University Of Maryland-Baltimore County

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, or UMBC, was founded in 1966 as part of the University System of Maryland. The university campus encompasses more than 500 acres in Baltimore, Maryland. UMBC offers over 90 undergraduate degrees and around 33 master degree programs. In addition, the university offers several scholarship programs, including the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program, Linehan Artist Scholars Program, CWIT Scholars Program, and Sherman Teacher Education Scholars Program. UMBC is organized into various academic units including:

• College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• College of Engineering and Information Technology
• College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
• Graduate School
• School of Social Work
• The Erickson School

UMBC officially recognized a number of fraternities and sororities. These Greek organizations are governed by the Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National Panhellenic Conference, and Multicultural Greek Council.

The sports teams of UMBC are called the Retrievers and compete in the NCAA Division I as a member of the America East Conference. In the 2007-2008 season, the university won the American East Men's Basketball title.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, computer science and engineering, science, mathematics, liberal arts, fine arts, drama and performing arts, medicine, and music.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

UM Baltimore County participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 75% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 12,268 in 2009-2010 (10,448 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 77% of enrolled students and graduate students are 23%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

UM Baltimore County provides on-campus housing for 3,842 of its 10,448 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 24 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the America East for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 110 male students received the aid (men were 47% of those receiving aid) and 124 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 53% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

UM Baltimore County offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (78 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Business/Managerial Economics
• E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
• Finance
• Information Resources Management/CIO Training
• Labor and Industrial Relations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (439 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (24 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (2 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (27 awarded)

• Acting
• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (225 awarded)

• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physics Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (190 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (79 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (101 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (638 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Cartography
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Geography
• History
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (56 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (16 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICINE (53 awarded)

• Gerontology
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Neuroscience

MUSIC (29 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (33 awarded)

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (17 awarded)

• Ethics
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (313 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Molecular Biology
• Physics
• Toxicology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (267 awarded)

• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Psychology