Interior lobby of the Pulichino Tong Business Center with green square logo & words: AACSB Accredited.

The Pulichino Tong Business Center

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 2024)

  • #14 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs for Veterans (Excluding MBA)
  • #26 in Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans
  • #17 in Best Online Bachelor's Programs for Veterans
  • #31 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA)
  • #42 in Best Online MBA Programs
  • #31 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

ConcentrationNumber of Students (Fall 2023)
Accounting300
Analytics & Operations Management138
Entrepreneurship & Innovation144
Finance536
International Business103
Management362
Management Information Systems217
Marketing429
Undeclared Business73
B.S. Business Administration Online340

Graduate Programs

The Manning School of Business offers five 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), Masters of Science (M.S.) in Accounting, 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.

Graduate ProgramNumber of Students (Fall 2023)
MBA1,201
M.S. Accounting45
M.S. Business Analytics106
M.S. Entrepreneurship & Innovation3
M.S. Finance46
Ph.D.47
Total1,448

Co-op and Career Information

Co-op ActivityTotal Number By Semester
2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-20222022-2023
Total Professional Co-op Hires80106637989
Total Co-op Preparation Students1041109181107
Total Assessment Class Enrollments7576886472
Total Program Activity259292242224268

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

ProgramTotal Enrollment By Semester
Fall 2018Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022
Bachelor's Total2,4672,5832,5732,4422,337
Accounting355357330294286
Analytics & Operations Management71879389113
Entrepreneurship146180159166161
Finance508523551556525
International Business148127127102101
Management601593560540443
Management Information Systems199206182189200
Marketing496566557502446
Undeclared1141591459879
Online261290304273298

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

Graduate Enrollment Report

ProgramTotal Enrollment By Semester
Fall 2018Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022
MBA7287249431,2331,258
M.S. Accounting5142414741
M.S. Business Analytics4341537184
M.S. Entrepreneurship & Innovation66416
M.S. Finance5438506054
Ph.D.2033334547
Foundations of Business Certificate5473648155
Other Graduate Certificates1021231715
Total9669781,2111,5551,560