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Bachelor's · Boston, Massachusetts

Is Community Organization and Advocacy at University of Massachusetts-Boston worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
Not enough graduates to report
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$64,920
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
Not enough borrowers to report
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$96k (likely $96k – $131k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6.6 years (likely 3.7–14.3)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$102k (likely −$249k – $76k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$149k (likely −$135k – $515k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
51%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP classes

  • AP Psychology
  • AP English Language and Composition
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Psychology HL
  • Language A HL

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