University of Maryland Baltimore County

UMBC proved its reputation once again by getting ranked at #144 in the National Universities category ranking by U.S. News & World Report in 2025. In the previous year's rankings, this university ranked at #133. Furthermore, this university ranks at #82 in the Best Value schools category and at #14 for the Most Innovative schools category. Furthermore, UMBC is a Doctoral University with a very High Research Activity (R1), reaching the Carnegie's Classification's the highest level of research performance.

U.S. News & World Report has a range of UMBC courses in the 2024 Graduate School rankings. The courses were ranked using criteria such as peer quality assessments, employer assessments, research activity, student-to-faculty ratios, doctoral degrees awarded, and acceptance rates, with methodology varying across discipline. A few of the subjects rankings of this university are given below:

• Computer Science: #77
• Computer Engineering: #85
• Electrical Engineering: #100
• Physics: #95
• Chemistry: #108

UMBC is ranked at #601-700 in Shanghai rankings for 2024. In the previous year, this university was placed at #701-800. This shows that there has been a decline in the Shanghai rankings. Parameters used to calculate these rankings are quality of education, quality of faculty, research output, and per capita performance.

According to U.S. News & World Report, UMBC ranking in the National Universities category is #144 in 2025. This National Universities category ranking shows that this university ranks among the Top 200 U.S. Universities in 2025. In 2024, this university ranked at #133 in the National Universities category. A few of the parameters used to calculate the National Universities category ranking of the university by U.S. News & World Report are outcomes, faculty resources, expert opinion, financial resources, etc.

According to U.S. News & World Report, UMBC University ranking in the National Universities category is #144 in 2025. For the Global Universities ranking, this university ranks at #882 in 2024-25. In all, considering the National Universities ranking, it can be said that the UMBC ranks among the Top 200 U.S. Universities. On the other hand, in the Global Universities ranking, it can be said that the university ranks among the Top 1000 Universities in the world.

According to QS World University Rankings 2025, UMBC QS ranking is #771-780. This university's ranking in 2024 was #711-720. This shows that in the current year's rankings, UMBC ranking declined. Considering the QS rankings of this university, it can be said that in the world rankings, UMBC ranks among the Top 1000 Universities in the world. Some of the parameters considered by the QS rankings are academic reputation, employment outcomes, employer reputation, etc.

UMBC ranking in Times Higher Education rankings for its various subjects are given below:

UMBC ranking in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025 is #601-800. This university ranked at the same position last year as well. Considering the world ranking of this university, it can be said this university has been ranking in the same position since the last 5 years. A few of the courses of this university that have also been ranked in 2025 include Computer Science at #301-400, Physical Sciences at #401-500, Psychology at #501-600.

UMBC acceptance rate is around 74%, whereas, the University of Maryland, College Park acceptance rate is around 45%. This indicates that University of Maryland, College Park is more selective. However, both the universities are reputable. Both universities excel in academics. UMD is known for the study fields like Business, Engineering, Journalism, among others. On the other hand, UMBC is known for the study fields like Computer Science, Biology, Engineering, etc.