UMass Lowell's commitment to affordability includes a wide range of scholarships, financial aid and paid internships on campus for graduate students.
Last year, the university awarded more than $200 million in financial aid. The university offers several reduced tuition programs for qualifying students.
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You may qualify for federal student aid and other need-based scholarships as a graduate student. To be considered for financial assistance, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
A generous scholarship, the International Provost’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, brought Sid Iyer to UMass Lowell. He later found other scholarships through the university’s scholarship portal to help him with the rest of his tuition and living expenses.
Jessica Tran’s parents encouraged her to become the first in the family to graduate from college but couldn’t help her financially. To make her college dreams a reality, Tran applied for and received financial aid from UMass Lowell.
Minu Mohan gained financial support through a research assistantship, which also provided hands-on research experience and helped her get a job soon after graduation.
At the encouragement of her accounting professors, Sarah Curley applied for, and received, a $5,000 MassCPA scholarship that was sponsored by accounting firm RSM in Boston. She also won a scholarship from the Boston chapter of Financial Executives International.