University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 2,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 9,922
Men / Women 58% / 42%
From State 89%
From Region 6%
Athletes 429 (4.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 48%
Hispanic 17%
Asian 14%
Black 11%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
University of Massachusetts - Lowell 2,625 57% 54% 14% 8% 14% 2% $76,471 63 -0.16 80 96% 6.2%
Biomedical Engineering 42 — 52% 60% 12% 10% 14% 2% $103,486 73 +0.41 96 — — — — —
Chemical Engineering 43 — 72% 51% 7% 9% 19% 2% $92,292 10 -1.36 91 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering 66 — 86% 59% 8% 8% 15% 3% $83,095 7 -1.32 86 97% — — — —
Computer Engineering 51 — 92% 33% 25% 8% 14% 10% $102,422 18 -0.69 96 92% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 84 — 89% 45% 15% 6% 15% 5% $100,867 13 -0.76 95 97% — — — —
Environmental Engineering 7 — 71% 57% 29% 14% 0% 0% $88,936 74 +0.49 90 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering 6 — 67% 50% 17% 0% 0% 0% $96,464 10 -1.11 94 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 168 — 91% 61% 10% 6% 12% 3% $94,484 26 -0.59 93 98% — — — —
Plastics Engineering 16 — 75% 75% 6% 0% 12% 0% $95,516 50 +0.12 93 98% — — — —
Computer Science 152 +1 89% 43% 34% 3% 9% 3% $117,460 48 -0.22 99 96% — — — —
Information Technology 120 — 77% 63% 13% 6% 9% 0% $91,336 38 -0.34 91 94% 4.1% — — —
Applied Mathematics 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $84,542 21 -0.77 87 — — — — —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 6 — 50% 83% 17% 0% 0% 0% $64,343 53 -0.07 61 — — — — —
Chemistry 29 — 48% 45% 14% 7% 14% 3% $72,279 61 +0.07 75 100% — — — —
Mathematics 41 +3 73% 61% 15% 7% 2% 0% $78,444 49 -0.26 82 95% — — — —
Physics — — — — — — — — $83,753 55 +0.01 86 100% — — — —
Physics 11 — 91% 73% 0% 9% 9% 9% $83,753 55 +0.01 86 100% — — — —
Biology 115 — 31% 43% 23% 8% 17% 3% $73,468 84 +0.81 76 98% — — — —
Environmental Science 23 — 48% 65% 9% 0% 17% 0% $60,489 65 +0.23 52 96% — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 22 — 14% 59% 5% 5% 14% 9% $63,523 44 -0.04 60 96% — — — —
Applied Biomedical Sciences 32 — 22% 66% 9% 6% 12% 0% $73,365 31 -0.39 76 97% — — — —
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 65 — 51% 66% 11% 5% 9% 3% $60,140 45 -0.19 51 — — — — —
Nursing 75 — 7% 53% 15% 16% 11% 0% $87,099 32 -0.51 88 99% — — — —
Pharmaceutical Sciences 16 — 44% 38% 19% 12% 25% 0% $117,861 36 +0.01 99 — — — — —
Public Health 60 — 30% 37% 20% 20% 15% 0% $63,081 44 -0.19 59 97% — — — —
Actuarial Science 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $87,117 18 -0.81 89 — — — — —
Business Management and Administration 564 — 63% 48% 20% 7% 16% 2% $76,551 62 -0.06 80 96% 5.2% — — —
Economics 25 — 68% 44% 8% 12% 8% 4% $65,196 4 -1.23 63 87% 7.0% — — —
Economics 11 +2 82% 36% 0% 9% 18% 18% $65,196 4 -1.23 63 87% 7.0% — — —
American Studies 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,299 40 -0.39 36 — — — — —
English 64 +1 36% 70% 2% 9% 14% 0% $48,501 32 -0.48 21 96% 10.5% — — —
Foreign Languages 3 +9 33% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $49,714 20 -0.74 24 — — — — —
History 27 +1 74% 85% 4% 0% 7% 4% $50,124 23 -0.66 25 93% — — — —
Philosophy 9 +4 56% 78% 11% 0% 11% 0% $50,677 20 -0.81 26 95% — — — —
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 2 +1 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,470 27 -0.48 59 — — — — —
Political Science 31 +2 42% 68% 3% 13% 13% 3% $67,350 38 -0.36 67 98% — — — —
Psychology 246 +4 21% 57% 6% 13% 19% 2% $53,233 42 -0.28 33 94% 7.4% — — —
Sociology 16 +2 25% 38% 12% 25% 12% 0% $55,619 52 -0.11 39 96% — — — —
Elementary Education 31 — 29% 77% 10% 0% 10% 0% $50,984 43 -0.19 27 — — — — —
General Education 82 — 40% 50% 0% 12% 32% 0% $52,809 39 -0.26 32 93% 7.8% — — —
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 21 — 76% 52% 10% 10% 14% 0% $50,747 42 -0.33 26 — — — — —
Fine Arts and Art Studies 23 — 39% 65% 0% 9% 17% 0% $49,586 66 +0.30 23 90% — — — —
Graphic Design 20 — 20% 55% 25% 0% 10% 5% $55,391 35 -0.36 39 96% — — — —
Music Management 4 — 50% 0% 0% 50% 25% 0% $50,859 67 +0.44 26 — — — — —
Music Pedagogy 5 — 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,435 65 +0.40 25 97% — — — —
Music Performance 4 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,435 65 +0.40 25 96% — — — —
Music Technology 7 — 100% 71% 0% 14% 14% 0% $50,435 65 +0.40 25 96% — — — —
Sound Arts 12 — 75% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,435 65 +0.40 25 96% — — — —
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration 157 +3 45% 64% 8% 10% 13% 0% $69,040 91 +1.26 70 97% 6.5% — — —
Electrical Engineering Technology 2 — 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $98,210 89 +0.79 94 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians 5 — 100% 40% 40% 0% 20% 0% $113,470 99 +2.06 98 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $17,824
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $38,580
Est. In-State Cost $23,057
Est. Out-of-State Cost $49,907
ROI Percentile 80th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 44%
6-Year Graduation Rate 65%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 22.9% 601 64% 47% 19% 7% 16% 3% $75,888 42 -0.13 79 95% 5.3%
Engineering 18.4% 483 84% 54% 12% 7% 14% 4% $95,442 19 -0.68 93 97% —
Social Sciences 11.2% 295 24% 58% 6% 13% 18% 2% $54,915 34 -0.28 37 94% 7.4%
Computer Science 10.4% 272 83% 52% 25% 4% 9% 2% $105,935 41 -0.27 97 95% 4.1%
Health Sciences 9.4% 248 28% 53% 15% 12% 12% 1% $74,435 38 -0.30 78 98% —
Professional 6.2% 164 47% 62% 9% 10% 14% 0% $70,750 57 +1.28 73 97% 6.5%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.4% 115 31% 43% 23% 8% 17% 3% $73,468 80 +0.81 76 98% —
Education 4.3% 113 37% 58% 3% 9% 26% 0% $52,308 41 -0.25 30 93% 7.8%
Humanities 4.0% 105 48% 75% 3% 6% 12% 1% $49,250 17 -0.56 22 95% 10.5%
Arts 3.7% 96 54% 65% 7% 7% 11% 1% $51,350 50 +0.06 28 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.4% 88 66% 59% 12% 7% 7% 2% $76,184 43 -0.11 79 97% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.7% 45 31% 62% 7% 2% 16% 4% $61,972 59 +0.10 56 96% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $57.7M #89 42% $3.6M 39 #89 247 12
Physical Sciences & Math $20.5M #128 59% $0.8M 31 #93 109 10
Life & Natural Sciences $12.0M #148 40% $0.6M 1 #231 23 3
Health Sciences $10.4M #136 67% $0.1M 8 #154 61 —
Computer Science $8.0M #103 81% $0.3M 7 #115 69 1
Humanities & Social Sciences $7.8M #167 41% $0.1M 12 #220 58 —
Education $1.5M #201 65% $0.1M 45 #72 — —
Business & Economics $1.2M #202 18% $0 6 #168 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — 2
Total $119M #150 50% $5.7M 149 #136 567 28

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 232 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Lacrosse 44 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Baseball 38 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Ice Hockey 32 $4.1M $3.9M $169K
Soccer 30 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Basketball 15 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Total 252 $11.1M $11.0M $169K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 131 $823K $823K $0
Lacrosse 39 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Soccer 31 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Field Hockey 24 $1.2M $1.2M $1
Softball 16 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Basketball 15 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Total 177 $7.4M $7.4M $1
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 363 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Lacrosse 83 $2.4M $2.4M $0
Soccer 61 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Baseball 38 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Ice Hockey 32 $4.1M $3.9M $169K
Basketball 30 $4.4M $4.4M $0
Field Hockey 24 $1.2M $1.2M $1
Softball 16 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Total 429 $25.2M $24.9M $223K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (non-ED) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 29%
SAT Range 1180 – 1370
SAT Math Range 590 – 690
SAT RW Range 590 – 680