University of Maryland, Baltimore

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.

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.

A top-ranking publisher has ranked UMBC graduate courses in the Best Graduate Schools category. The university's graduate Computer Science course ranks at #80 position. To take admission to MSc in CS course, GRE score is required for international applicants. Also, the applicants are required to have a Bachelor's degree with a 3.0 GPA. Also, the applicants must submit English language proficiency scores.

As per the 2023 outcomes, 93% is the placement rate (overall). As per the International Viewbook, 92% of the UG alumni are employed and / or pursuing further education within 6 months of graduation. On the other hand, 95% of PG alumni are employed and / or pursuing further education within 6 months of graduation. The average salary for the PG international graduates is USD 83,864 and for UG international students is USD 61,163. Top employers of the university's graduates include Amazon, Accenture, Deloitte, Cisco, Apple, Google, Intel, etc. 

The total number of students at UMBC University is 13,906, as of Fall 2024. Out of this, 10,767 are UG students. In the student diversity for Fall 2024, 17.8% students are international. The statistics for first-year UG students are given as follows:

• Total first-year enrollment: 2,200+
• Percentage of international students: 15.3%

The facts for graduate students as per 2023 are also available. The total no. of enrolled graduate students was 3,657. Of these, 56% were international students. Graduate students at UMBC came from 60+ countries.