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UMBC

University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
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Motto An Honors University in Maryland
Type Public university
Space-Grant
Established 1966 (1966)
Endowment $80,705,884
Budget $404.9 million
President Freeman Hrabowski III
Provost Philip Rous
Academic staff
Full-Time: 527
Part-Time: 298
Administrative staff
1,288
Students 13,839
Undergraduates 11,243
Postgraduates 2,596
Location Baltimore, Maryland, United States
39°15′19.80″N 76°42′40.52″W / 39.2555000°N 76.7112556°W / 39.2555000; -76.7112556Coordinates: 39°15′19.80″N 76°42′40.52″W / 39.2555000°N 76.7112556°W / 39.2555000; -76.7112556
Campus Suburban, 500 acres (2.0 km2)
Colors Black, Gold, Red, White
                   
Athletics NCAA Division I
American East, MAISA
Nickname Retrievers
Mascot True Grit the Retriever
Affiliations SURA
APLU
University System of Maryland
Website www.umbc.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 306
U.S. News & World Report 156
Washington Monthly 235
Global
ARWU 401-500
QS 431-440
Times 401-500
National Rankings
U.S. News and World Report
National University 149
Up-and-Coming Schools 1
Public Universities 78
High School Counselor 126
Undergraduate Teaching 5
Veterans 127
Innovation 4
Engineering 116
Computer Science 70
Public Affairs 67
Mathematics 108
Physics 103
Chemistry 106
Biological Sciences 130
Psychology 132
Clinical Psychology 104
Fine Arts 114
Geosciences (NTU Global) 104

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (often referred to as UMBC) is an American public research university, located in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, mostly in the community of Catonsville, approximately 10 minutes (8.3 miles) from downtown Baltimore City, 9 minutes (6.1 miles) from Baltimore–Washington International Airport (BWI), and 30 minutes (33.5 miles) from Washington, D.C. With a fall 2014 enrollment of about 14,000 students, over 50 undergraduate majors, over 60 graduate programs, and the first university research park in Maryland, UMBC has been named the #1 Up-and-Coming University for six years in a row, since 2009, by US News & World Report. In addition, US News & World Report has placed UMBC in the top ten for best undergraduate teaching six years in a row, being placed at #5, the second highest-ranked public university.

Established as a part of the University of Maryland System in 1966, the university became the first public collegiate institution in Maryland to be inclusive to all races. UMBC has the fourth highest enrollment of the University System of Maryland, specializing in natural sciences and engineering, as well as programs in the liberal arts and social sciences. Athletically, the UMBC Retrievers have 19 NCAA Division I teams that participate in the America East Conference.

The planning of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County was first discussed in the 1950s due to the post-World War II baby boom, the expansion of higher education under the GI Bill, and the large amount of growth both in population and industry in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. At this time, the University of Maryland, College Park was the main higher education source in the region, so talks began of adding a branch campus in the Baltimore area. In 1955, Governor Theodore McKeldin issued "The Needs of Higher Education in Maryland," which recommended the need for university expansion. Three years later, the "Advisory Committee on Higher Education in the State of Maryland" report proposed that the Baltimore branch of the University of Maryland be established as a two-year program, subordinate to the College Park campus. In 1960, the Warfield Commission, appointed by Governor Tawes, issued, "A Plan for Expanding the University of Maryland," which propelled the idea of creating three additional university centers throughout Maryland.


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