Create Your Future at UMBC – Where Opportunity and Excellence Come Together!
University of Maryland Baltimore County is a public institution that was founded in 1966. University is located in located in Catonsville, Maryland.
One of only 146 universities in the USA to receive prestigious Carnegie R1 Classification for doctoral/very high research activity.
Rankings:
- #144 in National Universities
- #74 in Top Public Schools
- #82 in Best Value Schools
- #98 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
- #15 Most Innovative School
Location:
- Located in Catonsville, Maryland
- Welcoming and safe, suburban campus
- Nearby Cities: Baltimore (10 minutes),Washington D.C. (40 minutes),
- Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area – excellent internship, and job opportunities.
- East coast location in one of the US’ largest commercial and technology regions
Unique Facts about University:
- The student-faculty ratio at University of Maryland Baltimore County is 18:01.
- Waiver of Application Fees for Undergraduate Programs.
- Highly Ranked for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
- 25% lower average tuition cost compared to DC area public universities.
- Outstanding STEM Programs
Top Employers: Companies like Abbott Laboratories, Apple, Cisco, IBM, PayPal etc.
Tuition Fees:
Postgraduate Programs: $26,350 per year
Undergraduate Programs:$31,474 per year
Popular STEM Courses:
| Postgraduate | Undergraduate |
| MS in Computer Science | BS in Computer Science |
| MS in Information Systems | BS in Information Systems |
| MPS in Data Science | BS in Biological Sciences |
| MS in Computer Engineering | BS in Financial Economics |
| MS in Electrical Engineering | BS in Computer Engineering |
Scholarship Information
- First year UG students with 3.0 or higher GPA are eligible Up to $15,000/year.
- Renewable for up to 04 years with 3.25+ GPA
- Offered for Fall intake only.
- Application Deadline (For Scholarship Consideration): February 1st, 2025
- No separate application is required. University Automatically consider the student for Scholarship.