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Fast Facts
2008 Freshman Class Profile
Total Freshman Enrollment: 1,570
Average GPA: 3.6
Average SAT Score: 1190 (critical reading and mathematics)
Gender: 49% men; 51% women
Living on campus 74%
Diversity: 50% Caucasian, 28% Asian American, 14% African American, 4% Hispanic
American and Native American
Student Body
Fall 2008 Enrollment 12,268
Undergraduate 9,612, graduate 2,656
Full-time: 10,052, part-time: 2,216
Male 6,436, female: 5,832
Minority Enrollment: 43%
African American 17%
Asian American 22%
Hispanic 4%
SAT percentiles (combined critical reading and math)
25th 1080
75th 1280
Average SAT, top quartile 1370
Faculty
714 Full-time, 304 Part-time
FY 2009 Tuition, Fees, Room & Board
Resident $17,922, non-resident $27,263
Degrees: Bachelor's, master's, doctorate, certificate
Calendar: 2 semesters, winter session, 2 summer sessions
Location
UMBC is located on 500 acres, 15 minutes from Baltimore's Inner Harbor and 30
minutes from Washington, D.C. BWI Airport is five minutes away, as are AMTRAK
and light rail stations. University-run Shuttle buses provide regular transportation
to points in the surrounding area and Baltimore City.
Academic programs
43 majors, 41 minors and 20 certificate programs in the physical and biological
sciences, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, information
technology, humanities and visual and performing arts.
Graduate School
33 master's degree programs, 24 doctoral degree programs and 20 graduate certificate
programs in education, engineering, imaging and digital arts, information
technology, gerontology, life sciences, psychology, public policy and others.
Arts & Cultural Events
UMBC is home to two art galleries (the Center
for Art, Design and Visual Culture and
the Albin O. Kuhn
Library Gallery)
and two professional dance companies (the Phoenix Dance Company and Doug
Hamby Dance). Guest artists and
faculty are presented in dozens of music, theatre and dance performances each
year. The Humanities
Forum
and Social Sciences
Forum lecture series bring eminent scholars to UMBC throughout the year.
Athletic programs
More than 400 student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division I sports. The UMBC
Retrievers participate in the America East Conference. Facilities include
a 4,000-seat stadium and track and field complex, the 3,500-seat Retriever
Activities Center (RAC) Arena, an indoor and outdoor aquatics complex, tennis
courts, a soccer stadium, baseball and softball fields and practice fields.
Recently, both the men's and women's basketball teams and the men's lacrosse team have made it to their respective NCAA tournaments. The men's and women's swimming teams are perennial favorites in their conferences.
Mascot: Chesapeake Bay Retrievers
Spirit Colors: Black and Gold
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