by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County took the #114 spot. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 10% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. UMBC received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
UMBC also ranked #3 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Maryland.
UMBC was ranked #209 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, UMBC took the #4 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 49.4% of the total graduate students at UMBC are women and 50.6% are men.
Of all the graduate students at UMBC, around 31.9% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 25.3% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,222 | $20,988 |
| Fees | $2,592 | $2,592 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UMBC is $70,016. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 20% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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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 |
Around 69.2% of UMBC graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 38.2% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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