Engineering at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what University of Maryland - Baltimore County has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 13,497.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UMBC Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

UMBC Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UMBC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #153 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Engineering Bachelor’s Program

28% Women

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	94
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UMBC Engineering Master’s Program

29% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland - Baltimore County. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	173
Chemical Engineering	71
Computer Engineering	64
Systems Engineering	13
Electrical Engineering	12
Environmental Engineering	2

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Software Applications Developers	12,780	$108,850
Civil Engineers	8,080	$86,110
Mechanical Engineers	5,670	$109,960
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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
O*NET Online
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