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Common Data Set 2024-2025

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

MA · Public · ~12,100 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
83.0%

University of Massachusetts-Lowell's admit rate has risen 20.8 percentage points across the 20 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1270
Range 1200–1360
6-yr grad
65.0%
Retention 84.0%
Undergrads
12,122
17:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Massachusetts-Lowell's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set.
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate83.0% SAT (50th)1,270 ACT (50th)29 Undergraduates12,122 6-yr graduation65.0% Retention84.0% Tuition (FT)$36,264 Student–faculty ratio17:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202583.0%2,01165.0%84.0%1,270
2023-202485.2%2,02070.0%82.0%1,260
2022-202385.9%1,88971.0%84.0%1,250
2021-202284.6%1,86469.0%82.0%—
2020-202175.1%2,03069.0%84.0%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Massachusetts-Lowell applicants also apply
University of Massachusetts-AmherstMA · 59.9% admit · SAT 1410 · 24,019 UG University of New Hampshire-Main CampusNH · 89.1% admit · SAT 1230 · 10,900 UG Northeastern UniversityMA · 5.6% admit · SAT 1480 · 22,456 UG University of Rhode IslandRI · 77.1% admit · SAT 1220 · 13,904 UG University of ConnecticutCT · 52.4% admit · SAT 1340 · 20,056 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
St. John's University-New YorkNY · 83.4% admit · SAT 1244 · 9,477 UG Loyola University ChicagoIL · 75.1% admit · SAT 1297 · 12,640 UG DePaul UniversityIL · 87.8% admit · SAT 1235 · 14,338 UG University of Alabama at BirminghamAL · 88.2% admit · SAT 1340 · 11,959 UG Marquette UniversityWI · 78.0% admit · SAT 1300 · 8,206 UG

What the data says about University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools University of Massachusetts-Lowell applicants most commonly also apply to range from 5.6% admit to 89.1% admit — a 83.5 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.

University of Massachusetts-Lowell's 83.0% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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