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A few of the things that the UMass Boston students can do over the weekends are:

• Head into the Boston city and explore restaurants and shopping centers
• Check museums. The Fine Art Museum is completely free as long as student has their id card
• Visit John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum
• Checkout Chinatown especially during the Chinese New Year festivities
• On a long weekend, students can drive up to White Mountains in New Hampshire or go West to the Berkshires, etc.

UMass Boston MS in Finance programme participates in the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. Furthermore, the university’s MSF programme is STEM-designated. This means that international students who graduate from this programme can extend their 12-month OPT period by 24 months, thereby, allowing students to work in the US for up to 3 years after earning MSF degree.   

To get into UMass Boston MS in Business Analytics, the GPA that is required is 2.75 in all undergraduate work. The detailed admission requirements for this course are given below:

• Official GMAT / GRE score
• A bachelor’s degree
• Official transcripts
• Two letters of recommendation
• Statement of intent essay
• English language proficiency score

The University of Massachusetts Boston is a public institute. It was founded in 1964. In the National Universities category ranking by a top-ranking publisher, the university ranks at #216 position in the 2024 edition. This public research university offers its diverse students an exceptional learning environment and a rich experience of a great American city.

UMass Boston application fee for undergraduate applicants is USD 60. For graduate applicants, the application fee is USD 75. To submit the application, the applicants must meet all the requirements given below:

Undergraduate

• An official high school record
• Academic recommendation letter
• 500-word essay
• Test scores
• English language proficiency scores

Graduate

• Academic transcripts
• English language proficiency score
• Test scores (as applicable)

According to the University of Illinois Springfield reviews given by students,  UIS Springfield gets a 5.0 rating out of 5.0 for Quality of faculty, post-study jobs, Indian Food, etc. Students can check the below table to know more about the UIS University ratings:

The University of Illinois in Springfield is a popular university in the USA and Deakin University is among the university0 university in Australia. They both offer the quality education to international students, but if choose to study MS in MIS at UIS Springfield or an MBA from Deakin University then check the below table:

As per the above data, it is clear that the MS in MIS at the University of Illinois in Springfield is cost effective than an MBA from Deakin University in Australia. 

According to one of the former students of Illinois Springfield University, he loved his experience at the University of Illinois Springfield. he did the online MS in Computer Science program. he got a chance to learn from a professor who really pushed him past his limits. The tuition cost is very reasonable.  He completed the entire program for around USD 10,000 (INR 8,30,840). Since graduating from UIS, his salary has increased by over 50% (seriously). The MS degree helped him, and it took some time to increase it by 50%+.

*USD/INR = 83.08