UMBC Continues to Earn Top Rankings

UMBC attracts inquisitive minds that thrive on solving problems through collaboration, and the latest U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges Guide reveals why.

Our campus continues to lead the list of universities making “the most promising and innovative changes,” while ranking fifth on the list of campuses with an “unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching”—ahead of Yale, Brown, and Stanford—and being recognized for prioritizing intensive undergraduate research and creative work.

Excellence and Innovation Drive Enrollment

Just as higher education leaders are taking notice, students and families are as well. Applications have increased 50% in the past five years and we are on track to enroll a record 14,000 students.

UMBC’s unusual combination of innovative teaching, leading-edge research, and supportive community empowers and inspires students.

Students celebrate our standard of innovation

A recent student editorial in The Retriever Weekly shared, “What becomes clear about UMBC is that our mission is not about ‘getting there,’ it is about always looking for ways that we can provide the best possible academic experience for incoming freshmen, upperclassmen, faculty, and staff alike. By remaining dedicated to the ‘Up-and-Coming’ standard of innovation, we can continue to make an impact at UMBC, its surrounding communities, and beyond.”

At UMBC, achievements in research and graduate education and a deep commitment to undergraduate teaching aren’t competing interests; they strengthen one another. U.S. News is just one of many rankings to note this distinction.

Read more about UMBC’s recent achievements and rankings.

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President Freeman Hrabowski, UMBC experts, and several current undergraduate students met with Maryland’s U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski on Thursday, Sept. 4 to discuss the ways loan debt impacts students’ college experiences, future plans, and careers.

The College Affordability Roundtable, hosted by UMBC, gave the Senators an opportunity to hear directly from students about how they are financing their education, their experiences with financial aid programs and services, and the challenges of course and graduate completion related to accumulated debt.

Throughout the event’s open—and often candid—dialogue, UMBC students shared their stories about financing their higher education and explained its impact on their lives and aspirations. Many of the students echoed concerns when dealing with college affordability, such as understanding and navigating complex state, federal, and private financial aid programs.

UMBC experts in financial assistance, advising and counseling offered their perspectives to the group and emphasized the importance of submitting financial aid applications sooner and establishing a plan to ensure students are successful in their degree path.

Interviews from two UMBC students, Chris Harried and Lisa Dang, can be heard in a recent WBAL Radio story covering the event.

Coaching Corps, a national non-profit that organizes college students and community volunteers to be coaches and role models, is reaching out to begin a chapter at UMBC.  

If you would like to learn more about who Coaching Corps is feel free to visit them at www.coachingcorps.org or contact Gabi Reyes-Acosta, Program Associate, at (510) 496-5131, or gabir@coachingcorps.org.

Every Child Deserves A Champion.  Coaching Corps coaches are those champions. 

Will you be one too?