by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of Massachusetts - Lowell was awarded 422 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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UMass Lowell is ranked #288 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UMass Lowell held the #491 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UMass Lowell also holds the #21 spot on the Best Colleges in Massachusetts ranking.
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When it comes to admittance, University of Massachusetts - Lowell is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 85%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 26% of students accepted to UMass Lowell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 590 and 680.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, University of Massachusetts - Lowell is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Massachusetts - Lowell is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Massachusetts - Lowell enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UMass Lowell the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 41%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,813 undergraduates at UMass Lowell with 10,637 being full-time and 3,176 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,497 | $14,124 | $17,113 | $22,512 | $26,598 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UMass Lowell, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UMass Lowell, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $6,063 a year. That adds up to $24,252 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UMass Lowell is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UMass Lowell are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854 |
| Phone: | 978-934-4000 |
| Website: | www.uml.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/umlowell |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/umasslowell |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 623 | $46,402 |
| General Psychology | 230 | $33,235 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 214 | $40,247 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 214 | $63,402 |
| Information Science | 203 | $60,218 |
| Computer Science | 193 | $73,995 |
| General Biology | 164 | $39,628 |
| Electrical Engineering | 119 | $69,655 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 103 | $35,536 |
| Civil Engineering | 97 | $59,999 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 6,719 students took at least one online class at University of Massachusetts - Lowell. This is a decrease from the 17,960 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 6,719 | 5,042 |
| 2019-2020 | 17,960 | 15,729 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,831 | 4,064 |
| 2017-2018 | 5,818 | 4,103 |
| 2016-2017 | 5,943 | 4,101 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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