Graduate Programs at University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Graduate School Overview

University of Maryland-Baltimore County (referred to as UMBC) is a Public, 4 years school located in Baltimore, MD. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (7/1/1966 - Current[Estimated Date]).

UMBC Directory Information
School Name	University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC)
Address	1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone	410-455-1000
Web	https://umbc.edu
Online Application	https://undergraduate.umbc.edu/apply/index.php
Financial Info	https://financialaid.umbc.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of Maryland-Baltimore County is $15,300 for Maryland residents and $24,336 for out-of-state students. The school has 3,366 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 13,991 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 168 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 7 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$24,336 $15,300 for Maryland Residents
Student Population	3,366
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	168 graduate programs (7 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of Maryland-Baltimore County is $15,300 for Maryland residents and $24,336 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $699 for Maryland residents and $1,201 for out-of-state students.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	7 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Maryland-Baltimore County is $15,300 for Maryland residents and $24,336 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.21% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Maryland Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,520	$2,448	$19,782	$2,448
2019-2020	$11,862	$2,520	$20,376	$2,520
2020-2021	$11,862	$702	$20,376	$702
2021-2022	$12,222	$2,592	$20,988	$2,592
2022-2023	$12,582	$2,718	$21,618	$2,718

The graduate school tuition & fees of UMBC is relatively expensive compared to public graduate schools in Maryland. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Maryland graduate tuition is $19,924 (public) / $18,096 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	$15,300	$24,336
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Maryland Graduate Schools	$14,825	$18,640
Public	$12,811	$19,924
Private	$18,096

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $17,758 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of Maryland-Baltimore County. On-campus living costs are increased by 5.22% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,846. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.36% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,046	$3,034	$14,206	$3,922
2019-2020	$12,350	$3,052	$14,422	$3,952
2020-2021	$12,616	$3,482	$14,614	$3,482
2021-2022	$12,600	$3,166	$14,736	$4,100
2022-2023	$13,378	$3,211	$15,466	$4,380

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $699 for Maryland residents and $1,201 for other students at University of Maryland-Baltimore County. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.00% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Maryland Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$640	$1,099
2019-2020	$659	$1,132
2020-2021	$659	$1,132
2021-2022	$679	$1,166
2022-2023	$699	$1,201

Graduate Programs at UMBC

University of Maryland-Baltimore County offers 81 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 983 students have completed their study at University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Offered Degrees at University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	36	3	687
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	24	0	103
Post Bachelor's Degree	20	3	188
Post Master's Degree	1	1	5
Total	81	7	983

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Maryland-Baltimore County by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) program with 82 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) program with 232 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Computer Science program with 13 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	82	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	28	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	21	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	18	-
Mechanical Engineering	✔	11	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	232	$69,900
Information Science/Studies	✕	116	$70,300
Education	✕	66	$47,800
Computer Science	✕	36	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	31	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✕	12	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	11	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	9	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	7	-

University of Maryland-Baltimore County offers 81 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 983 students have completed their graduate studies.

687 students have earned/completed Master's program.
188 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
5 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	152 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	116	$70,300
Computer Science	✕	36	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	110 completers	$47,800
Education	✕	66	$47,800
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	13	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	31	-
Engineering [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	8	-
Computer Engineering	✕	6	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	10	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	2	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	15	-
Systems Engineering	✕	7	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	29	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	7	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Molecular Biology	✕	16	-
Toxicology	✕	0	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	3	-
Statistics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	238 completers	-
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	232	$69,900
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Ethics	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Physics	✕	2	-
Physics (other)	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✕	16	-
Human Services [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	10	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	3	-
Geography	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Design and Applied Arts (other)	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✔	8	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	7 completers	-
History	✕	7	-
	Total	687

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	11	-
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Engineering [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	6	-
Computer Engineering	✕	5	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	2	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	2	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	6	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	9	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology	✕	0	-
Toxicology	✕	0	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	0	-
Neuroscience	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	7	-
Statistics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Physics (other)	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	✕	2	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Geography	✕	0	-
	Total	103

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	52 completers	-
Education	✕	0	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	3	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	21	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Computer Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	28	-
Engineering [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	11	-
Systems Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biotechnology	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	82 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	82	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods	✕	4	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Music (other)	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	23 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	18	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✔	5	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	0	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
	Total	188

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	5 completers	-
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	✔	5	-
	Total	5

Graduate Student Population at UMBC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,803 students enrolled into University of Maryland-Baltimore County graduate schools where it has total 13,991 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,536 full-time and 1,267 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,447 male and 1,356 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,803	1,447	1,356
Full-time	1,536	835	701
Part-tme	1,267	612	655

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 953 White (34.00%), 365 Black/African American (13.02%), 131 Hispanic (4.67%), 237 Asian (8.46%), and 1,117 students with other races. 957 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,803	1,447	1,356
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	237	117	120
Black/African American	365	156	209
Hispanic	131	50	81
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	953	484	469
Two More	54	26	28
Un-Known	103	46	57
Non-resident Alien	957	566	391

University of Maryland-Baltimore County offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,070 graduate students (38.17% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 871 graduate students (31.07% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,803
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,070
Enrolled Some Online Courses	871
Not in Online Courses	862

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Maryland-Baltimore County. 825 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.43% of total students), 171 students are aged above 50 (6.10%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,803	1,447	1,356
Age 20-21	62	33	29
Age 22-24	763	406	357
Age 25-29	885	469	416
Age 30-34	392	187	205
Age 35-39	254	144	110
Age 40-49	276	128	148
Age 50-64	152	71	81
Over 64	19	9	10

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