UMBC is proud to be recognized as a national leader in higher education by the U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges Guide:

>> #1 among up-and-coming national universities—“schools everyone should be watching”—in a list including Emory University, Rice University, Clemson University, University of California San Diego and Ohio State University

>> #4 in undergraduate teaching at national universities—the highest-ranked public university in the category—tied with Stanford just behind Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale

UMBC also joined Cal Tech, Duke University, Williams College, MIT and others in an unranked list of schools that give students outstanding opportunities for undergraduate research and creative projects.

This recognition points to what makes UMBC distinctive: our community successfully combines a deep commitment to undergraduate education with achievements in graduate education and research. Faculty and students create active learning communities inside and outside the classroom and take full advantage of the educational, business, cultural and recreational resources of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Our 12,000 students from more than 150 countries find that our medium-size community is large enough to offer exciting experiences and small enough to care.