Overview

Students in the University of Massachusetts Lowell Economics major develop a comprehensive understanding of the conceptual and analytical tools needed to make sense of real-world events, as well as the technical abilities needed to be successful in a wide range of career paths and graduate studies.

Learning outcomes

Identify the role of demand and supply in a market economy in allocating resources and generating the distribution of incomes to factors of production.

Articulate the advantages of a market system and the role of prices in achieving allocational and productive efficiency.

Identify the sources and consequences of “market failure.”

Critically evaluate controversies about the appropriate scope of, and approaches to, government regulation in conditions of market failure.

Critically evaluate controversies from an economic efficiency and distributional equity perspective over the use of government tax and transfer policies to redistribute income

Critically evaluate controversies over attempts to use fiscal policy and/or central bank monetary policy to maintain aggregate growth consistent with full employment and inflation stability.

Show competencies in interpreting economic data, critically evaluating empirical claims in economics and drawing appropriate inferences from economic studies.

Effectively demonstrate their ability to apply economic theory to the framing and analysis of economic problems using graphs, algebra, and quantitative statistical methods.

Demonstrate knowledge of relevant historic data and empirical findings in at least one of the content areas listed in outcomes 4-6.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Economics of Social Issues

Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

Statistics for Business and Economics

Labor Economics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-25 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-12 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-07 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lowell, United States

Disciplines

Economics View 1478 other Bachelors in Economics in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.5

English requirements

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General requirements

A completed application for a daytime, on-campus program.

You are considered a first-year student if you have not taken any post-secondary/college coursework. Your application should include your high school or secondary school records, including results from culminating or leaving examinations.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions only accepts official high school records, leaving certificates, and or graduation examination results or their notarized copies. All documents in foreign languages must be professionally translated and notarized. We only accept official transcripts sent directly from the school or a Ministry of Education.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

36610 USD / year

≈ 36610 USD / year
Out-of-State

36610 USD / year

≈ 36610 USD / year
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In-State

16814 USD / year

≈ 16814 USD / year

Living costs

Lowell

United States

1130 - 2341 USD / month

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