unitid 166638 · Boston, MA · public 4-year · city (large)
University of Massachusetts-Boston
- enrollment 2023
- 18,328
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
84%
51st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
11,512
76th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
42%
undergrads on Pell grants
76th pctl among public 4-years
completion
49%
finish within 150% time
57th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$30,544
89th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,707
after aid, aided students
82nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$65,865
after entry, Title IV students
86th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,974
71st 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 $14,070 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
- 0-30k38%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+17%
- Median family income
- $31,247
- First-generation students
- 43%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $15,908
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.0× 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. | 414 | $71,306 | $25,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 372 | $94,210 | $30,343 |
| Psychology, General. | 251 | $55,661 | $26,004 |
| Biology, General. | 206 | $67,991 | $25,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 162 | $69,810 | $26,808 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 144 | $59,781 | $27,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 114 | $85,753 | $24,391 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 89 | $69,295 | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 89 | — | — |
| Economics. | 85 | $75,739 | $26,994 |
| Computer Science. | 75 | — | — |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 75 | $48,236 | $26,960 |
— 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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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.