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University of Maryland - Baltimore County Data & Information Overview

430 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
81% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is University of Maryland - Baltimore County Ranked?

#200 Best Colleges in Nation
#4 Best Colleges in MD
Social Work Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

University of Maryland - Baltimore County was awarded 430 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked UMBC as #200 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UMBC held the #245 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 36 colleges in Maryland, UMBC is ranked at #4.

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Is It Hard to Get Into UMBC?

81% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
24% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

University of Maryland - Baltimore County has an acceptance rate of 81%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to UMBC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 700. Math scores were between 610 and 710.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Maryland - Baltimore County  ( 610 to 700 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Maryland - Baltimore County  ( 610 to 710 )
200
800
UMBC received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 25 and 30.

ACT Composite Scores for University of Maryland - Baltimore County  ( 25 to 30 )
1
36

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County Faculty

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
66% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, University of Maryland - Baltimore County is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at University of Maryland - Baltimore County is 66%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  66 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

87% Freshmen Retention
42% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Maryland - Baltimore County enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  87 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UMBC for first-time, full-time students is 42%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  42 out of 100
0
100

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County Undergraduate Student Diversity

9,220 Full-Time Undergraduates
58.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
45.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,932 undergraduates at UMBC with 9,220 being full-time and 1,712 being part-time.

How Much Does University of Maryland - Baltimore County Cost?

$19,460 Net Price
25% Take Out Loans
$22,180 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of UMBC is $19,460. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for UMBC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$8,565 $14,328 $20,879 $24,735 $25,451

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UMBC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UMBC, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $5,545 a year. That adds up to $22,180 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UMBC is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do UMBC Graduates Make?

$61,751 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from UMBC make around $61,751 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for UMBC students since it is 45% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Maryland State
9,220 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a public institution situated in Baltimore, Maryland. UMBC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for UMBC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone: 410-455-1000
Website: umbc.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umbcpage
Twitter: http://twitter.com/umbc

University of Maryland - Baltimore County Majors

62 Majors With Completions
2,725 Undergraduate Degrees
819 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 62 majors graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County. Of these students, 2,725 received undergraduate degrees and 819 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 374 $30,408
General Biology 332 $23,622
Information Science 290 $59,810
Computer Science 275 $69,747
Mechanical Engineering 148 $62,037
Economics 114 $45,390
Social Work 86 $34,106
Political Science & Government 84 $35,372
Information Technology 80 $41,347
Mathematics 77 $51,193

Learn more about the majors offered at University of Maryland - Baltimore County along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at UMBC

78% Take At Least One Class Online
14% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 10,586 students took at least one online class at University of Maryland - Baltimore County. This is a decrease from the 13,407 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 10,586 1,968
2019-2020 13,407 11,233
2018-2019 1,602 439
2017-2018 1,234 412
2016-2017 1,128 406

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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