Peer Institutions & Urban Coalitions
UMass Boston’s Peer Institutions
The following institutions have been identified for comparison purposes. Each university in the UMass system has a set of peer institutions that are used as benchmarks in the UMass President’s Office Performance Measurement System (PMS):
Cleveland State University
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Louisville
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Memphis
University of Missouri—Kansas City
University of Nevada, Reno
Provost’s Aspirational Peers
The following institutions have been identified by the Provost as aspirational peers for UMass Boston:
George Mason University
Georgia State University
Temple University
University of Memphis
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Houston
University of Toledo
Urban Coalitions
UMass Boston is a member of the following urban coalitions:
Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU):
Member List
link to website
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU):
Member List
link to website
