Fast Facts

2020-21 Costs: In-state tuition/fees: $9,420, out-of-state tuition/fees: $25,054, room and board: $12,616
Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, certificate
Mascot: Chesapeake Bay Retrievers
Spirit Colors: Black and Gold
Calendar: two semesters (spring and fall), winter session, two summer sessions
Recent UMBC Achievements (pdf)

Rankings

• The 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings name UMBC a leading U.S. university: the #9 most innovative university and #11 top university for undergraduate teaching in the nation.

  
• Times Higher Education has recognized UMBC as one of the top universities in the U.S. and the world, as well as a leader in global social and economic impact.
• Princeton Review, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Forbes, Money, and the Fiske Guide to Colleges have named UMBC a “Best Value” university.
• The latest U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings include several UMBC graduate programs as among the best in the nation.
• UMBC is the nation’s #1 producer of African American undergraduates who go on to complete an M.D./Ph.D. and #2 nationally for African American undergraduates who complete a science or engineering Ph.D.
• According to NSF, UMBC ranks in the country’s top 150 universities in federal research and development expenditures, and #12 in NASA funding.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education has named UMBC one of the best colleges to work for for ten years running.
• Learn more about the latest UMBC rankings news.

2020 First-Year Class Profile

• Total First-Year Enrollment: 1,675
• Average GPA: 3.92
• Average SAT Score: 1251 (2-part)
• Gender: 58.4% men; 41.6% women
• Living on campus: 24%
• Racial/Ethnic Diversity:
  • White: 34%
  • Asian American: 28%
  • African American: 20%
  • Hispanic: 6%
  • Other/unknown: 7%
  • International: 5%

Overall Student Body

Fall 2020 Enrollment 13,497

• Undergraduate: 10,932, graduate: 2,565
• Full-time: 10,436, part-time: 3,061
• Men: 7,235, women: 6,262

Minority Enrollment: 52.1%

• African American: 19%
• Asian American: 20%
• Hispanic: 8.2%
• Other: 4.9%

Instructional Faculty

• 555 Full-time, 376 Part-time (Fall 2019)

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