Engineering at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 259 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UMBC.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UMBC Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UMBC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	28
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	134
	137
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	194

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UMBC. This makes it the #179 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 259 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMBC, about 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	49
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	119
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UMBC Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 48 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from UMBC in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 3% better 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 master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMBC also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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
• Image Credit: By Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.