.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wai|first=Jonathan|title=The 600 Smartest Colleges In America|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/smartest-colleges-in-america-2014-10|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Business Insider|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411144942/https://www.businessinsider.com/smartest-colleges-in-america-2014-10|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Princeton Review]] lists the university among their most 361 "Green Colleges" of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=green-colleges|title=Green Colleges - The Princeton Review|access-date=2016-10-16|archive-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306051328/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=green-colleges|url-status=live}}</ref> UMass Dartmouth is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE|publisher=[[New England Commission of Higher Education]]|url=https://www.neche.org/institutions/ma/|access-date=May 26, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009082139/https://www.neche.org/institutions/ma/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other rankings and recognition:
* In 2017, the university ranked #204 by [[PayScale]] by salary potential for 2016–2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=PayScale|url=http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors|website=PayScale|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-date=14 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914202430/https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2019, the university ranked #76 in "Best Online Graduate Business Programs (Excluding MBA)", #41-#51 in "Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Programs" and #132-#170 in "Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs" by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Online Programs Rankings 2019 |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth-167987/rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2019-01-15 |archive-date=2019-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115183622/https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth-167987/rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2019, the university ranked #7 in College Gazette's top 10 "hidden gem" public universities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collegegazette.com/the-10-best-hidden-gem-public-universities-in-the-us/ |title=The 10 Best "Hidden Gem" Public Universities In the US |publisher=College Gazette |date=1 December 2019 |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=23 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223143935/https://collegegazette.com/the-10-best-hidden-gem-public-universities-in-the-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*In 2021, the university ranked #217 in "Best National Universities", #76 in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", #109 in "Top Public Schools", and #145 in "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs".<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Rankings|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/umass-dartmouth-2210/overall-rankings|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2021|website=U.S. News & World Report|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209072629/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/umass-dartmouth-2210/overall-rankings}}</ref>
* In 2021, [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] listed academic subject in Oceanography as 76–100 globally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-massachusetts-dartmouth |website=Shanghai Ranking |publisher=Academic Ranking of World Universities |access-date=2 June 2021 |title=Shanghai Ranking-Universities |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215853/https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-massachusetts-dartmouth |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2024, ''U.S. News and World Report'' ranked the school #209 in national universities, #112 in top public schools, and #196 in best value schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/umass-dartmouth-2210 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=[[U.S. News and World Report]]}}</ref>
* In 2025, ''U.S. News and World Report'' ranked the school #244 in national universities, #135 in top public schools, #139 for Engineering, #74 for Nursing, #126 for Computer Science, #147 for Business programs, and #102 for social mobility

==Notable alumni==

*[[Kevin Aguiar]], politician who represented the 7th Bristol district in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
*[[Steven Baddour]], attorney and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
*[[Antonio Cabral|Antonio F. D. Cabral]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1978), member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] 1990&ndash;present
*[[Robert Correia]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] 1962), member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] 1976&ndash;2008, mayor of Fall River 2008&ndash;09
*[[Charles A. Dewey]], United States federal judge in Iowa's southern district
*[[Scott Ferson]], President Liberty Square Group<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni Leaders|url=http://www.umassd.edu/media/umassdartmouth/officeofthechancellor/pdfs/umassd_6-20-14_globe_ad.pdf|website=umassd.edu|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113122337/http://www.umassd.edu/media/umassdartmouth/officeofthechancellor/pdfs/umassd_6-20-14_globe_ad.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Bruce Gray (sculptor)|Bruce Gray]] (B.F.A. 1983), sculptor
*[[Pooch Hall]], actor
*[[Brian Helgeland]], Academy Award-winning screenwriter
*[[Marques Houtman]], Cape Verdean American basketball point guard
*[[Elizabeth James-Perry]],  American artist and [[restoration ecologist]]
*[[Robert Koczera]], member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] for the 11th Bristol district; former member of the New Bedford City Council
*[[Edward M. Lambert, Jr.]], commissioner of the [[Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]]
*[[Gerald A. LeBlanc]], Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at the North Carolina State University
*[[Robert Leduc]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldnews.com/x206665565/UMass-dedicates-service-center-to-benefactors|title=UMass dedicates service center to benefactors|first=Derek|last=Vital|access-date=2016-10-20|archive-date=2016-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021013831/http://www.heraldnews.com/x206665565/UMass-dedicates-service-center-to-benefactors|url-status=live}}</ref>), president of [[Pratt & Whitney]] 2016&ndash;present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utc.com/News/News-Center/Pages/UTC-Appoints-Robert-Leduc-As-President-Of-Pratt-Whitney-Paul-R-Adams-To-Retir.aspx|title=UTC Appoints Robert Leduc As President Of Pratt & Whitney; Paul R. Adams To Retire|publisher=United Technologies|access-date=2016-10-20|archive-date=2016-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021012548/http://www.utc.com/News/News-Center/Pages/UTC-Appoints-Robert-Leduc-As-President-Of-Pratt-Whitney-Paul-R-Adams-To-Retir.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Sheri McCoy]], CEO [[Avon Products]], former executive at Johnson & Johnson
*[[Lawrence G. McDonald]], former vice president at [[Lehman Brothers]]; author
*[[Mark C. Montigny]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]), member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] 1993&ndash;present
*[[David Nyzio]] (BFA, 1982), artist 
*[[Jim Perdue]] (M.S.), chicken industry executive<ref>{{cite web | title = Salisbury University - Perdue School of Business - Executive Leader Lecture Series | url = http://www.salisbury.edu/Perdue/executive_leaders/Executive-Leaders.html | access-date = 2016-10-04 | archive-date = 2016-10-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005112006/http://www.salisbury.edu/Perdue/executive_leaders/Executive-Leaders.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Susan Mohl Powers]] (M.F.A.), artist
*[[Joe Proctor]] (attended), professional [[mixed martial artist]], won the RF & AFO Lightweight Titles, current [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] Lightweight<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Proctor UFC Bio|url=https://www.ufc.com/athlete/joe-proctor|access-date=August 8, 2014|archive-date=August 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202605/http://www.ufc.com/fighter/joe-Proctor|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[John F. Quinn]], American politician, who represented 9th Bristol District in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1992 to 2011
*[[William Rhodes (sculptor)|William Rhodes]] (M.F.A. 1994), sculptor and mixed-media artist
*[[Michael Rodrigues (politician)|Michael Rodrigues]], Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate
*[[Craig Rousseau]] (B.A. 1993, B.A. 1994), comic book artist and co-creator of ''[[The Perhapanauts]]''
*[[Bonnie Seeman]], ceramic artist and [[University of Miami]] art professor
*[[Seabury Stanton]], chairman of [[Berkshire Hathaway]], prior to its takeover by [[Warren Buffett]], attended the [[New Bedford Institute of Technology]]
*[[David B. Sullivan]] (B.A. 1979), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1997&ndash;2013
*[[Jimmy Tingle]], comic
*[[Scott D. Tingle]], [[NASA]] astronaut
*[[Philip Travis]], politician who represented the 4th Bristol District in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] 1983–2007
*[[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], convicted and sentenced to death for the 2013 [[Boston Marathon bombing]]<ref name="friendshocked">{{cite news |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2015 |url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/19/bombing-suspect-attended-umass-dartmouth-prompting-school-closure-college-friend-shocked-charge-boston-marathon-bomber/YcEDA5nvNDi0T1jJTNjKiP/story.html |title=Bombing Suspect Attended UMass Dartmouth, Prompting School Closure; College Friend Shocked by Charge He Is Boston Marathon Bomber |newspaper=Boston.com |first1=Sarah |last1=Coffey |first2=Patricia |last2=Wen |archive-date=April 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421081651/http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/19/bombing-suspect-attended-umass-dartmouth-prompting-school-closure-college-friend-shocked-charge-boston-marathon-bomber/YcEDA5nvNDi0T1jJTNjKiP/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Carmella (wrestler)|Leah Van Dale]], fitness model and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Carmella
*[[Gregory Yob]], computer game designer

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://corsairathletics.com/ Athletics website]
* [https://umassdtorch.com/ ''Umass Torch''], school newspaper 
* [http://www.paulrudolphheritagefoundation.org The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation] - a non-profit organization representing the Paul Rudolph estate, dedicated to communicating, preserving and extending Paul Rudolph's legacy with an online archive of over 12,000 images in addition to written and biographical materials.
* [https://www.paulrudolphheritagefoundation.org/196302-umass-dartmouth The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Project Page] from the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation archives

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