University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA
University of Massachusetts-Lowell is a public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, a suburb of a large city, with 11,434 undergraduates. Engineering and computer science are its signature fields: together they make up 32% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 65% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $64,874 ten years after starting.
University of Massachusetts-Lowell admitted 11,345 of 13,676 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (83%).
- Acceptance rate
- 83%
- Fall 2024 class
- In-state tuition
- $16,966
- $36,264 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $17,163
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1200–1360
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Massachusetts-Lowell is known for
Measured by the 2,959 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Engineering
19.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 6.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Computer science
12.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 5.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations61520.8% of degrees$75,859+11% vs $68,257 nationally
- Computer Science2187.4% of degrees$111,612About the $107,009 national median
- Psychology2107.1% of degrees$57,489+13% vs $50,706 nationally
- Criminal Justice and Corrections2107.1% of degrees$66,258+20% vs $55,378 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering1565.3% of degrees$94,841About the $92,135 national median
- Information Science/Studies1444.9% of degrees$89,715+5% vs $85,294 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Lowell, MA
Undergraduates
11,434
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Three things University of Massachusetts-Lowell published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
University of Massachusetts-Lowell files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 27% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The admit rate rose from 72% to 85% over 5 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 5 years
45 admitted from a waitlist of 572.
240 students accepted a place on that list, and 45 were admitted from it, 18.8% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
83%
11,345 admitted of 13,676 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1200–1360
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
25–32
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
3.72
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
27%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at University of Massachusetts-Lowell?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Massachusetts-Lowell costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $16,966 ($36,264 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $30,786. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $17,163 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$16,966
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$36,264
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$30,786
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$17,163
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $30,786 full cost.
- Under $30k$9,943Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$10,199Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$12,141Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$16,460Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$26,139Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
65%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
84%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$64,874
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,704
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 72% to 85%.
What University of Massachusetts-Lowell says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 572
- Accepted the place
- 240
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 45
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: you would write all 2.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Massachusetts
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Western New England University83.3%
- Lasell University82.3%
- Suffolk University84.7%
- Framingham State University84.9%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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