unitid 166513 · Lowell, MA · public 4-year · suburb (large)
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
- enrollment 2023
- 20,800
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
83%
50th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
11,434
75th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
45th pctl among public 4-years
completion
65%
finish within 150% time
84th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$30,786
90th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,163
after aid, aided students
79th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$64,874
after entry, Title IV students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,704
83rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,943 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k21%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+34%
- Median family income
- $53,801
- First-generation students
- 32%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,966
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 615 | $69,684 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 488 | $118,511 | — |
| Computer Science. | 218 | $127,238 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 210 | $52,247 | $25,925 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 210 | $66,631 | $26,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 156 | $95,465 | $27,000 |
| Information Science/Studies. | 144 | $85,758 | $27,820 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 126 | $77,553 | — |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | 123 | $95,858 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 114 | $77,274 | $26,747 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 99 | $93,215 | $27,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 94 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.