Manning School Quick Facts

The Robert J. Manning School of Business at UMass Lowell has a long history of educating global business leaders.

Through programs in Accounting, Analytics & Operations Management, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Finance, International Business, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing, we provide students with the broad range of skills necessary for success.

The Manning School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. This is the highest level of business school accreditation an institution can achieve in the United States.

Wall Street Journal 2024 rankings

• #1 public university in Massachusetts

U.S. News & World Report rankings (February 2025)

• #12 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs for Veterans (Excluding MBA)
• #23 in Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans
• #17 in Best Online Bachelor's Programs for Veterans
• #19 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA)
• #33 in Best Online MBA Programs
• #54 in Best Online Bachelor's in Business Programs

Other Business School Rankings

• #9 nationwide in Best Online MBA in 2023 by Fortune, ranked #1 in New England 
• #42 Top Online MBA by Princeton Review – 2023 Best Business Schools
• #36 in Best Online MBA in 2023 by Poets & Quants
• #28 globally in Online MBA Ranking by CEO Magazine in 2023 
• “Tier One” in Global MBA Rankings by CEO Magazine in 2023

The Pulichino Tong Business Center

• The Pulichino Tong Business Center, home of the Manning School of Business, has 54,801 square feet of space with classrooms on the first and second floors and faculty offices on the second, third and fourth floors.
• Our state-of-the-art Trading Room, located on the first floor of the Pulichino Tong Business Center, is outfitted with 15 Bloomberg terminals and prepares students for careers in the financial services sector.
• The Pulichino Tong Building also earned a Gold LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) in 2017 for energy efficiency, water conservation, and use of sustainable materials in construction and design.

Undergraduate Programs

• 2,302 undergraduates enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program as of Fall 2023, including online students.
• Undergraduate concentrations available in:
  • Accounting
  • Analytics & Operations Management
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation 
  • Finance
  • International Business
  • Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing
• 177 students are registered in the Honors College.
• 345 undergraduate and online students pursuing two concentrations.
• 598 bachelor's degrees were conferred in 2022-2023
• Fall 2023: 331 first year students, 140 transfer students
• Average undergraduate class size: 29 students

Graduate Programs

The Manning School of Business offers six master's programs, a Ph.D. program with seven areas of concentration, and five graduate certificates. Master's programs include an Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science (M.S.) in Accounting, M.S. in Accounting Analytics, M.S. in Business Analytics, M.S. in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and M.S. in Finance.

1,448 graduate students are enrolled in masters and Ph.D. programs as of Fall 2023.

Co-op and Career Information

Top Co-op Employers Hiring Business Students

• BAE
• Dell
• Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU)
• Enterprise Bank
• Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)
• Fidelity Investments
• iRobot
• John Hancock Financial Services
• KPMG
• Kronos, Inc.
• Liberty Mutual
• MFS Investment Management
• Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico (MFA)
• Novogradac
• Pennichuck Corporation
• Putnam Investments
• RSM
• State Street
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• TJX
• Wayfair

Faculty

• Total Faculty: 77
  • Accounting Faculty: 13
  • Finance Faculty: 13
  • Management Faculty: 19
  • Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Faculty: 18
  • Operations and Information Systems Faculty: 14
• Student to Teacher Ratio: 17:1

Undergraduate Enrollment Report

Note: Students pursuing two concentrations are included in both concentration counts. The total program enrollment count is the unduplicated count.

Graduate Enrollment Report