Career outcomes brief

University of Massachusetts-Boston Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated October 1, 2026

How much do University of Massachusetts-Boston graduates earn?

The reported median is $69,532 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is $3,922 per year.

University of Massachusetts-Boston shows a return picture that is favorable on both model-based and peer measures. Azimuth places its return in the 81st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $16,376 more than expects for similar students, a result in the 93rd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,234.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $8,142. Four years after completion, median earnings are $69,532, placing the university in the 75th percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions of the same type and size, is $65,610, and the university sits $3,922 above it. Both comparisons point above their reference points.

Program choice makes the earnings range wide: earnings scenarios run from $53,122 on the downside to $92,751 on the upside four years after completion. These are scenarios rather than observed groups, across 22 programs with published earnings data.

At the upper end, Electrical Engineering completers have median earnings of $100,902, Nursing completers reach $95,648, and Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology completers earn $85,296, each four years after completion.

Graduate study is part of the context for reading the university's early earnings figures. An estimated 31.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so they describe a narrower group than all completers.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $69,532
Rank for difference from expectations: 93rd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of Massachusetts-Boston reported median: $69,532
Peer schools comparable schools · $3,922 below University of Massachusetts-Boston: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $16,376 below University of Massachusetts-Boston: $53,156

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $53,122
Median · reported: $69,532
Higher estimate: $92,751

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do University of Massachusetts-Boston graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

University of Massachusetts-Boston graduates’ reported earnings are $16,376 above that expectation, the 93rd percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of Massachusetts-Boston caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of Massachusetts-Boston report the highest earnings?

University of Massachusetts-Boston pairs a large Nursing program with markedly different earnings across other fields. Nursing recorded 483 degrees awarded and median earnings of $95,648 four years after completion.

Electrical Engineering, a smaller program with 30 degrees awarded, posted $100,902 at the same point. These higher-earning fields sit well above the school’s more moderate program outcomes.

Business Administration and Management awarded 433 degrees and had median earnings of $72,746 four years after completion. Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology awarded 23 degrees, with median earnings of $85,296; Azimuth ranks it #6 nationally within its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The contrast shows that program choice accompanies a wide range of four-year earnings.

Of the 20 nationally ranked bachelor’s programs, one is Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, though larger offerings shape much of the degree output. Azimuth places Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology at #6 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

It awarded 23 degrees, and completers had median earnings of $85,296 four years after completion. Nursing awarded 483 degrees and had median earnings of $95,648 four years after completion.

Business Administration and Management awarded 433 degrees, with median earnings of $72,746. Biology awarded 222 degrees and posted median earnings of $65,815. The larger programs therefore span a wide range of earnings outcomes.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering: $100,902
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: $95,648
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology: $85,296
Computer and Information Sciences, General: $83,405
Business Administration, Management and Operations: $72,746
Economics: $70,552
Biology, General: $65,815
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness: $64,665

Explore University of Massachusetts-Boston program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Modeled from the program mix, the scenarios show that earnings can vary markedly by field. The downside earnings scenario is $53,122, the typical scenario is $69,532, and the upside scenario is $92,751.

At the high end, Electrical Engineering has median earnings of $100,902 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Psychology is at $52,200. This spread puts the modeled range in concrete fields.

University of Massachusetts-Boston records a median of $69,532 in earnings four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, drawn from a cohort of 3,232. That figure lands at the 75th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

It sits $3,922 above the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $16,376 more than the model expects for similar students.

That result falls at the 93rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios derived from the program mix show a typical outcome of $69,532, a downside of $53,122, and an upside of $92,751.

These figures represent earnings scenarios, not observed groups. Based on the program mix, an estimated 31.2% of graduates continue to graduate study.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.