University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts · Public

Of 67 assessed programs, 66 leave graduates out-earning a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 114 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$9,943
$30k to $48k	$10,199
$48k to $75k	$12,141
$75k to $110k	$16,460
$110k and up	$26,139
All families (average)	$17,163

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

67 of 181 programs could be assessed 37% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$75,859	+$34,815	clears the bar	$21,500	0.6 yrs	603
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$119,730	+$78,686	clears the bar	$21,720	0.3 yrs	430
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$66,258	+$25,214	clears the bar	$21,502	0.9 yrs	207
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$57,489	+$16,445	clears the bar	$23,250	1.4 yrs	192
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$111,612	+$70,568	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	173
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,841	+$53,797	clears the bar	$25,000	0.5 yrs	166
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$89,715	+$48,671	clears the bar	$21,990	0.5 yrs	160
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$76,149	+$35,105	clears the bar	$22,750	0.6 yrs	117
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,054	+$60,010	clears the bar	$25,413	0.4 yrs	106
English	Bachelor's Degree	$54,039	+$12,995	clears the bar	$25,000	1.9 yrs	94
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$93,650	+$52,606	clears the bar	$27,000	0.5 yrs	91
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$51,492	+$10,448	clears the bar	$22,625	2.2 yrs	87
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$109,714	+$68,670	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	87
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$128,785	+$87,741	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	78
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$65,429	+$24,385	clears the bar	$24,982	1.0 yrs	67
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,547	+$56,503	clears the bar	$26,277	0.5 yrs	66
International Relations	Master's Degree	$103,784	+$62,740	clears the bar	$19,662	0.3 yrs	63
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$105,490 1-year earnings	+$64,446	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	60
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,972	+$53,928	clears the bar	$26,825	0.5 yrs	59
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$132,707	+$91,663	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	57
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$66,277	+$25,233	clears the bar	$20,500	0.8 yrs	57
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$83,233	+$42,189	clears the bar	$27,000	0.6 yrs	55
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$137,144	+$96,100	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	55
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$72,826	+$31,782	clears the bar	$23,735	0.7 yrs	54
Criminal Justice	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$50,742	+$9,698	clears the bar	$9,500	1.0 yrs	50
Criminal Justice	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$97,509	+$56,465	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	47
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$53,384	+$12,340	clears the bar	$27,000	2.2 yrs	47
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$117,288	+$76,244	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$86,040	+$44,996	clears the bar	$26,393	0.6 yrs	44
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$100,428	+$59,384	clears the bar	$27,000	0.5 yrs	42
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Master's Degree	$107,285	+$66,241	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$65,990	+$24,946	clears the bar	$20,500	0.8 yrs	40
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$94,416	+$53,372	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
History	Bachelor's Degree	$55,973	+$14,929	clears the bar	$22,564	1.5 yrs	31
Nursing	Master's Degree	$125,044	+$84,000	clears the bar	$34,093	0.4 yrs	30
Public Health	Master's Degree	$73,712	+$32,668	clears the bar	$38,228	1.2 yrs	29
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$104,509 1-year earnings	+$63,465	clears the bar	$19,765	0.3 yrs	28
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	$130,170	+$89,126	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$63,584	+$22,540	clears the bar	$18,173	0.8 yrs	28
Accounting	Master's Degree	$111,662	+$70,618	clears the bar	$23,375	0.3 yrs	28
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$41,020 1-year earnings	-$24	falls short	$24,075	insufficient data	27
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$119,763	+$78,719	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$69,694	+$28,650	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	$107,285	+$66,241	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Finance	Master's Degree	$72,648 1-year earnings	+$31,604	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$59,783	+$18,739	clears the bar	$26,125	1.4 yrs	24
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$82,921	+$41,877	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$74,568	+$33,524	clears the bar	$26,737	0.8 yrs	23
Information Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$91,498	+$50,454	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$78,018	+$36,974	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Computer Science	Master's Degree	$151,603	+$110,559	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Information Science	Associate's Degree	$75,423	+$34,379	clears the bar	$16,496	0.5 yrs	19
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$69,604	+$28,560	clears the bar	$27,307	1.0 yrs	18
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,361	+$14,317	clears the bar	$21,500	1.5 yrs	18
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$76,822	+$35,778	clears the bar	$23,250	0.6 yrs	17
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$52,637	+$11,593	clears the bar	$25,974	2.2 yrs	17
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$91,438	+$50,394	clears the bar	$21,677	0.4 yrs	15
Biology	Master's Degree	$72,633 1-year earnings	+$31,589	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$120,219	+$79,175	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Computer and Information Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$85,543	+$44,499	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Physics	Master's Degree	$95,208	+$54,164	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Mathematics	Master's Degree	$47,710 1-year earnings	+$6,666	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Master's Degree	$57,229 1-year earnings	+$16,185	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$68,629	+$27,585	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Psychology	Master's Degree	$59,191 1-year earnings	+$18,147	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$72,958	+$31,914	clears the bar	$26,147	0.8 yrs	0
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$85,128	+$44,084	clears the bar	$61,500	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	89
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$24,776	insufficient data	48
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Computer Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Accounting	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Engineering, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Design	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Medical Laboratory Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Pharmacy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Engineering, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Business	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Medical Laboratory Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Computer Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
International/Globalization Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Pharmacy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Research Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Finance	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Public Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Engineering, General	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Marketing	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer Programming	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Teacher Education (by subject)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Engineering, General	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Biomedical Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Chemical Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Mechanical Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Engineering, Other	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Statistics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Security Science and Technology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer and Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Electrical Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($41,044/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.