Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of Massachusetts - Lowell is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and approximately 18,150 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 654 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UMass Lowell.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UMass Lowell Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UMass Lowell Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UMass Lowell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UMass Lowell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	91
	132
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	265

In 2021, 287 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UMass Lowell. This makes it the #41 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UMass Lowell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

UMass Lowell Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 654 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from UMass Lowell in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UMass Lowell are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts - Lowell with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	392
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

UMass Lowell Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 287 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UMass Lowell, about 81% were men and 19% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UMass Lowell, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts - Lowell with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	155
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UMass Lowell also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 33 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Massachusetts - Lowell. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	286
Electrical Engineering	178
Civil Engineering	135
Polymer & Plastics Engineering	117
Chemical Engineering	97
Computer Engineering	85
Biomedical Engineering	76
Other Engineering	27

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.