Business consists of five departments: Accounting, Finance, Management, MEI (Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation), and OIS (Operations and Information Systems). The school offers Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD level degrees. Research Total R&D expenditure was $92.2 million in 2020. Many of the research and development opportunities include Working in a campus research lab, helping a community organization, conducting reviews of program-related scholarship, or working on a business or marketing plan for a local start-up. Research can be done on anything, whether it is testing composite materials to advancing cyber security. Labs and Research Initiatives Advanced Biophotonics Laboratory Advanced Composites Materials & Textile Research Advanced Computation and Telecommunications Advanced Computing & Networking Systems Advanced Electronics Technology Astronomical Observatory Baseball Research Biomanufacturing Science & Technology Cancer Treatment, Tissue Regeneration Children & Families Combustion Lab Computer Machine/Human Intelligence, Networking & Distributed Systems Data Analytics Emerging Technologies to Protect SOLDIERS Geotechnical Engineering Health Assessment Human-Robot Interaction Materials Characterization Medical Device Development Medical Physics Nanomanufacturing Center Neuroscience Nuclear Physics Nuclear Security & Safeguards Peace & Conflict Studies Institute Photonics, Electromagnetics & Nanoelectronics Printed Electronics Protective Fabrics Structural Dynamics & Acoustic Systems Submillimeter-Wave Technology Sustainable Production Toxics Use Reduction Institute Research Centers Center for Advanced Manufacturing of Polymers and Soft Materials Center for Advanced Materials Center for Asian American Studies Center for Population Health Center for Program Evaluation Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace Center for Terrorism & Security Studies (CTSS), founded by James J.F. Forest in 2013 and former co-publisher of academic journal Perspectives on Terrorism Center for Wind Energy Center for Women & Work Climate Change Initiative Lowell Center for Space Science & Technology New England Robotics Validation & Experimentation Center Raytheon-UMass Lowell Research Institute Saab Center for Portuguese Studies Engagement Centers Center for Community Research and Engagement Center for Public Opinion Stella and Jack Kerouac Center for the Public Humanities Tsongas Industrial History Center Seed Centers Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center Center for Autism Research and Education (CARE) Center for Gerontology Research & Partnerships Center for International Security & Forensics Education & Research Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center Radiation Laboratory University rankings U.S. News & World Report ranks UMass Lowell No. 176 on its National Universities list in the Best Colleges of 2021. U.S. News & World Report also named UMass Lowell No. 87 in the top public universities and second among public universities in Massachusetts. Washington Monthly ranked UMass Lowell No. 163