Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 157 Title IV programs, 38 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 118 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing38 · 24.2%
- No Data118 · 75.2%
- Failing1 · 0.6%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 8
Action history · 8
- Nov 2025Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Counseling Psychology (COPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Jul 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Apr 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,173 students received $36.3M in Pell grants, alongside $60.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,433 borrowers who entered repayment, 69 (2.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UMB
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus4
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UMB vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UMB selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston | 49% | — | 15,575 | $17,707 | R2 Research |
| 65% | 83.0% | 16,598 | $17,163 | R2 Research | |
| 52% | 90.6% | 7,968 | $20,927 | R2 Research | |
| 79% | 65.3% | 14,476 | $19,343 | R2 Research | |
| 72% | 72.2% | 17,210 | $21,440 | R2 Research | |
| 57% | 60.0% | 15,544 | $3,776 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 61% | 72.2% | 15,560 | $18,525 |
Institutions like UMB
Explore the federal data for institutions in UMB's comparison group.
- R2 ResearchMassachusetts
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Grad rate65%Admit rate83.0%Enrollment16,598Net price$17,163View data - R2 ResearchMassachusetts
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Grad rate52%Admit rate90.6%Enrollment7,968Net price$20,927View data - R2 ResearchVermont
University of Vermont
Grad rate79%Admit rate65.3%Enrollment14,476Net price$19,343View data - R2 ResearchRhode Island
University of Rhode Island
Grad rate72%Admit rate72.2%Enrollment17,210Net price$21,440View data - R2 ResearchNew York
CUNY City College
Grad rate57%Admit rate60.0%Enrollment15,544Net price$3,776View data
UMB Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning is your primary source for official campus statistics, complying with federal, state, and university reporting standards and requirements. We conduct student surveys and special research studies in support of university policy formation, assessment, and accountability.
Visit IR office page- Annie LinDirector of Institutional Research
- Ping WuSenior Reporting, Coordinator, Institutional Research
Common Data Set
UMB's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Where grant aid comes from
H152% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H566% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $27,117 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I338% of classes have under 20 students; 7% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~19% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D13,205 transfer applicants → 2,568 admitted (80.2%) → 1,131 enrolled
Source publications
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