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University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA · Public · 11,512 students · mostly bachelor degrees
38th-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$17,707
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$30,544
Graduation rate
49%
Admission rate
84%
Median graduate earnings
$65,865
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,974
Average SAT
1194
Median ACT
27
Pell grant recipients
42%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
139 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree45 grads/yr$126,694Management Science · Master's Degree89 grads/yr$112,856Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree71 grads/yr$112,398Educational/Instructional Technology · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$108,956Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$100,902Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Doctoral Degree7 grads/yr$98,666Accounting · Master's Degree25 grads/yr$98,398Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree372 grads/yr$95,648Biochemistry · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$85,296Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree114 grads/yr$83,405Public Administration · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$81,029Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree89 grads/yr$76,298Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree414 grads/yr$72,746Gerontology · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$71,482Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree85 grads/yr$70,552Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$70,150Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree45 grads/yr$68,868Foreign Languages and Literatures, General · Master's Degree40 grads/yr$67,132Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$66,853Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree206 grads/yr$65,815English Language and Literature, General · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$64,893Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree162 grads/yr$64,665Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$63,131College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$63,123Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree144 grads/yr$62,222
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.