The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst currently has approximately 1732 active undergraduate students and almost 90 faculty. Our incoming first-year undergraduate students have a strong academic background with an average GPA and SAT score of 4.2 and 1429 respectively. Students closely interact with the CICS faculty in classes, in research labs, and in a variety of academic and community events.
The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences offers a number of degree programs:
The BS is computer science is focused on courses in our own college and is excellent preparation for a professional career or a graduate degree in computer science. The BS in Informatics and the BA in computer science are interdisciplinary and include courses from other departments at UMass as part of the degree. These outside courses are chosen by the student, and they reflect our field's broad relevance. The minor is intended to complement another UMass Amherst major and consists of five courses in total.