Why Study Math at UMass Lowell?

Mathematics provides tools for explanation and analysis in the physical, engineering, business and social sciences. These tools can help in areas as diverse as planning and evaluating market research, modeling problems in business and finance, developing new educational practices, comparing treatment groups in the biological and social sciences, providing fundamental organizing structure for the physical world and giving satisfaction to those who love mathematics for its own sake.

At UMass Lowell, you can:

Meet Our Students

Black and white yearbook photo of 1974 Afro American Club
Deborah Washington Brown '75
Mathematics

One of the first Black women to graduate from UML with a math degree, Deborah Washington Brown ’75 spent her lifetime running toward new challenges.

She single-handedly demolished any stereotypes or reduced expectations we had, and rewrote the attitudinal ‘manual’ for the potential of women and minorities in the sciences. - Prof. Alexander Olsen
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Jacob Solomon in lab
Jacob Solomon ’18
English & Mathematics

Jacob Solomon is as well-rounded as they come. The honors English and math major is assisting with research in a biology lab.

As a college student, I don’t just want to do such-and-such professional task. I want to learn and convince myself that the world is accessible to me.
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Tom Heywosz writes formulas on a white board
Thomas Heywosz '18, '19
Math and UTeach

Thomas Heywosz’s experiences in the UTeach program and in Haiti have made him a successful high school math teacher.

You just know when it’s a good fit, like when I toured UMass Lowell: I just knew it was the right choice.
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Rebecca Mendum writing the Wright-Fisher model formula on a dry erase white board.
Rebecca Mendum '23, '24
Mathematics

After earning two degrees at UMass Lowell, Rebecca Mendum is continuing her education at Harvard University.

I just know that I love math, and that’s why I chose to major in it. You have to do what makes you happy. Life is too short.
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Alex Frieden stands at a lectern and speaks into a microphone.
Alex Frieden '09
Mathematics

Alex Frieden found his calling thanks to an elective sociology course.

UMass Lowell hires professors who are there to connect with students, and that really speaks to the university’s character
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    Math Grads Land Top-Choice Teaching Jobs

    Four recent graduates from the Kennedy College of Sciences' master’s program in mathematics who have landed their dream jobs as math teachers in high schools around the region. 
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    Precalculus Coordinator Aims to Improve Math Education

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