Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (16% of graduates). 15 students for every faculty member, more than at 66% of colleges. 60% of faculty are full-time. Spends $19,582 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
2,436 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 54% of graduates; 47 programs in 22 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020116% 394Graduates in this field earn $72,746 4 years out
- Nursing Science 51.380814% 329Graduates in this field earn $95,648 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.010111% 269Graduates in this field earn $52,200 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01018.4% 205Graduates in this field earn $65,815 4 years out
- Computer Science 11.07015.1% 125
Fastest-growing field: Computer science, 4.6% → 10% of graduates since 2014–15 (249 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$100,902 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $82,118
4 years after completion$100,902National median: $100,647About typicalMedian federal debt: $24,477 · 54 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$95,648 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $79,672
4 years after completion$95,648National median: $88,910Above typical4 years out, Pell: $84,445 · Non-Pell: $80,522(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $24,100 · 855 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$85,296 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $50,352
4 years after completion$85,296National median: $65,466Above typical4 years out, Pell: $66,190 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $23,125 · 39 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$83,405 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $58,909
4 years after completion$83,405National median: $92,374Below typical4 years out, Pell: $72,599 · Non-Pell: $83,437(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $21,585 · 251 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$72,746 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $49,417
4 years after completion$72,746National median: $68,257Above typical4 years out, Pell: $59,342 · Non-Pell: $70,519(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $21,062 · 847 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 16 to 1 in its Common Data Set (12,490 students, 792 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
38%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 7% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 159 | 9% |
| 10–19 | 479 | 28% |
| 20–29 | 516 | 31% |
| 30–39 | 330 | 20% |
| 40–49 | 89 | 5% |
| 50–99 | 69 | 4% |
| 100+ | 41 | 2% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- English as a Second Language
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, a foreign language, history, physical education, humanities, intensive writing, math, and philosophy.
$114,487
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;University of Massachusetts-Boston Common Data Set 2022–23, Fall 2022;University of Massachusetts-Boston Common Data Set 2022–23, 2022–23;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)