A glimpse at UMass Chan Medical School
Deeply rooted in its educational goal of providing quality medical, research and nursing education to its students, UMass Chan Medical School is known for its collaborative research in areas such as of RNA therapeutics, gene therapy and digital medicine; and home to two Nobel Prize winners: Craig C. Mello, PhD, (2006), and Victor R. Ambros, PhD (2024). The Medical School’s clinical partner is UMass Memorial Health and there are regional campuses in Springfield (focused on population-based health) and Burlington (focused on leadership).
How we rank
UMass Chan Medical School is consistently ranked among the top U.S. medical schools and schools of osteopathic medicine for excellence in primary care education by U.S. News & World Report in its annual review of “Best Graduate Schools.”
Beyond its core mission of distinction in medical education, UMass Chan Medical School is a major center for research. UMass Chan received about $2 million in federal and private research funding in 1977. In fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025) the research enterprise received more than $305 million in federal and private research funding.
In federal fiscal year 2025 (Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025), UMass Chan received $189.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health.
The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) annually ranks medical schools on the amount of NIH funding received. BRIMR’s 2025 list ranks the institution 37th out of 145 medical schools. UMass Chan is the highest ranked medical school in New England for NIH funding.
UMass Chan is home to more than 6,400 employees.
2025 facts and figures
FY25 (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025) revenue
State appropriation: $79.8 million
State contracts: $50.2 million
Public service: $518.2 million
Research: $298.3 million
Sales and services: $108.5 million
Other revenue: $187 million
Total: $1.242 billion
Education
Faculty (as of Oct. 2025): 4,121
Fall 2025 enrollment
T.H. Chan School of Medicine
- 849 MD students
- 40 MD/PhD students
- 5,449 alumni
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 321 PhD students
- 298 Basic Biomedical Sciences Umbrella Pathway
- 14 Population Health Sciences Pathway
- 4 Biophysical, Chemical and Computational Biology Pathway
- 5 Millennium PhD Program
- 39 MD/PhD students
- 4 Master of Science in Clinical Investigation students
- 1,452 alumni
Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
- 216 DNP students
- 15 PhD students
- 9 Post-Graduate Certificate students
- 5 Master of Science in nursing and interprofessional leadership students
- 1,620 alumni