University of Baltimore Overview

University of Baltimore is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is University of Baltimore Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UB.
• In 2017-2018, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UB with a bachelor's degree make about $58,000 a year. That's 42% more than those who graduate from other schools.

University of Baltimore Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UB.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Most Popular Online Computer Software Applications Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Most Popular Computer Software Applications Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Most Popular Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Most Popular Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UB has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Highest Paid Community Organization & Advocacy Graduates	College Factual
#20	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service Graduates	College Factual
#20	Highest Paid Master’s Degree Social Sciences Graduates	College Factual
#20	Highest Paid International Relations & National Security Graduates	College Factual
#28	Highest Paid Writing Studies Graduates	College Factual
#71	Highest Paid English Language & Literature Graduates	College Factual

Where Is University of Baltimore?

Contact details for UB are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Charles At Mount Royal, Baltimore, MD 21201-5720
Phone:	410-837-4200
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/universitybaltimore
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/eubiebee

How Do I Get Into UB?

You can apply to UB online at: www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=61

Admission Requirements for UB

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UB?

The acceptance rate at University of Baltimore is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 78% of students accepted to UB submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 558. Math scores were between 460 and 520.

UB received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 34. Math scores were between 22 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 31.

Can I Afford University of Baltimore?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UB, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $4,939 a year. That adds up to $19,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UB is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of Baltimore Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,899 undergraduate students at UB, with 1,050 being full-time and 849 being part-time.

There are also 2,270 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,050 full-time undergraduates at UB, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Baltimore students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	64
Black or African American	474
Hispanic or Latino	100
White	286
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	84

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at University of Baltimore. At this time, 5 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 66 countries are represented at UB. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at University of Baltimore

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 2 master’s degree programs available online at UB. In 2019-2020, 4,169 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UB has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UB

The following table shows how UB is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Design & Applied Arts	#1	#7
International Business	#4	#7
Computer Software & Applications	#4	#10
Writing Studies	#13	#25
General Business/Commerce	#19	#22
Computer Information Systems	#28	#44
Visual & Performing Arts	#31	#46
English Language & Literature	#55	#64
Computer & Information Sciences	#61	#83
Public Administration	#64	#100

Online Affordability Rankings of UB Rankings

The following table shows how UB is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Political Science & Government	#10	#26
Accounting	#31	#148
Social Sciences	#32	#102

Online Growth Rankings of UB

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Baltimore was 108.4%. This is the #402 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UB regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UB majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Accounting	19%
Business Administration & Management	39%
Business, Management & Marketing	12%
Computer & Information Sciences	10%
Computer Software & Applications	34%
Political Science & Government	48%
Social Sciences	28%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UB ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Political Science & Government	#16
Computer Software & Applications	#28
Social Sciences	#71
Accounting	#100
Computer & Information Sciences	#159
Business Administration & Management	#256
Business, Management & Marketing	#364

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Baltimore Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	188	0	22	0	210
Business Administration & Management	0	0	15	163	0	178
Law	0	0	0	0	164	164
Public Administration	0	0	0	90	5	95
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	33	10	24	0	67
Public Health	0	36	1	27	0	64
Human Services	0	21	0	20	0	41
Graphic Communications	0	37	0	0	0	37
Accounting	6	0	9	16	0	31
Behavioral Science	0	0	0	31	0	31
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	30	0	0	0	30
General Psychology	0	30	0	0	0	30
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	18	11	0	29
Legal Research	0	14	7	6	0	27
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	0	26	0	26
Political Science & Government	0	23	0	0	0	23
International Relations & National Security	0	2	0	18	0	20
Information Science	0	19	0	0	0	19
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	19	0	19
Writing Studies	0	0	0	18	0	18
Dispute Resolution	0	0	0	15	0	15
General English Literature	0	14	0	0	0	14
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	14	0	0	0	14
Other Psychology	0	0	8	0	0	8
Natural Resources Conservation	0	7	0	0	0	7
Philosophy	0	7	0	0	0	7
Other Visual Art	0	7	0	0	0	7
Real Estate	0	6	0	0	0	6
Taxation	0	0	0	4	0	4
History	0	4	0	0	0	4
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	4	0	0	4
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	4	0	0	0	4
Human Computer Interaction	0	0	0	0	1	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Systems Networking	0	0	0	0	0	0
Data Processing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Library & Information Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	496	72	510	170	1,254

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Marylandstater under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.