You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s geography and environmental studies degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
UMBC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMBC is $8,565 for middle atlantic region geography and environmental studies students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.