as of 2013, an average of 250 students were annually receiving bachelor's degrees through the umass university without walls program, out of approximately 5,000 total undergraduate degrees annually awarded by the university of massachusetts. between 1971 and 2015, the university of massachusetts had awarded approximately 3,000 degrees to students through the uww program. the program enrolls more students who are veterans of the u.s. armed forces than any other academic department at the university of massachusetts.