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Located in Baltimore, Maryland, University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a public institution. UMBC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

$32,912 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
81% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of Maryland - Baltimore County?

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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

How Do I Get Into UMBC?

You can apply to UMBC online at: undergraduate.umbc.edu/apply/index.php

Admission Requirements for UMBC

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Considered but not required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UMBC?

81% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
24% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 81%, UMBC may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

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 English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

ACT English Scores for University of Maryland - Baltimore County  ( 24 to 33 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for University of Maryland - Baltimore County  ( 24 to 30 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Maryland - Baltimore County  ( 25 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Maryland - Baltimore County?

$32,912 Net Price
25% Take Out Loans
1.1% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of UMBC is $32,912. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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 1.1%. 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.

University of Maryland - Baltimore County Undergraduate Student Diversity

9,147 Full-Time Undergraduates
45% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 10,835 undergraduate students at UMBC, with 9,147 being full-time and 1,688 being part-time.

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There are also 2,803 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,147 full-time undergraduates at UMBC, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Maryland - Baltimore County students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2,242
Black or African American 1,948
Hispanic or Latino 792
White 3,081
International Students 421
Other Races/Ethnicities 663

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at University of Maryland - Baltimore County. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 93 countries are represented at UMBC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

1,968 Took All Classes Online
10,586 Took At Least One Class Online
617.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 10,586 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UMBC has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 12th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of UMBC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Maryland - Baltimore County was 617.1%. This is the #103 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UMBC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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