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What Do Others Say About UMBC?

U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Guide
“It's striking how clearly our up-and-coming schools are looking to the future.”

The New York Times
“Rocking the house when it comes to the increasingly critical mission of turning American college students into scientists.”

“UMBC is preaching the gospel of academic excellence.”

Fiske Guide to Colleges
“A mid-size public university with the feel of a private.”

“Students are given access to academic and social resources usually reserved for those attending mammoth public institutions or pricy private colleges.”

“One of the nation’s top producers of African-American science, engineering and math undergrads who matriculate into Ph.D. programs.”

“A perennial collegiate chess powerhouse that regularly makes the Final Four, where it takes the measure of Harvard and Yale.”

“First-year Academic Seminars allow students to partner with faculty members to explore course material in an intimate, active learning environment.”

Kaplan/Newsweek
“A powerhouse in Baltimore – offering a topnotch, rigorous education to scholars who don’t want to pay for an Ivy.”

“One of America’s hot schools.”

The Princeton Review
“One of the best value undergraduate institutions”

Today Show
“The model for success in higher education.”

The Washington Post
“One of the most dynamic and exciting campuses in the country.”

Jim Smith, County Executive
“UMBC is a dynamic place where all are welcome, all work hard and all do well.”