UMass Lowell is a public institution recently ranked among the top 200 research universities in the nation. UMass Lowell has been named the No. 1 public university in Massachusetts in the 2024 Wall Street Journal Best Colleges in the United States, also ranking No. 10 among all Massachusetts universities. Located approximately 30 miles from Boston, the campus is in the heart of a global community. The campus offers its 18,000 students bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in business, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, humanities, liberal arts, sciences and social sciences. UMass Lowell athletics is a member of the America East and Hockey East Conferences.