UConn Storrs vs Umass Amherst

ConfusedMominMA
Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:26:47 +0000

Our situation is sightly different since we are instate for MA. My daughter got into both schools for finance last year. At UCONN she got a $12k per year scholarship and no need based aid which brought UCONN to about $35k per year for her freshman year. At UMass we get instate tuition plus she got into the Honors college, got $2k per year scholarship plus she gets another $1800 per year based on her MCAS and SAT scores from high school and we actually got some need based aid. This brought her 1st year cost down to about $20k. It was really no contest.

As the mother of a junior in mechanical engineering at UCONN (he did not get into engineering at UMass, got in undecided), my feeling has been through this whole process is that overall UCONN is a better ranked school, however if you are looking at either Business or Engineering, it seems like those particular programs at UMass are tougher to get into.

When we were looking for her a couple of years ago this was the most recent undergrad business school ranking: Umass is 36, UCONN is 65.

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-04-04/the-complete-ranking-best-undergraduate-business-schools-2014

She has had a great 1st year at UMass! Has made a great group of friends, is taking advantage of what UMass has to offer: the town of Amherst, has gotten involved in various clubs (Women of Isenberg, The Isenberg Honors council, etc).

I think UMass has some better facilities in some cases (new Honors dorms, new rec center, ) that UCONN is playing catch up with (they have plans for new honors dorms and new rec center in the works).

It is a tough decision! Good luck!