Master's · Lowell, Massachusetts
Is Public Health at University of Massachusetts-Lowell worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,774
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $79,176
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $39,105
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $41k (likely $41k – $41k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.9 years (likely 5.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$173k (likely −$260k – −$51k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$45k (likely −$248k – $219k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Computer Science (Master's)$151,603
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- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$117,288
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$111,662
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Public Health at other schools in Massachusetts
- Harvard University$153,029
- Tufts University$106,072
- Boston University$88,820
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$87,975
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst$84,978
- Northeastern University$81,227
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$81,227
- Simmons University$70,908