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The University of Maryland Baltimore was founded in 1807. It is a public university and the original campus of the University System of Maryland. With a campus spreading across 60 acres of land, UMBC offers enrollment to more than 9,000 undergraduates and 4,000 postgraduate students every semester. There are 8 professional schools under this university:
- Dental School
- Graduate School
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Public Health
- School of Social Work
UMBC offers primarily research-oriented graduate programs along with several undergraduate courses in subjects like dental hygiene, physical therapy, nursing and Medical Technology.
The sports teams of the UMBC are called the Retrievers. UMBC sponsors student organizations like the Students Promoting Awareness group, Phi Delta Chi Professional Pharmacy Fraternity, National Community Pharmacists Association, Student Committee on Drug Abuse Education, Alpha Zeta Omega Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Phi Lambda Sigma, Lambda Kappa Sigma and Terra Mariae, among others.
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Campus Location520 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1627
USA
Main Tel: (410) 706-3100
Web Site The campus is in a large city. |
University Of Maryland-Baltimore HighlightsWhere University Of Maryland-Baltimore stands out most compared to other schools (details below): - Many students concentrating in family and social work, nursing and emergency medicine, medicine, and law.
- High faculty salary.
- High female/male ratio.
- Large number of students.
- Good faculty-to-student ratio.
Other important characteristics: - Faculty tenure system
- On-campus hospital
- Library on-campus
- Campus housing available
- Distance learning available
- Part-time classes available
Degrees Awarded (in 2007)| Degree | Total
Earned | Different
Programs |
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| First-professional degree | 639 | 4 | | Master | 595 | 25 | | Bachelor | 354 | 3 | | Doctorale | 128 | 24 | | First-professional certificate | 39 | 2 |
UM Baltimore StudentsThe student enrollment at UM Baltimore was 5,884 in 2007 (5,130 full-time equivalent). Undergrads are 15% of enrolled students, graduate students are 45%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 40%.
Tuition and Other CostsFinancial Aid: UM Baltimore participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs. Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.
FacultyTenure (2007): | Full-Time Faculty | | Total |
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| With tenure | | 343 | | Without tenure; working toward tenure | | 223 | | Without tenure; tenure not available | | 1,031 |
Housing and MealsUM Baltimore provides on-campus housing for 513 of its 5,130 (full-time) students (as of 2007).
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Programs of Study(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses) FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (330 awarded) LAW (263 awarded) - Law (LLB, JD)
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (15 awarded) - Public Health Education and Promotion
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (48 awarded) - Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
- Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
MEDICINE (445 awarded) - Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)
- Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
- Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
- Gerontology
- Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
- Medicine (MD)
- Neuroscience
- Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
- Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
- Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
- Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)
- Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (532 awarded) - Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
- Nursing
- Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded) - Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabiliation Engineering
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded) SCIENCE (62 awarded) - Biomedical Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Human/Medical Genetics
- Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
- Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Physiology
- Neuroanatomy
- Pathology/Experimental Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Toxicology
THERAPY AND COUNSELING (60 awarded) - Genetic Counseling/Counselor
- Physical Therapy/Therapist
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