Reviews of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (University)

V Z

Very impressive campus (UMASS Dartmouth at Old Westport Road); the grounds are beautifully kept, everyone on staff is more than friendly, everything is clearly labeled which is huge when you're trying to find different offices, etc. In the Enrollment Office, Daniesha Tobey-Richards was friendly, upbeat, professional, and helpful. On short notice, she stopped what she was working on and took the time to walk me over to where I needed to be and explained various aspects of different graduate school programs. She helped me find a person I needed to speak with and wrote out contact info on a business card for enrollment in my particular field. I didn't even have an appointment and yet she took the time to assist me (just before 5pm. . .when everyone is trying to wrap up for the day). So far, my experience at UMASS Dartmouth has been outstanding!!

Jessie O'Connell

My Younger Sister Goes Here Its Her Second Year There Me And My Dad And Mom Sometimes Goes And Visits Her There Too

Paul Medeiros

If you're not an engineer or a nurse there are other places you should look into. Lots of focus on getting money from the students and the state but not enough focus on learning. Lots of red tape, programs for non-engineering/nursing/law students underfunded and thrown to the wayside. Best example is the new dorms which have gone up in no time (the construction of which having severely limited parking on campus by eliminating the largest lots) while the Liberal Arts building is from the 70s and the roof leaks. Stairs and walkways are falling apart and exposed rusty rebar can be seen all around campus, those with physical disabilities often have trouble navigating the school. There are numerous other safety concerns, all of which I shall not list here. Besides that, the campus is grey and depressing. All the buildings are uniformly concrete with few windows, and little color is to be seen in any of the classrooms or indeed anywhere at all on campus. Wish they would focus on students more, but this place really is a cash grab and if you're thinking of coming here for anything besides the mentioned fields, I would suggest expanding your search elsewhere.

John Brown

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Mahmud-Ul-Hasan Monim

A decent school although I wish they could bring more grant money to support grad students.

Pradip Basnet

One of my favorite places to be... spent two years @UMassD, and of course, enjoyed the every moment in the campus as well as outside. New Bedford area is pretty beautiful to hang out, Boston is not that far from you. Love it for many reasons!

Paul K

Wouldn't recommend, buildings were designed for asthetics and not functionality as a priority. Some rooms are like a freezer in the winter while others have no windows and super hot. The equipment for labs and the engineering department are either old, disfuctional and/or not up to industry standard. I was in an ENR101 class doing basic a circuit with a power source, momentary switch, and a load. I needed to measure the voltage drop across and load and measure the current draw of the circuit. The multimeter we used was a cen-tech brand which is sold by harbor freight and the current meter was an analog meter. I don't think anyone even uses those any more unless they are a collector of vintage electrical test equipment. Atleast give the student equivalent equipment that is used in the industry so you are at least up to real world scenarios. Even in my Solidworks class, the computers has like Pentium 4 processors with 2GB RAM and integrated graphics to do 3D parametric modeling. Are you kidding me? It took more time for the computer to extrude the feature than turning the computer on. The layout of the campus is fine but during the winter, there is a wind that cuts through the center of the campus between the buildings because of where the buildings are positioned. Parking is very restrictive in the sense that visitors are only allowed to park in a small lot and need a pass before hand to even park in the lot. The freshman dorms are all rundown and the heat is controlled like how the "Chinese control heat in buildings" in China. Don't ask me how I know. It comes on and stays on with no individual control per room/zone. Sophomore year, a certain individual was intentional breaking the emergency exit signs every weekend only to be replaced and rebroken the following weekend and every resident on that floor would have to pay the bill for a replacement plus the labor for the union worker to install. Utterly no self control and very shameful. I am very critical of this school because if you are spend a great deal of money on a higher education for a someone you better know what you are getting. I was a student here between 2011 and 2013. And remember the Boston Marathon bombing where the bomber was a student here? What a bleep that was.

Brian Anderson

Terrible experience transferring here. I've had multiple different advisors and all gave me terrible advice and had me enrolling in classes I didn't need and missing credits I transferred over. This resulted in me spending more money since I had to take an extra semester because I had taken useless classes I didn't need. Now that I've graduated I'm experiencing even more difficulties picking up my degree. It has been non-stop issues ever since I started here.

Janelle Rodrigues

They gave me a lot of Financial aid assistance, I am an incoming freshman through the college now program. They offer the same exact things as private schools. This school was a solid choice for me & my family.

TheAppleman352

DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID IN GOING HERE!!!!!!!! it may seem like an awesome place to go to school but in reality it is far from it. Unfortunately the staff whether it be at the registration office or at the umass pass office are absolutely awful. One women screwed up my housing so bad that I wasn't able to get into my dorm with my keycard for 2 months!! it took over 6 visits just to keep reminding her it wasn't working. The advisors here are terrible once you pass sophomore year ESPECIALLY in the business school. Every teacher is foreign and many lack communication skills with very broken English. The food is terrible to the point where buying a meal plan is pointless and a waste of money. The dorms are awful with constant wifi outages and the facilities are always dirty. I have found a hypodermic needle inside one of the bathrooms in the LARTS building. Then on top of everything there is a ridiculous ticketing issue where cars with decals are ticketed for not having decals for no reason. Oh and did I mention how all the dorms have the heat stuck on year round? This university never ceases to amaze me on how much my tuition goes to waste and how much of a cesspool the campus is. Thank you Umass Dartmouth for providing a terrible college experience. I will never forget how dirty this campus is and how little the staff actually care about you. I hope to god this university closes its doors in the future because of how much this campus feels like a scam. Most importantly thank you for highering a staff full of Pylons!

Umesh Gowda

Well I study here currently. I'm doing my masters in computer science. The college is pretty good. Especially the environment is just perfect. Calm and peaceful - right place for studies. The people are here are so kind and wonderful. I haven't seen such serenity.

Ethereal.Dream17

This school appears like the dream from the outside but it’s not. Not only do you have to pay no less than $15,000 if you live on campus, they continue to milk you for money. If you bring a car, automatic $215. Excessive ticketing, $30. Terrible food (sometimes). Then they only let your car stay in one lot because they want to force you to take the shuttle or walk to class. They DO NOT care what reason you have for not wanting to take either of those options. Whether it’s because of a personal reason, injury, (oh wait they give you a temporary pass that only lasts for maybe 3 weeks then they go back to not caring) or you just want to drive. Whoops, looks like I spent $215 to leave my car in a lot like it’s broken and I can’t use it. The parking enforcement takes their job WAY too serious. They’ll target your car and ticket it because you’re either on top of the line, in the wrong lot because the shuttle was late so you drove to class, or forwhatever reason they think is good enough. Let’s not forget the tickets are off rip $30. DO NOT come to this school unless you’re commuting. This school will give you the biggest headache and will stress you out mentally. Not only do you have to worry about your education, it’s like living in a prison simply because they baby you and fine you for every little thing. Oh but the academics are up to par. Criminal Justice Major is amazinggg. Only reason why I have an extra star. Let’s not forget I’m a current student at this school.

Nicole Pua

Far away ..omg

marc stanton

Don't waste your time. Professors don't teach, they just read from overhead slides. I am an accounting major and an excellent math student. I have taken Accounting I twice with two different professors and I'm still confused. All (if not most) professors prefer online instruction over class room. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY AND JUST GO TO AN ONLINE SCHOOL. They basically read the slides and then post them. YOU ARE NOT TAUGHT, YOU MUST LEARN ON YOUR OWN. CLASS ROOM INSTRUCTIONS IS NON EXISTANT! AND WHEN THERE IS, THE PROFESSORS DIFFICULTY WITH THE LANGUAGE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AS MOST (IF NOT ALL) ACCOUNTING PROFESSORS ARE ASIAN!!!!! SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY. DON'T GO TO THIS SCHOOL!!!!!!

Elizabeth Hubert

I attended UMass Dartmouth immediately after graduating high school in 2010 for environmental chemistry. I stood from Fall 2010 to Fall 2011 before transferring to Bridgewater State University in the Spring 2012 where I am about to graduate from with a bachelor's degree in geological sciences. I tried my absolute best to appreciate UMD for what it is, but to this day, I WILL NOT recommend it to anyone unless they are an engineering major. Firstly, I found the chemistry students horribly mean. HORRIBLY MEAN. This may seem dumb, but I minded my own business day-to-day and would overhear people talking s@#t about me. I have no idea why because I didn't know or talk to anyone. I commuted from fifteen minutes away and sped home as fast as I could every day after school. That is NOT what I want out of my COLLEGE experience. Apparently, these people weren't mentally mature enough for college. They were stuck in high school drama club. I also found many of the teachers rude and/or pompous. I LOVED Dr. Timothy Su. Dr. Melissa Silvia and Dr. Catherine Neto were nice too. They are the only teachers I actually liked in the chemistry department because I either found other rude or I did not know them. The advisers were nice people as well, but not very helpful compared to the amazing adviser I have not at BSU. Secondly, I could not exist in such a stone, cold school (this is literal). UMD is made out of concrete. All of the buildings are dark, gray concrete and they leak when it rains, especially the Science and Engineering Building (Liberal Arts was the lightest and least leaky, in my opinion). My sophomore physics teacher actually had to let class out early because our lecture hall was so cold, we could see our breath. That is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE for over $10,000/year. The campus was not very pretty either. I know some students don't mind not having lots of greenery around campus, but when you're paying good money for a good education, you deserve to be in a nice and healthy environment, not one with trash and concrete. Finally, I found the administration rude. I only met a few people that were nice. The woman who handled my federal work study was extremely coarse to me and my work study supervisor (who was an off-campus supervisor and a personal friend of mine). The people in the office where you get your transcripts are rude just because like many so-called "customer service" people. I don't know what it is about this school. Maybe all the darkness and concrete gets to everyone, but 99% of the people I met were jerks and I hardly spoke to anyone! I know UMD offers a great education at an in-state rate for Massachusetts students, but I find that everything that comes with the education is not worth it. I feel bad for those who lived on campus while I commuted. I was forced to stay in a single, freshman dorm for my freshman orientation. The dorms were so hot during July without proper ventilation (even just a window that opens all the way) that I slept completely naked with no sheets on the bed. Good ventilation only comes for upper classman dorms, apparently, because those were gorgeous, like apartments. Unacceptable for the price. I'm sorry. I hope others have a better experience than I did. I tried my best to appreciate UMD, but it took a serious toll on my not being able to make friends with such terrible people.

Dylan Mullane

My son went there for his freshman year and learned how to write. Out of high school he was a poor writer. He mentioned a few times how good his English instructor was. He wrote an essay after his freshman year. It was so improved, I first thought that someone else wrote it for him. Learning to write well is huge for anyone's career and he learned it at UMass Dartmouth. Denis Mullane

Evan Cruzen

A great option if you're going in for engineering, nursing, or law. I'm a CS major and all my professors have been stellar, both fair and challenging. As others have stated the arts department has been underfunded for a while, so I would recommend somewhere else for arts. The food at the main dining area, the marketplace, is mediocre (could be worse, there's always diy waffles and a panini press). The other dining place that most students go to is Birch and they're actually pretty good. I would recommend getting bronze or no meal plan after your first year. Campus is medium size, not too big not too small. There's a nearby mall and a bus that goes there frequently for free, and an off campus arts building (Star Store) which also has a bus that goes to it for free every hour (if you go in for arts some classes are held there, about a 15-20 minute bus ride over). If you take the bus to the Star Store you can easily walk around New Bedford which can be fun. All in all I've had a great time here as a Comp Sci major.

abhishek zunjurwad

Excellent

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Dr. Jay

Class of 2016

Jordy Mejia

Its where my sister college

franz moesinger

This is a transfer out college.

David

University wise its quite good, but the location of the University is quite remote.....

Ken Boostrom

UMASS Dartmouth offers the same opportunity to education as a private school. Frankly, you get what you put into it. My bachelors degree enabled me and many like me the opportunity to open our minds, gain employment and to become better people. College is like a vehicle. You need one to reach a destination. UMASS is like a Honda - not to fancy - dependable - and it gets you there for $12K per year. Or choose a private school, say a BMW - it too gets you there - for $160K. UMASS GRADE: B ADMINISTRATION: D *The grade reflects a negative score in UMASS's business policy to build campus housing which is used to have students borrow from non government loan programs. The college experience "spin" is nothing more than a dangerous game of financial chicken between our students financing and poor policy.

1Blake 1Sutherland

IM VeRy edukated cause i went to this school.

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Ali Gandzyuk

Very underrated school. However it seems that school gonna boost in coming years due to their expansions and enrollment increase.

Omen Dan.

It reminded me of the Area 51 Army Base

Zach

My working theory is that text-book provider Cengage remunerates professors with highest attrition rates. It's just a theory and you're welcome to send your kids wherever you please.

Kenny N

The campus is neither too big nor too small. It's fairly easy to get around on foot. However I personally find the architectural style to be quite visually unpleasant. Having to look at the brutalist concrete facades of the buildings on a daily basis, you will start to feel unwell walking on campus after a while. One thing makes up for this is the cozy indoor area of the Claire T.Carney library, which offers a wide range of books, resources and also a coffee store inside. Located in the outer area of New Bedford, accessibility is also a good thing one can say about Umass Darthmouth.

Darius Mota

If you wanna be in the bussiness program save yourself the trouble and go to Umass Boston.

chinook700

Employees do not care about the quality, quality suffers

陳志宏

I love Umassd. I will come back soon.

Single to Mingle

It's a good school to go, I'm studying here as an undergraduate student in Marketing major. I'm having a good experience here at the UMD, good friends, good professors and nice campus. The only thing that I'm not satisfied is the food but the food sucks everywhere in other school too so then I don't complain. Anyways, I highly recommend this university for International Students.

Hind Abdalla

I had one of the worst experiences in this school when it comes to Financial aid. They don’t help you with anything or send you a email notification they expect you to find out things when the semester begins and charge you with big amount of money. The financial office workers are so rude and they don’t help students they hang up the phone on your face for asking questions. This is the second time they charge me with big amounts and missing most of my tansfered credit that I had retake classes that have the same concept I already took them in my other school. They don’t care about students financial statues they just want to take your money and leave you with debts to pay to the bank. They lie to you and blame you for not coming to them or reaching out to them while you call them and ask them question and they tell you go read the instructions I don’t understand if I read the instructions and I don’t understand and I call them they can’t be of help. They need to change the system and make it better I have gone to umass Boston with my husband and they make things easy for students I don’t understand why umass Dartmouth makes things hard for students.

Tori Winters

Decent schooling, terrible and expensive parking, all research and science buildings are falling apart like seriously waterfalls indoors during the rain

Jasmine Graslie

Great school, great professors, awesome memories

Stephen Chase

Excellent college!!!!!

Joanna Dufresne

UMD was a great school to go to. I lived on campus and it has a close knit feel. This school is a nice size, it wasn't too big or too small. The acedemic programs are top notch esspecially the Nursing and Engineering programs. This school also has a great art program. I would highly recomend UMD to any prospective students.

Brandon Healy

Has one of the top Medical Laboratory Science programs in the country! Wouldn't be where I am today without the professors here